All-inkjet-printed organic thin-film transistor inverter on flexible plastic substrate

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1134-1136

  Chung, Seungjun ^a   Kim, Seul Ong ^b   Kwon, Soon Ki ^b   Lee, Changhee ^a   Hong, Yongtaek ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

6,13 bis (triisopropylsilylethynyl) (TIPS) pentacene; Inkjet printed inverter; inkjet printed organic thin film transistor (OTFT); silver electrode

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE PLASTIC SUBSTRATES; INKJET-PRINTED INVERTER; METAL-ORGANIC; ON/OFF RATIO; ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; P-TYPE; PENTACENES; SEMICONDUCTOR LAYERS; SILVER ELECTRODE; SOURCE/DRAIN ELECTRODES; SUPPLY VOLTAGES; SWITCHING PERFORMANCE;

CHEMICAL SENSORS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TRANSISTORS;

THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

EID: 79960910971     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2011.2156757     Document Type: Article

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