Ultrahigh performance C60 nanorod large area flexible photoconductor devices via ultralow organic and inorganic photodoping

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Saran, Rinku ^a   Stolojan, Vlad ^a   Curry, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84901466324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05041     Document Type: Article

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