Effective Method for Multi-Probe Electrical Measurements of Organic Single Crystals: Four-Terminal Natural Adhesion Contact
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Details
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Watanabe, H.; Ushikubo, S.; Sakai, M.; Kudo, K.; Masu, H. Effective Method for Multi-Probe Electrical Measurements of Organic Single Crystals: Four-Terminal Natural Adhesion Contact. Solids 2022, 3, 311-318. https://doi.org/10.3390/solids3020022
Watanabe H, Ushikubo S, Sakai M, Kudo K, Masu H. Effective Method for Multi-Probe Electrical Measurements of Organic Single Crystals: Four-Terminal Natural Adhesion Contact. Solids. 2022; 3(2):311-318. https://doi.org/10.3390/solids3020022
Chicago/Turabian StyleWatanabe, Hiroki, Sakyo Ushikubo, Masatoshi Sakai, Kazuhiro Kudo, and Hyuma Masu. 2022. "Effective Method for Multi-Probe Electrical Measurements of Organic Single Crystals: Four-Terminal Natural Adhesion Contact" Solids 3, no. 2: 311-318. https://doi.org/10.3390/solids3020022