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An international team of researchers has investigated how the electrical properties of dihexyl-quarterthiophene thin films depend on their structure. This material is an organic semiconductor with prospects for flexible electronics. It turned out that once the thin films undergo a transition from the crystal to the liquid-crystal state, they lose some of their electrical conductivity. The team also discovered a 'third phase' that does not occur in bulk material and corresponds to a monomolecular layer of the semiconductor.
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Elena Khavina/MIPT Press Office
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