The surface energy-dictated initial growth of a pentacene film on a polymeric adhesion layer for field-effect transistors

Solid-State Electronics

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1650-1656

  Park, Jaehoon ^a   Bae, Jin Hyuk ^b   Kim, Won Ho ^b   Lee, Sin Doo ^b   Gwag, Jin Seog ^c   Kim, Dong Wook ^a   Noh, Jeong Cheol ^a   Choi, Jong Sun ^a  

^a Hong Ik University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Field effect transistor (FET); Growth; Organic semiconductors; Surface energy

Indexed keywords

ADHESION LAYER; COMPOSITION RATIO; FIELD-EFFECT MOBILITIES; GROWTH; MONOLAYER COVERAGE; MONOLAYER GROWTH; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR; PENTACENE FET; PENTACENE FILM; PENTACENES; SURFACE ENERGIES; SURFACE ENERGY;

ADHESION; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; FILM GROWTH; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MESFET DEVICES; MONOLAYERS; POLYIMIDES; POLYMERIC FILMS; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

EID: 77957298443     PISSN: 00381101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sse.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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