A microscopic view of charge transport in polymer transistors

Synthetic Metals

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 297-309

  Bürgi, Lukas ^a,b   Richards, Tim ^a   Chiesa, Marco ^a   Friend, Richard H ^a   Sirringhaus, Henning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CSEM   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Charge transport; Polymer transistors; TFB

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CHARGE TRANSFER; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRON MOBILITY; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS;

GATE DIELECTRICS; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; POLYMER TRANSISTORS; TFB;

TRANSISTORS;

EID: 9344230403     PISSN: 03796779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2004.08.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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