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Building molecules for a function

The versatility and potential of conjugated organic materials continues to amaze, with their unique — and sometimes unexpected — properties being continuously discovered and harnessed by scientists in an attempt to use them in functional devices.

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Figure 1: Heteroarene-based organic semiconductors, as reported in ref. 1.
Figure 2: DNA detection using organic FETs reported in ref. 3.

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Podzorov, V. Building molecules for a function. Nature Mater 9, 616–617 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2820

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