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Nature 434, 151-152 (10 March 2005) | doi:10.1038/434151a; Published online 9 March 2005

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Semiconductor technology:  Negatively successful

Ananth Dodabalapur1

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Organic semiconducting polymers are promising electronic materials, but for full versatility they need to conduct negative as well as positive charge. A step towards that goal has now been taken.

Electronic devices based on organic materials are gradually becoming a mainstay of semiconductor technology, and are already used, for example, in flexible displays. However, a few hurdles remain before a breakthrough in practical applications can occur.

  1. Ananth Dodabalapur is in the Microelectronic Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, 10100 Burnet Road, Building 160, Austin, Texas 78758, USA.
    e-mail: Email: ananth@mer.utexas.edu

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