Optically switchable transistors by simple incorporation of photochromic systems into small-molecule semiconducting matrices

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  El Gemayel, Mirella ^a   Börjesson, Karl ^a   Herder, Martin ^b   Duong, Duc T ^c   Hutchison, James A ^a   Ruzié, Christian ^d   Schweicher, Guillaume ^d   Salleo, Alberto ^c   Geerts, Yves ^d   Hecht, Stefan ^b   Orgiu, Emanuele ^a   Samorì, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,7 DIALKYL BENZOTHIENO(3,2 B)BENZOTHIOPHENE; BENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; DIARYLETHENE; ETHYLENE; POLY(3 HEXYLTHIOPHENE); THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; ILLUMINATION; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; MISCIBILITY; OPTICALLY SWITCHABLE TRANSISTOR; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMERIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84924362730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7330     Document Type: Article

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