Here we show the simple fabrication of field effect transistor (FET) with a mesophase semiconductor, a derivative of dithienyl naphthalene, which exhibits a fast mobility (10^-1 ~ 10^-2 cm² V^-1 s^-1) of charged carriers in the mesophase. The compound is a mesogen, but with highly ordered layered structure in a triclinic lattice, meaning a 3D-mesophase is formed. The device performance was studied for the transistor mobility, on/off ratio and threshold voltage of device operation, to have 0.14 cm² V^-1 s^-1, 2 x 10³ and -27 V at room temperature (in a crystal phase), respectively, even though the thin film active layer (100 nm thick) does have a multi-domain system. However, the XRD studies indicate the uniformly aligned molecules in each domain, of which long axis is inclined to be ca. 27° against the axis perpendicular to the substrate plane. This implies that a self-assembling nature of mesogenic molecules is a certain merit for thin film device fabrication in organic electronics.

Date Published: 12 September 2007
PDF: 8 pages
Proc. SPIE 6654, Liquid Crystals XI, 66540I (12 September 2007); doi: 10.1117/12.734910

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 6654:
Liquid Crystals XI
Iam Choon Khoo, Editor(s)