Patterning organic-inorganic thin-film transistors using microcontact printed templates

Authors

C. R. Kagan, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
T. L. Breen, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
L. L. Kosbar, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-19-2001

Publication Title

Applied Physics Letters

Volume

79

Issue

21

First Page

3536

Last Page

3538

Abstract

We report the simple, low-cost, and parallel fabrication of patterned organic-inorganic thin-film transistors (TFTs) by microcontact printing a molecular template on the substrate surface prior to film deposition. We printed molecules with hydrophobic tail groups on the gate oxide surfaces of TFTs to chemically, differentiate the substrate surface and confine the self-assembly of thin films, deposited from solutions flooded across the entire surface, to the transistor channels. TFTs are fabricated with good device characteristics and no current leakage. This process is more general to the patterning of other solution-deposited thin-film materials. © 2001 American Institute of Physics.

DOI

10.1063/1.1420576

ISSN

00036951

Recommended Citation

Kagan, C. R.; Breen, T. L.; and Kosbar, L. L.. (2001). Patterning organic-inorganic thin-film transistors using microcontact printed templates. Applied Physics Letters, 79 (21), 3536-3538.
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