Self-assembled monolayer exchange reactions as a tool for channel interface engineering in low-voltage organic thin-film transistors

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 39, 2012, Pages 13900-13904

  Lenz, Thomas ^a   Schmaltz, Thomas ^a   Novak, Michael ^a   Halik, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYL CHAIN; ALUMINUM OXIDE SURFACES; ANCHOR GROUPS; CHANNEL INTERFACE; DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS; EXCHANGE KINETICS; EXCHANGE REACTION; EXCHANGE-TIME; FUNCTION OF TIME; INTERFACE ENGINEERING; LOW-VOLTAGE; MIXED LAYER; ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; PHOSPHONIC ACIDS; POSITIVE VALUE; STATIC CONTACT ANGLE; TIME-DEPENDENT;

CAPACITANCE; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CONTACT ANGLE; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DIPOLE MOMENT; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; OXIDES; RATE CONSTANTS; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

EID: 84867084904     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la3027978     Document Type: Article

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