Highly Oriented Liquid Crystal Semiconductor for Organic Field-Effect Transistors.
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SUBMITTER: Han MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6276037 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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