Inkjet printing of single-crystal films

被引:1524
作者
Minemawari, Hiromi [1 ]
Yamada, Toshikazu [1 ]
Matsui, Hiroyuki [1 ]
Tsutsumi, Jun'ya [1 ]
Haas, Simon [1 ]
Chiba, Ryosuke [1 ,2 ]
Kumai, Reiji [1 ,3 ]
Hasegawa, Tatsuo [1 ]
机构
[1] Natl Inst Adv Ind Sci & Technol, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058562, Japan
[2] Univ Tokyo, Dept Appl Phys, Hongo 1138656, Japan
[3] High Energy Accelerator Res Org KEK, Inst Mat Struct Sci, CMRC, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050801, Japan
基金
日本学术振兴会;
关键词
HIGH-PERFORMANCE; TRANSISTOR; MOBILITY; POLYMER; TRANSPORT;
D O I
10.1038/nature10313
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The use of single crystals has been fundamental to the development of semiconductor microelectronics and solid-state science(1). Whether based on inorganic(2-5) or organic(6-8) materials, the devices that show the highest performance rely on single-crystal interfaces, with their nearly perfect translational symmetry and exceptionally high chemical purity. Attention has recently been focused on developing simple ways of producing electronic devices by means of printing technologies. 'Printed electronics' is being explored for the manufacture of large-area and flexible electronic devices by the patterned application of functional inks containing soluble or dispersed semiconducting materials(9-11). However, because of the strong self-organizing tendency of the deposited materials(12,13), the production of semiconducting thin films of high crystallinity (indispensable for realizing high carrier mobility) may be incompatible with conventional printing processes. Here we develop a method that combines the technique of antisolvent crystallization(14) with inkjet printing to produce organic semiconducting thin films of high crystallinity. Specifically, we show that mixing fine droplets of an antisolvent and a solution of an active semiconducting component within a confined area on an amorphous substrate can trigger the controlled formation of exceptionally uniform single-crystal or polycrystalline thin films that grow at the liquid-air interfaces. Using this approach, we have printed single crystals of the organic semiconductor 2,7-dioctyl[1] benzothieno[3,2-b][1] benzothiophene (C-8-BTBT) (ref. 15), yielding thin-film transistors with average carrier mobilities as high as 16.4 cm(2) V-1 s(-1). This printing technique constitutes a major step towards the use of high-performance single-crystal semiconductor devices for large-area and flexible electronics applications.
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页码:364 / 367
页数:4
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