Storage stability improvement of pentacene thin-film transistors using polyimide passivation layer fabricated by vapor deposition polymerization

Solid-State Electronics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 439-442

  Hyung, Gun Woo ^a   Park, Jaehoon ^b   Kim, Jun Ho ^a   Koo, Ja Ryong ^a   Kim, Young Kwan ^a  

^a Hong Ik University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Organic thin film transistor (OTFT); Passivation; Stability; Vapor deposition polymerization (VDP)

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; DRY PROCESS; IN-SITU; LIFE-TIMES; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR; ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; ORGANIC THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR (OTFT); PASSIVATION LAYER; PASSIVATION PROCESS; PENTACENE THIN-FILM TRANSISTORS; PENTACENES; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLUTION-PROCESSED; STORAGE STABILITY; SWITCHING BEHAVIORS; VAPOR DEPOSITION POLYMERIZATION;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CHEMICAL SENSORS; MOISTURE; POLYIMIDES; POLYMERIZATION; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; STABILITY; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

PASSIVATION;

EID: 77349114195     PISSN: 00381101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sse.2010.01.017     Document Type: Article

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