Regulating charge injection in ambipolar organic field-effect transistors by mixed self-assembled monolayers

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 14493-14499

  Xu, Yong ^a   Baeg, Kang Jun ^b   Park, Won Tae ^a   Cho, Ara ^a   Choi, Eun Young ^c   Noh, Yong Young ^a  

^a Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI)   (South Korea)

^c Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ambipolar; charge injection; conjugated molecules; organic filed effect transistors; self assembled monolayer

Indexed keywords

CHARGE INJECTION; DEPOSITION; HOLE MOBILITY; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE; TRANSISTORS;

AMBIPOLAR; AMBIPOLAR ELECTRONICS; AMBIPOLAR SEMICONDUCTOR; CONJUGATED MOLECULES; DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS; MIXED SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; N-CHANNEL TRANSISTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEPOSITION;

ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

EID: 84906814735     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5037862     Document Type: Article

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