A multifunctional polymer-graphene thin-film transistor with tunable transport regimes

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 2357-2367

  Mosciatti, Thomas ^a   Haar, Sébastien ^a   Liscio, Fabiola ^b   Ciesielski, Artur ^a   Orgiu, Emanuele ^a   Samorì, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

graphene; hybrid material; memory device; multifunctionality; organic thin film transistor

Indexed keywords

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; DEPOSITION; ENERGY GAP; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE TRANSISTORS; HYBRID MATERIALS; LOW-K DIELECTRIC; POLYMERS; SILICA; SILICON; THIN FILM CIRCUITS; THIN FILMS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DEPOSITION CONDITIONS; ELECTRONIC INTERACTIONS; EXFOLIATED GRAPHENE; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL GRAPHENE; MULTIFUNCTIONAL POLYMER; MULTIFUNCTIONALITY; ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; THREE TERMINAL SWITCHES;

THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

EID: 84925596613     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b00050     Document Type: Article

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