Organic Nanowire Crystals Combine Excellent Device Performance and Mechanical Flexibility

The flexibility and elasticity of individual copper phthalocyanine nanowire crystals and the influence of strain on the field-effect mobility are investigated. The Young's modulus of the crystal nanowires is about 1.9 GPa. Statistical analysis of many devices shows that the bent-nanowire crystals have higher charge-carrier mobility than their straight counterparts. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.