Spatial control of the threshold voltage of low-voltage organic transistors by microcontact printing of alkyl- and fluoroalkyl-phosphonic acids

MRS Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-36

  Hirata, Ikue ^a   Zschieschang, Ute ^b   Ante, Frederik ^b   Yokota, Tomoyuki ^a   Kuribara, Kazunori ^a   Yamamoto, Tatsuya ^c   Takimiya, Kazuo ^c   Ikeda, Masaaki ^d   Kuwabara, Hirokazu ^d   Klauk, Hagen ^b   Sekitani, Tsuyoshi ^a   Someya, Takao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NIPPON KAYAKU CO LTD   (Japan)

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EID: 85011436274     PISSN: 21596859     EISSN: 21596867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/mrc.2011.11     Document Type: Article

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