Influence of Substrate Modification with Dipole Monolayers on the Electrical Characteristics of Short-Channel Polymer Field-Effect Transistors
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Nagase, T.; Hirose, T.; Kobayashi, T.; Ueda, R.; Otomo, A.; Naito, H. Influence of Substrate Modification with Dipole Monolayers on the Electrical Characteristics of Short-Channel Polymer Field-Effect Transistors. Appl. Sci. 2018, 8, 1274. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8081274
Nagase T, Hirose T, Kobayashi T, Ueda R, Otomo A, Naito H. Influence of Substrate Modification with Dipole Monolayers on the Electrical Characteristics of Short-Channel Polymer Field-Effect Transistors. Applied Sciences. 2018; 8(8):1274. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8081274
Chicago/Turabian StyleNagase, Takashi, Takeshi Hirose, Takashi Kobayashi, Rieko Ueda, Akira Otomo, and Hiroyoshi Naito. 2018. "Influence of Substrate Modification with Dipole Monolayers on the Electrical Characteristics of Short-Channel Polymer Field-Effect Transistors" Applied Sciences 8, no. 8: 1274. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8081274