Electronic and Crystallographic Examinations of the Homoepitaxially Grown Rubrene Single Crystals
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Crystallographic Analyses
3.2. Electronic Analyses
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Nakayama, Y.; Iwashita, M.; Kikuchi, M.; Tsuruta, R.; Yoshida, K.; Gunjo, Y.; Yabara, Y.; Hosokai, T.; Koganezawa, T.; Izawa, S.; et al. Electronic and Crystallographic Examinations of the Homoepitaxially Grown Rubrene Single Crystals. Materials 2020, 13, 1978. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13081978
Nakayama Y, Iwashita M, Kikuchi M, Tsuruta R, Yoshida K, Gunjo Y, Yabara Y, Hosokai T, Koganezawa T, Izawa S, et al. Electronic and Crystallographic Examinations of the Homoepitaxially Grown Rubrene Single Crystals. Materials. 2020; 13(8):1978. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13081978
Chicago/Turabian StyleNakayama, Yasuo, Masaki Iwashita, Mitsuru Kikuchi, Ryohei Tsuruta, Koki Yoshida, Yuki Gunjo, Yusuke Yabara, Takuya Hosokai, Tomoyuki Koganezawa, Seiichiro Izawa, and et al. 2020. "Electronic and Crystallographic Examinations of the Homoepitaxially Grown Rubrene Single Crystals" Materials 13, no. 8: 1978. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13081978