Pentacene thin film transistors on inorganic dielectrics: Morphology, structural properties, and electronic transport

The structural and transport properties of evaporated pentacene organic thin film transistors (TFTs) are reported, and they show the influence of the deposition conditions with different inorganic dielectrics. Dielectrics compatible with large area fabrication were explored to facilitate low cost electronics on glass or flexible plastic substrates. X-ray diffraction and atomic force microscopy show a clear correlation between the morphology and the structure of the highly polycrystalline films for all dielectrics investigated. The roughness of the dielectric has a distinct influence on the morphology and the structural properties, whereas the films on smooth thermal oxide are in general highly ordered and independent of the deposition conditions. The ordered films exhibit a “thin film” and a bulk phase, and the bulk phase volume fraction increases with the deposition temperature and the film thickness. Careful control of the deposition conditions gives virtually identical films on thermal oxide and silico...

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