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Precision doping to heal traps

Nature Materials volume 20, pages 1458–1460 (2021)Cite this article

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Passivation of traps via site-specific surface doping allows access to the intrinsic properties of organic semiconductors and leads to the observation of electron atmospheres in organic crystals.

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Fig. 1: Site-specific doping of organic crystals and its impact on electronic properties.

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