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Design, Synthesis, and Structure-Property Relationship Study of Polymer Field-Effect Transistors

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Flexible and stretchable electronics may become mainstream technologies in the future. Among various materials, conjugated polymers provide many unique advantage such as low cost, solution processable, mechanically flexible, and compatible with heat-sensitive substrates. Polymer-based electronic materials are becoming one of the most active research areas in chemistry, material science, and electronic engineering. In the past few years, significant progress has been made in conjugated polymer field-effect transistors. However, further improvement of the device performance requires not only development of new polymer structures, but also deep understanding of the structure property relationships in conjugated polymers.

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Lei, T. (2015). Introduction. In: Design, Synthesis, and Structure-Property Relationship Study of Polymer Field-Effect Transistors. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45667-5_1

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