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A study of the electron-bombardment induced conductivity at room temperature in crystalline anthracene was made using the drift method. The observed low gain (≈10) for the current induced by the electron beam is attributed to the short recombination lifetimes ≈ 10−8s and the low quantum efficiency (≈4%), of pair production. These results are explained on the basis of a simple photoconductor model. The values for the drift mobilities normal to the ‘ab’ crystallographic plane viz.,μ e = 0.37 andμ h cm2s−1V−1 = 0.98 cm2s−1V−1 agree well with other published values.
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Saleh, M. Electron bomardment induced conductivity in crystalline anthracene. Acta Physica Hungarica 65, 3–9 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03054112
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