journal article·2025-09

High work function silver nanowire electrodes via ligand exchange reaction for stretchable organic thin-film transistors

Yuqi Guo, Bin Zhao, Weijia Dong, Chenhui Xu, Ruoqi Gao, Yang Han, Yunfeng Deng, Yanhou Geng

Science China Materials· Volume 68· Issue 9
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