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Review
. 2020 Mar;32(10):e1905909.
doi: 10.1002/adma.201905909. Epub 2020 Jan 22.

Molecular Semiconductors for Logic Operations: Dead-End or Bright Future?

Guillaume Schweicher  1   2 , Guillaume Garbay  1 , Rémy Jouclas  1 , François Vibert  1 , Félix Devaux  1 , Yves H Geerts  1
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Review

Molecular Semiconductors for Logic Operations: Dead-End or Bright Future?

Guillaume Schweicher et al. Adv Mater. 2020 Mar.

Abstract

The field of organic electronics has been prolific in the last couple of years, leading to the design and synthesis of several molecular semiconductors presenting a mobility in excess of 10 cm2 V-1 s-1 . However, it is also started to recently falter, as a result of doubtful mobility extractions and reduced industrial interest. This critical review addresses the community of chemists and materials scientists to share with it a critical analysis of the best performing molecular semiconductors and of the inherent charge transport physics that takes place in them. The goal is to inspire chemists and materials scientists and to give them hope that the field of molecular semiconductors for logic operations is not engaged into a dead end. To the contrary, it offers plenty of research opportunities in materials chemistry.

Keywords: charge transport; molecular crystals; organic semiconductors.

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