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Complexity made simple

Simplification in large-area manufacturing of complex organic electronics is a critical step towards ubiquitous, flexible, portable applications; why not make the molecules do the work?

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Figure 1: Device operation and the principles of the work of Gundlach and colleagues.

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Stingelin-Stutzmann, N. Complexity made simple. Nature Mater 7, 171–172 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2121

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