Apr, 2010
Electron spin resonance observation of field-induced charge carriers in ultrathin-film transistors of regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) with controlled in-plane chain orientation
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
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- Volume
- 96
- Number
- 17
- First page
- 173302-173302
- Last page
- Language
- English
- Publishing type
- Research paper (scientific journal)
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.3421538
- Publisher
- AMER INST PHYSICS
Ultrathin-film polymeric transistors with controlled in-plane chain orientation have been fabricated based on Langmuir-Blodgett technique by cospreading liquid crystal molecule with regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene). The mobilities parallel to the chain direction reached 0.001-0.01 cm(2)/V s for 1 to 5 monolayer thick transistors. Mobility ratio was about 2 for the parallel and perpendicular directions. Electron spin resonance (ESR) signals of the field-induced polarons exhibited clear in-plane anisotropies due to unpaired pi-electrons. The anisotropic ESR spectra together with the optical dichroism determine the detailed molecular orientations in the channel of such ultrathin transistors.
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- DOI : 10.1063/1.3421538
- ISSN : 0003-6951
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000277242000040