A novel calamitic mesophase semiconductor with the fastest mobility of charged carriers: 1,4-di(5'-octyl-2'-thienyl)benzene.
The carrier mobility of highly ordered lamellar mesophases was evaluated by a Time-of-Flight (TOF) method for mesogenic 1,4-di(5'-octyl-2'-thienyl)benzene (8-TPT-8) to reveal the fastest drift mobility (0.1 cm(2) V(-1) s(-1) for the lowest temperature mesophase) in calamitic liquid crystals reported to date.
Oikawa
Kazuma
K
Central Research Laboratories, KANTO Chemical Co. Inc., Inari 1-7-1, Soka, Saitama 340-0003, Japan. CRL10@gms.kanto.co.jp
Monobe
Hirosato
H
Takahashi
Junpei
J
Tsuchiya
Kazuhiko
K
Heinrich
Benoît
B
Guillon
Daniel
D
Shimizu
Yo
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