Low-voltage organic phototransistors based on naphthyl end-capped oligothiophene nanofibers

Organic Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1273-1281

  Liu, Xuhai ^a,d   Tavares, Luciana ^a   Osadnik, Andreas ^b   Lausen, Jens Larsen ^a   Kongsted, Jacob ^c   Lützen, Arne ^b   Rubahn, Horst Günter ^a   Kjelstrup Hansen, Jakob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charge transport; Density functional theory; Keywords; OFET; OPT; Organic crystal

Indexed keywords

CARRIER TRANSPORT; CHARGE TRANSFER; DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOFIBERS; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; PHOTOTRANSISTORS; THIN FILMS;

CRYSTALLINE SEMICONDUCTORS; KEYWORDS; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; MONOCHROMATIC ILLUMINATION; ORGANIC CRYSTAL; ORGANIC PHOTOTRANSISTORS; POLARIZATION SENSITIVE; REORGANIZATION ENERGIES;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84899429358     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2014.02.023     Document Type: Article

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