Photoprecursor approach as an effective means for preparing multilayer organic semiconducting thin films by solution processes

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Yamaguchi, Yuji ^a   Suzuki, Mitsuharu ^b   Motoyama, Takao ^a   Sugii, Shuhei ^b   Katagiri, Chiho ^a   Takahira, Katsuya ^a   Ikeda, Shinya ^b   Yamada, Hiroko ^b,c   Nakayama, Ken Ichi ^a,c  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 84923385307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07151     Document Type: Article

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