Processing follows function: Pushing the formation of self-assembled monolayers to high-throughput compatible time scales

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 20234-20241

  Alt, Milan ^a,b,c   Schinke, Janusz ^b,d   Hillebrandt, Sabina ^b,e   Hänsel, Marc ^b,f   Hernandez Sosa, Gerardo ^a,b,g   Mechau, Norman ^a,b   Glaser, Tobias ^b,e   Mankel, Eric ^b,f   Hamburger, Manuel ^b,e   Deing, Kaja ^b,c   Jaegermann, Wolfram ^b,f   Pucci, Annemarie ^b,e   Kowalsky, Wolfgang ^b,d   Lemmer, Uli ^a,b,g   Lovrincic, Robert ^b,d  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INNOVATIONLAB   (Germany)

^c MERCK KGAA   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^g KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Functional printing; Infrared spectroscopy; Organic electronics; Organic field effect transistors; Photoelectron spectroscopy; Self assembled monolayers

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; TRANSISTORS;

CHARGE CARRIER INJECTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DEPOSITION CONDITIONS; FUNCTIONAL PRINTING; METAL-SEMICONDUCTOR CONTACTS; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; PARTIALLY FLUORINATED; SOLUTION-BASED DEPOSITION;

ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

EID: 84914693386     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5057689     Document Type: Article

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