Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2011-07-17
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
20 pages, 8 figures. Unpublished manuscript written in 2005
Scientific paper
Organic electronic materials have potential applications in a number of low-cost, large area electronic devices such as flat panel displays and inexpensive solar panels. Small molecules in the series Anthracene, Tetracene, Pentacene, are model molecules for organic semiconductor thin films to be used as the active layers in such devices. This has motivated a number of studies of polyacene thin film growth and structure. Although the majority of these studies rely on vapor-deposited films, solvent-based deposition of films with improved properties onto non-crystalline substrates is desired for industrial production of devices. Improved ordering in thin films will have a large impact on their electronic properties, since grain boundaries and other defects are detrimental to carrier mobilities and lifetimes. Thus, a long-standing challenge in this field is to prepare largearea single crystal films on arbitrary substrates. Here we demonstrate a solvent-based method to deposit thin films of organic semiconductors, which is very general. Anthracene thin films with single-crystal domain sizes exceeding 1x1 cm2 can be prepared on various substrates by the technique. Films of 6,13-bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl)pentacene are also demonstrated to have grain sizes larger than 2x2 mm2. In contrast, films produced by conventional means such as vapor deposition or spin coating are polycrystalline with micron-scale grain sizes. The general propensity of these small molecules towards crystalline order in an optimized solvent deposition process shows that there is great potential for thin films with improved properties. Films prepared by these methods will also be useful in exploring the limits of performance in organic thin film devices.
Anthony John E.
Carpenter Greggory P.
Headrick Randall L.
Kazimirov Alexander
Lloyd Matthew
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