Micrometer- and Nanometer-Sized Organic Single-Crystalline Transistors

The use of micrometer and nanometer‐sized organic single crystals to fabricate devices can retain all the advantages of single crystals, avoid the difficulties of growing large crystals, and provide a way to characterize organic semiconductors more efficiently. Moreover, the effective use of such “s...

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Published in:Advanced materials (Weinheim) 2008-08, Vol.20 (15), p.2947-2951
Main Authors: Tang, Qingxin, Jiang, Lang, Tong, Yanhong, Li, Hongxiang, Liu, Yaling, Wang, Zhaohui, Hu, Wenping, Liu, Yunqi, Zhu, Daoben
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Nanocrystals
Organic electronics
Organic field-effect transistors
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Summary:The use of micrometer and nanometer‐sized organic single crystals to fabricate devices can retain all the advantages of single crystals, avoid the difficulties of growing large crystals, and provide a way to characterize organic semiconductors more efficiently. Moreover, the effective use of such “small” crystals will be beneficial to nanoelectronics. Here we review the recent progress of organic single‐crystalline transistors based on micro‐/nanometer‐sized structures, namely fabrication methods and related technical issues, device properties, and current challenges. “Small”‐crystalline transistors, where “small” means nano‐ or micrometer sized, are of interest for micro‐ and nanoelectronic devices. The remarkable progress made recently in controlled synthesis of micro/nanometer‐sized organic single crystals, new device fabrication techniques (one of which is illustrated in the figure), and device performance of “small”‐crystalline transistors is described and the advantages of such devices are outlined.
ISSN:0935-9648
1521-4095
DOI:10.1002/adma.200800669