Effect of hydroxyl density on condensation behaviors of self-assembled monolayers and performance of pentacene-base organic thin-film transistors

Organic Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1004-1011

  Tiao, Hsin Chieh ^a   Lee, Yao Jen ^b   Liu, Yi Shan ^a   Lee, Shu Hsien ^a   Li, Ching Hsiu ^a   Kuo, Ming Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL NANO DEVICE LABORATORIES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Organic field effect transistors; Pentacene; Preparing temperature; Self assembled monolayer

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONDENSATION; FILM PREPARATION; FOURIER SERIES; HOLE MOBILITY; ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SILICA; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILM CIRCUITS; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DODECYLTRICHLOROSILANE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROMETER; OCTADECYLTRICHLOROSILANE; ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; PENTACENES; PREPARATION TEMPERATURES; PREPARING TEMPERATURES; SEMICONDUCTOR PARAMETER ANALYZERS;

SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

EID: 84859079234     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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