オーガニック・フィールド・エフェクト・トランジスタにおける自己組み立てモノレイヤの間の電荷注入:奇数対数効果
Pablo Stoliar1, Rajendra Kshirsagar, Massimiliano Massi
1Nanotechnology of Multifunctional Materials (NMM) Research Division, CNR-ISMN, Via Gobetti 101, I-40129 Bologna, Italy.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|May 3, 2007
まとめ
自己組み立てモノレイヤーは,有機フィールド効果トランジスタの性能を大幅に変化させます. アルカンエチオールにおける偶数鎖長効果は,トランジスタを単層の電荷輸送の敏感な探査機にすることで,トランジスタを通過結合トンネリングを明らかにします.
科学分野:
- マテリアルサイエンス 材料科学
- オーガニック・エレクトロニクス
- 表面化学について
背景:
- オーガニック・フィールド・エフェクト・トランジスタ (OFET) は,柔軟な電子機器にとって極めて重要です.
- インタフェースエンジニアリングは,OFETのパフォーマンスを最適化するための鍵です.
- 自己組み立てモノレイヤ (SAM) は,インターフェースの特性に対する正確な制御を提供します.
研究 の 目的:
- アルカンエチオールSAMがペンタセンのOFET応答をどのように調節するかを調査する.
- オーガニック・メタリック・インターフェースのチャージキャリアの注入のメカニズムを解明する.
- モノレイヤ輸送のための感受性プローブとしてOFETの使用を調査する.
主な方法:
- ソース/ドレイン電極のアルカンエチオールSAMとペンタセンのOFETの製造.
- アルカンエチオール鎖の長さの系統的変化 (n).
- 電荷载体運動 (μ) の測定と分析,および鎖の長さとの相関.
主要な成果:
- チャージキャリアの移動性 (μ) は,アルカネチオール鎖の長さ (n) に関して有意な奇数対数変動を示した.
- 短いチェーン (n < 8) では,注入障壁の減少と注文の改善により,移動性が向上しました.
- 長い鎖 (n ≥ 8) の場合,移動性は指数関数的に減少した (β = 0.6 Å−1),これは通鎖トンネリングを示している.
- アルカネチオールとペンタセンの間のアニゾトロピックカップリングに関連した奇数対数効果が観察されました.
結論:
- 充電注入は,アルカネチオールSAMによって媒介される穴の通行結合トンネリングを経由して発生します.
- ロングチェーン方式では,SAM媒介の電荷注入が,OFETの性能を決定する.
- OFETは,単一分子層にわたる電荷輸送を研究するための非常に敏感なプラットフォームとして機能します.
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