Bottom-gate bottom-contact organic thin film transistors (OTFTs) were prepared with four novel star-shaped conjugated molecules containing a fused thieno[3,2-b]thiophene moiety incorporated either in the core and/or at the periphery of the molecular framework. The molecules were soluble in CS₂, allowing for solution-processing techniques to be employed. OTFTs with different channel geometries w...

Printed organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) are well suited for low-cost electronic applications, such as radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and sensors. Achieving both high carrier mobility and uniform electrical characteristics in printed OTFT devices is essential in these applications. Here, we report on printed high-performance OTFTs and circuits using silver nanoparticle inks for...

In the last decade, π-conjugated polymeric materials have emerged as promising semiconductors for low-cost organic optoelectronic applications, such as organic thin-fi lm transistors (OTFTs) [ 1 ] and photovoltaics (OPVs) [ 2 ] to cite two device categories. Planar π-conjugated building blocks represent a key target for highperformance polymeric semiconductors, since π-system planarization faci...

In a collaboration between Pennsylvania State University and Princeton University, we have been laying the foundations for flexible display technology. Flexible substrates including plastic or steel foil, backplanes of organic or silicon transistors, and directly printed RGB organic light emitting diodes are issues central to this collaboration. We present an overview of key recent results. Sil...

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1566-1199/$ see front matter 2010 Elsevier B.V doi:10.1016/j.orgel.2010.07.026 * Corresponding author at: Department of Elec Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, +1 614 247 6235; fax: +1 614 292 7596. E-mail address: [email protected] (P.R. Berger). Here we report on low-supply voltage and high-performance regioregular poly-(3-hexythiophene) (P3HT) organic thin-film transistors (OTF...

A generic analytical model for the current–voltage characteristics of organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) is derived. Based on this generic model, a TFT compact dc model that meets the requirements for compact modeling, including for computer circuit simulators, is proposed. The models are fully symmetrical, and the TFT compact dc model covers all regimes of TFT operation—linear and saturatio...