Effect of UV/ozone treatment on hysteresis of pentacene thin-film transistor with polymer gate dielectric

Solid-State Electronics

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 621-625

  Koo, Jae Bon ^a   Kang, Seong Yeol ^a   You, In Kyu ^a   Suh, Kyung Soo ^a  

^a Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hysteresis; Organic thin film transistor (OTFT); Pentacene; Surface treatment; UV ozone

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC POLYMERS; EXPOSURE-TIME; HYDROXYL GROUPS; NON SATURATIONS; ORGANIC THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR (OTFT); OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS; PENTACENE; PENTACENE THIN-FILM TRANSISTORS; POLYMER GATE DIELECTRICS; POSITIVE VALUES; SATURATION MOBILITIES; UV/OZONE; UV/OZONE TREATMENTS;

CHEMICAL SENSORS; GATE DIELECTRICS; GATES (TRANSISTOR); HYSTERESIS; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; TRANSISTORS;

SURFACE TREATMENT;

EID: 65649103068     PISSN: 00381101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sse.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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