Unraveling the physics of vertical organic field effect transistors through nanoscale engineering of a self-assembled transparent electrode

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 4729-4733

  Ben Sasson, Ariel J ^a   Tessler, Nir ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Organic electronics; polymers; self assembly; transparent electrodes; vertical FETs

Indexed keywords

CONTACT FORMATION; DESIGN APPROACHES; DETAILED MODELING; ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTRODE ARCHITECTURE; FLEXIBLE SURFACES; HIGH TRANSPARENCY; KEY FEATURE; LOWER-POWER CONSUMPTION; MATERIAL DIVERSITY; NANO SCALE; NANOSCALE ENGINEERING; ON/OFF CURRENT RATIO; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; ORGANIC TRANSISTOR; PATTERNED ELECTRODE; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; POTENTIAL BARRIERS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER LOWERING; SELF-ASSEMBLED; STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE; VERTICAL ARCHITECTURES; VERTICAL FETS; VISIBLE SPECTRA; WORKING FREQUENCY; ZERO FREQUENCY;

ASPECT RATIO; ELECTRIC FIELDS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; POLYMERS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; TRANSPARENCY;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

NANOMATERIAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEMICONDUCTOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; NANOSTRUCTURES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICLE SIZE; TRANSISTORS, ELECTRONIC;

EID: 84866324178     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl302163q     Document Type: Article

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