Late stage crystallization and healing during spin-coating enhance carrier transport in small-molecule organic semiconductors

Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Volumn 2, Issue 28, 2014, Pages 5681-5689

  Wei Chou, Kang ^a   Ullah Khan, Hadayat ^a   Niazi, Muhammad R ^a   Yan, Buyi ^a   Li, Ruipeng ^a   Payne, Marcia M ^b   Anthony, John E ^b   Smilgies, Detlef M ^c   Amassian, Aram ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOLVENTS; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; THIN FILMS;

EXTENDED INTERACTION; OPTICAL REFLECTOMETRY; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; SMALL-MOLECULE ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR; THIN FILM FORMATION; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; WIDE ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING;

COATINGS;

EID: 84903446611     PISSN: 20507534     EISSN: 20507526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4tc00981a     Document Type: Article

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