Single-crystal field-effect transistors of new Cl 2-NDI polymorph processed by sublimation in air

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  He, Tao ^a   Stolte, Matthias ^a   Burschka, Christian ^a   Hansen, Nis Hauke ^a,b   Musiol, Thomas ^c,d   Kälblein, Daniel ^c,d   Pflaum, Jens ^a,b   Tao, Xutang ^e   Brill, Jochen ^c,d   Würthner, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b BAVARIAN CENTER FOR APPLIED ENERGY RESEARCH ZAE BAYERN   (Germany)

^c INNOVATIONLAB   (Germany)

^d BASF SE   (Germany)

^e SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; NAPHTHALENE; NAPHTHALENE DIIMIDE; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; CRYSTAL PROPERTY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SUBLIMATION; SUBSTRATE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; FILM; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SIZE; ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTOR; PHASE TRANSITION; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE CRYSTAL FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84923113806     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6954     Document Type: Article

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