Growing perovskite into polymers for easy-processable optoelectronic devices

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Masi, Sofia ^a,b   Colella, Silvia ^c   Listorti, Andrea ^b,c   Roiati, Vittoria ^b,d   Liscio, Andrea ^c   Palermo, Vincenzo ^c   Rizzo, Aurora ^c   Gigli, Giuseppe ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

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EID: 84940486565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07725     Document Type: Article

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