Organic field-effect transistors based on a liquid-crystalline polymeric semiconductor using SU-8 gate dielectrics on flexible substrates

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Contributors

  • Kornelius Tetzner - , Technical University of Berlin (Author)
  • Indranil R. Bose - , Fraunhofer Research Institution for Microsystems and Solid State Technologies (EMFT) (Author)
  • Karlheinz Bock - , Institute of Electronic Packaging Technology (Author)

Abstract

In this work, the insulating properties of poly(4-vinylphenol) (PVP) and SU-8 (MicroChem, Westborough, MA, USA) dielectrics are analyzed and compared with each other. We further investigate the performance behavior of organic field-effect transistors based on a semiconducting liquid-crystal polymer (LCP) using both dielectric materials and evaluate the results regarding the processability. Due to the lower process temperature needed for the SU-8 deposition, the realization of organic transistors on flexible substrates is demonstrated showing comparable charge carrier mobilities to devices using PVP on glass. In addition, a μ-dispensing procedure of the LCP on SU-8 is presented, improving the switching behavior of the organic transistors, and the promising stability data of the SU-8/LCP stack are verified after storing the structures for 60 days in ambient air showing negligible irreversible degradation of the organic semiconductor.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7226-7242
Number of pages17
JournalMaterials
Volume7
Issue number11
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-0757-3325/work/139064809

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Keywords

  • Liquid-crystal polymers, Long-term stability, Organic field-effect transistors, Organic semiconductor