Tuning the threshold voltage in organic thin-film transistors by local channel doping using photoreactive interfacial layers

Advanced Materials

Volumn 22, Issue 47, 2010, Pages 5361-5365

  Marchl, Marco ^a   Edler, Matthias ^b   Haase, Anja ^c   Fian, Alexander ^c   Trimmel, Gregor ^d   Griesser, Thomas ^b   Stadlober, Barbara ^c   Zojer, Egbert ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^c JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

^d GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

doping; organic electronics; organic field effect transistors; polymeric materials

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; CHANNEL DOPINGS; DEPLETION MODES; DOPING; ENHANCEMENT MODES; INTERFACIAL LAYER; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; P-TYPE; PHOTOACID GENERATORS; POLYMERIC MATERIAL; UV ILLUMINATIONS;

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; POLYMERS; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

GOLD; NAPHTHACENE DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PENTACENE; POLYMER; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

GOLD; NAPHTHACENES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYMERS; SILICON DIOXIDE; TRANSISTORS, ELECTRONIC; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 78650262723     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: 15214095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201002912     Document Type: Article

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