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What is the key difference between organic and inorganic semiconductors from scientific concept? This has been the most difficult question and hard to give clear answer, although organic semiconductors are already in commercial use as various organic devices. This chapter describes brief history of organic semiconductor and features that are commonly existing in most of molecular crystals. Such universal features of molecular crystals may be related to the unique nature of organic semiconductor, which requires scientific concepts different from those for inorganic counterpart to reveal their electronic processes.
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Ueno, N. (2015). Fundamental Aspects and the Nature of Organic Semiconductor. In: Ishii, H., Kudo, K., Nakayama, T., Ueno, N. (eds) Electronic Processes in Organic Electronics. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 209. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55206-2_1
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