Wire thin film transistor

Kovtyukhova NI, KeUey BK, MaUouk TE (2004) CoaxiaUy gated in-wire thin-film transistors made by template assembly. J Am Chem Soc 126 12738-12739... 

The transistor as a component of the e-textile plays a crucial role in the textile electronic circuit. The existing fibrous transistors can be divided into two categories wire thin film transistors (WTFTs Lee and Subramanian, 2003 Maccioni et al., 2006 Locci et al., 2007) and wire electrochemical transistors (WECTs Hamedi et al., 2007 De Rossi, 2007 Tao et al., 2011). WTFT, also called WFET, is based on the field-effect transistor (FET) technology and WECT is based on electrochemical technology. With the help of these transistors, the textile electronic circuit can be achieved without loss of mechanical properties such as flexibility or softness. 

As a class of n-type organic semiconductors, PBI derivatives have received considerable attention for a variety of applications [312, 313], for example, for organic or polymer light-emitting diodes (OLEDs and PLEDs) [314, 315], thin-film organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) [316, 317], solar cells [318, 319], and liquid crystals [320]. They are also interesting candidates for single-molecule device applications, such as sensors [321], molecular wires [322], or transistors [141]. 

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