Organic thin-film transistor devices

In addition to display applications, researchers are also exploring the use of vapor-deposited organic materials in devices such as photovoltaics [11], organic lasers [12], and organic thin-film transistors (TFTs) [13]. 

Roberts ME, Sokolov AN, Bao ZN (2009) Material and device considerations for organic thin-film transistor sensors. J Mater Chem 19 3351... 

Jeong et al. (2) prepared crosslinked copolymers consisting of methyl tri-methoxy silane and dipentaerythritol penta-/hexa-acrylate, which were effective as organic thin-film transistors and used in liquid-crystal display devices. 

Fig. 10.1. Schematic illustrations of two device geometries for organic thin-film transistors. Part (a) shows the layout of a top contact device in which the source and drain electrodes are deposited on top of the...

D. J. Gundlach, C.-C. Kuo, S. F. Nelson, T. N. Jackson, Organic thin film transistors with field-effect mobility > 2 cm2 V-1 s 1, presented at 57th Device Research Conference Digest, 1999. 

G. Horowitz, Organic thin film transistors from theory to real devices , Journal of Materials Research 19, 1946 (2004). 

D. J. Gundlach, Y. Y. Lin, T. N. Jack-son, S. F. Nelson, and D. G. Schlom, Pentacene organic thin-film transistors - Molecular ordering and mobility, IEEE Electron Device Lett. 18(3), 87-89 (1997). 

Organic thin film transistors (OTFTs) are field effect devices with organic or polymer semiconductor thin film as channel materials. They are currently one of the most fascinating technology for chemical and biological sensing both as discrete elements [3] or implemented in plastic circuits. 

Peng, X. et al.. All-organic thin-film transistors made of alpha-sexithienyl semiconducting and various polymeric insulting layers, Appl. Phys. Lett. 57, 2013, 1990. Horowitz, G., Organic thin film transistors From theory to real devices, J. Mater. Res. 19, 1946-1962, 2004. 

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