Organic molecules are currently being investigated with regard to their application as active components in semiconductor devices. Whereas devices containing organic molecules for the generation of light - organic light emitting diodes (OLED) - have already reached the market (they e.g. display information on mobile phones), transistors where organic molecules are used to actively control currents and voltages are still in the development stage.
In this book the principle problems related to using organic materials as semiconductors and to construct functioning devices will be addressed.
A particular emphasis will be put on the difference between inorganic semiconductors such as Si, Ge and GaAs and organic semiconductors (OSC). The special properties of such soft matter require particular approaches for processing characterization and device implementation, which are quite different from the approach used for conventional semiconductors.
Content:
Chapter 1 Organic Transistors as a Basis for Printed Electronics (pages 1โ15): W. Fix, A. Ullmann, R. Blache and K. Schmidt
Chapter 2 Printable Electronics: Flexibility for the Future (pages 17โ34): Mark A. M. Leenen, Volker Arning, Heiko Thiem, Jurgen Steiger and Ralf Anselmann
Chapter 3 Fluorinated Phthalocyanines as Molecular Semiconductor Thin Films (pages 35โ60): H. Brinkmann, C. Kelting, S. Makarov, O. Tsaryova, G. Schnurpfeil, D. Wohrle and D. Schlettwein
Chapter 4 Novel Organic Semiconductors and Processing Techniques for Organic Field?Effect Transistors (pages 61โ74): H. N. Tsao, H. J. Rader, W. Pisula, A. Rouhanipour and K. Mullen
Chapter 5 Assembly, Structure, and Performance of an Ultra?Thin Film Organic Field?Effect Transistor (OFET) Based on Substituted Oligothiophenes (pages 75โ94): K. Haubner, E. Jaehne, H.?J. P. Adler, D. Koehler, C. Loppacher, L. M. Eng, J. Grenzer, A. Herasimovich and S. Scheiner
Chapter 6 Organic Transistors Utilising Highly Soluble Swivel?Cruciform Oligothiophenes (pages 95โ111): Achmad Zen, Patrick Pingel, Dieter Neher and Ullrich Scherf
Chapter 7 Chemical Approaches to the Deposition of Metal Electrodes onto Self?Assembled Monolayers โ A Step Towards the Fabrication of SAM?Based Organic Field?Effect Transistors (pages 113โ137): Heidi Thomas, Jan Muller and Andreas Terfort
Chapter 8 Growth Morphologies and Charge Carrier Mobilities of Pentacene Organic Field Effect Transistors with RF Sputtered Aluminium Oxide Gate Insulators on ITO Glass (pages 139โ160): M. Voigt, J. Pflaum and M. Sokolowski
Chapter 9 In Situ X?Ray Scattering Studies of OFET Interfaces (pages 161โ187): Alexander Gerlach, Stefan Sellner, Stefan Kowarik and Frank Schreiber
Chapter 10 X?Ray Structural Studies of Low and High Molecular Weight Poly(3?Hexylthiophene) (pages 189โ205): S. Joshi, S. Grigorian and U. Pietsch
Chapter 11 Molecular Beam Deposition and Characterisation of Thin Organic Films on Metals for Applications in Organic Electronics (pages 207โ233): G. Witte and Prof. Dr. Ch. Woll
Chapter 12 Fundamental Interface Properties in OFETs: Bonding, Structure and Function of Molecular Adsorbate Layers on Solid Surfaces (pages 235โ262): S. Soubatch, R. Temirov and F. S. Tautz
Chapter 13 Metal/Organic Interface Formation Studied In Situ by Resonant Raman Spectroscopy (pages 263โ280): G. Salvan, B. A. Paez, D. R. T. Zahn, L. Gisslen and R. Scholz
Chapter 14 Development of Single?Crystal OFETs Prepared on Well?Ordered Sapphire Substrates (pages 281โ298): S. Sachs, M. Paul, F. Holch, J. Pernpeintner, P. Vrdoljak, M. B. Casu, A. Scholl and E. Umbach
Chapter 15 Pentacene Devices: Molecular Structure, Charge Transport and Photo Response (pages 299โ315): Bert Nickel
Chapter 16 Characteristics and Mechanisms of Hysteresis in Polymer Field?Effect Transistors (pages 317โ346): G. Paasch, S. Scheinert, A. Herasimovich, I. Horselmann and Th. Lindner
Chapter 17 Ambipolar Charge Carrier Transport in Organic Semiconductor Blends (pages 347โ372): Markus Bronner, Andreas Opitz and Wolfgang Brutting
Chapter 18 Gate Dielectrics and Surface Passivation Layers for Organic Field Effect Transistors (pages 373โ400): T. Diekmann and U. Hilleringmann
Chapter 19 Influence of Metal Diffusion on the Electronic Properties of Pentacene and Diindenoperylene Thin Films (pages 401โ426): M. Scharnberg, R. Adelung and F. Faupel
Chapter 20 Potentiometry on Pentacene OFETs: Charge Carrier Mobilities and Injection Barriers in Bottom and Top Contact Configurations (pages 427โ444): R. Scholz, D. Lehmann, A.?D. Muller, F. Muller and D. R. T. Zahn
Chapter 21 Microscopic and Spectroscopic Characterisation of Interfaces and Dielectric Layers for OFET Devices (pages 445โ468): K. Muller, Y. Burkov, D. Mandal, K. Henkel, I. Paloumpa, A. Goryachko and D. Schmei?er
Chapter 22 Scaling Limits and MHz Operation in Thiophene?Based Field?Effect Transistors (pages 469โ497): A. Hoppe, T. Balster, T. Muck and V. Wagner
Chapter 23 Aluminium Oxide Film as Gate Dielectric for Organic FETs: Anodisation and Characterisation (pages 499โ511): X.?D. Dang, W. Plieth, S. Richter, M. Plotner and W.?J. Fischer
Chapter 24 Electronic States at the Dielectric/Semiconductor Interface in Organic Field?Effect Transistors (pages 513โ538): Niels Benson, Christian Melzer, Roland Schmechel and Heinz von Seggern
Chapter 25 Aspects of the Charge Carrier Transport in Highly?Ordered Crystals of Polyaromatic Molecules (pages 539โ564): J. Pflaum, J. Niemax, S. Meyer and A. K. Tripathi
Chapter 26 Carbon Nanotube Transistors โ Chemical Functionalisation and Device Characterisation (pages 565โ593): Kannan Balasubramanian, Eduardo J. H. Lee, Ralf Thomas Weitz, Marko Burghard and Klaus Kern
Chapter 27 Contact Effects in Cu(TCNQ) Memory Devices (pages 595โ612): Artur Hefczyc, Lars Beckmann, Eike Becker, Hans?Hermann Johannes and Wolfgang Kowalsky
Chapter 28 Organic Field?Effect Transistors for Spin?Polarised Transport (pages 613โ627): M. Michelfeit, G. Schmidt, J. Geurts and L. W. Molenkamp