Low-temperature, solution-processed ZrO2:B Thin film: A bifunctional inorganic/organic interfacial glue for flexible thin-film transistors

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 4494-4503

  Park, Jee Ho ^a   Oh, Jin Young ^a   Han, Sun Woong ^a   Lee, Tae Il ^b   Baik, Hong Koo ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Gachon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

bifunctional inorganic organic interfacial glue; boron doped peroxo zirconium oxide; flexible electronics; solution processing; thin film transistor

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTACT ANGLE; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GLUES; GLUING; HYDROPHOBICITY; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; POWER TRANSISTORS; SOLUTION MINING; SUPERHYDROPHILICITY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE; THIN FILM CIRCUITS; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZIRCONIA;

AMORPHOUS INDIUM-OXIDE; ANGLE-RESOLVED X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; BORON-DOPED; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; INORGANIC/ORGANIC; SOLUTION-PROCESSING; THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR (TFTS);

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84924250359     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00036     Document Type: Article

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