All‐Printed Flexible Organic Transistors Enabled by Surface Tension‐Guided Blade Coating. (18th June 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pierre, Adrien; Sadeghi, Mahsa; Payne, Marcia M.; Facchetti, Antonio; Anthony, John E.; Arias, Ana Claudia
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials. Volume 26:Number 32(2014)
• Page Start: 5722
• Page End: 5727
• Publication Date: 2014-06-18
• Subjects: Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201401520
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0935-9648

Abstract

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