Electron transport in solution-grown TIPS-pentacene single crystals: Effects of gate dielectrics and polar impurities
- Corresponding author: Li Han-Ying, hanying_li@zju.edu.cn
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Huang Zhuo-Ting, Xue Guo-Biao, Wu Jia-Ke, Liu Shuang, Li Huan-Bin, Yang Yu-Hui, Yan Feng, K. L. Chan Paddy, Chen Hong-Zheng, Li Han-Ying. Electron transport in solution-grown TIPS-pentacene single crystals: Effects of gate dielectrics and polar impurities[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters,
;2016, 27(12): 1781-1787.
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10.1016/j.cclet.2016.05.016
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