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English:A few-layer molecular film on polymer substrates to enhance the performance of organic devices 
Author
Japanese: 横田 知之, 梶谷 孝, Ren Shidachi, Takeyoshi Tokuhara, Martin Kaltenbrunner, 庄子 良晃, 石割 文崇, 関谷 毅, 福島 孝典, 染谷 隆夫.  
English: Tomoyuki Yokota, Takashi Kajitani, Ren Shidachi, Takeyoshi Tokuhara, Martin Kaltenbrunner, Yoshiaki Shoji, Fumitaka Ishiwari, Tsuyoshi Sekitani, Takanori Fukushima, Takao Someya.  
Language English 
Journal/Book name
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English:Nature Nanotechnology 
Volume, Number, Page Vol. 13        p. 139–144
Published date Jan. 18, 2018 
Publisher
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English:Springer Nature 
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Official URL https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-017-0018-6
 
Abstract In organic electronics the functionalization of dielectric substrates with self-assembled monolayers is regarded as an effective surface modification strategy that may significantly improve the resulting device performance. However, this technique is not suitable for polymer substrates typically used in flexible electronics. Here, we report organic modifiers based on a paraffinic tripodal triptycene, which self-assembles into a completely oriented two-dimensional hexagonal triptycene array and one-dimensional layer stacking structure on polymer surfaces. Such few-layer films are analogous to conventional self-assembled monolayers on inorganic substrates in that they neutralize the polymer surface. Furthermore, the triptycene films significantly improve the crystallinity of an organic semiconductor and the overall performance of organic thin-film transistors, therefore enabling the fabrication of high-performance organic complementary circuits on polymer substrates with high oscillation speeds and low operation voltage.

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