Tetracene transistor

H. E. Katz, C. Kloc, Z. Bao, J. Zaumseil, and V. Sundae, Field-effect transistors made from macroscopic single crystals of tetracene and related semiconductors on polymer dielectrics , Journal of Materials Research 19, 1995 (2004). 

Accordingly, in this contribution we will address the transport properties of selected materials, tetracene, diindeno[l,2,3-cd l, 2, 3 -lm]perylene (DIP), etc. (see Figure 25.1), which show different chemical stabilities and susceptibilities on (photo-)oxidation due to their respective aromaticity [11]. The temperature dependent charge carrier mobility proves to be an indicator of high sensitivity for chemical and structural irregularities and can be accessed by injection-free Time-Of-Flight (TOF) and injection-based Field-Effect Transistor (FET) and Space-Charge-Limited-Current (SCLC) studies. 

Moon, H. et al., Synthesis, crystal structure, and transistor performance of tetracene... 

R. W. 1. de Boer, T. M. Klapwijk, and A. F. Morpurgo, Field-effect transistors on tetracene single crystals, Appl. Phys. Lett., 83, 4345, 2003. 

A. Hepp, H. Heil, W. Weise, M. Ahles, R. Schmechel and H. von Seggern, Light-emitting field-effect transistor based on a tetracene thin film, Phys. Rev. Lett, 91, 157406 (2003). 

Takahashi T, Takenobul T, Takeya J, Iwasa Y (2007) Ambipolar light-emitting transistors of a tetracene single crystal. Adv Funct Mater 17 1623-1628... 

Dibenzo[/"g,op]naphthacene 60 was obtained by double direct arylation of 1,3-bis(2-bromophenyl)-2-(4-methoxyphenyl) benzene 59 (Scheme 22.14) [29]. Considering that tetracene derivatives are a class of attractive PAHs as semiconducting materials [30], this approach may contribute to the progress of organic transistor materials based on a fused tetracenes and their heterole analogs. 

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