Linearly Fused Azaacenes: Novel Approaches and New Applications beyond Field-Effect Transistors (FETs)

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 51, 2015, Pages 28049-28062

  Li, Junbo ^a   Zhang, Qichun ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

applications; azaacenes; organic electronics; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; sensing; synthesis

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED); PHOTOTRANSISTORS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

AZAACENES; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR (FETS); FRONTIER ORBITAL ENERGIES; NEW APPLICATIONS; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES(OLEDS); RESULTING MATERIALS; SENSING;

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

EID: 84937603538     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00113     Document Type: Article

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