1. Poky Plastic Perks Up.
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Moore, Samuel K.
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POLYMERS , *SEMICONDUCTORS , *ELECTRIC conductivity , *TRANSISTORS , *AMORPHOUS semiconductors , *PRINTING ink , *SILICON - Abstract
The article reports that materials scientist in Great Britain and California have invented the first polymer semiconductor to perform the type of silicon, that is used to drive flat-panel displays. The two classes of semiconductors are polymers, which have proven to be easy to formulated into printable inks and small molecules, make fast transistors but have prove difficult to print. The new polymer beats previous polymers by a factor of a key metric called charge carrier mobility. Meanwhile, the amorphous silicon that drives displays has a mobility of 1 square centimeter per volt-second.
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- 2006
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