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Fully-printed high-performance organic thin-film transistors and circuitry on one-micron-thick polymer films

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  • Kenjiro Fukuda

    (Research Center for Organic Electronics (ROEL), Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University)

  • Yasunori Takeda

    (Research Center for Organic Electronics (ROEL), Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University)

  • Yudai Yoshimura

    (Research Center for Organic Electronics (ROEL), Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University)

  • Rei Shiwaku

    (Research Center for Organic Electronics (ROEL), Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University)

  • Lam Truc Tran

    (Research Center for Organic Electronics (ROEL), Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University)

  • Tomohito Sekine

    (Research Center for Organic Electronics (ROEL), Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University)

  • Makoto Mizukami

    (Innovation Center for Organic Electronics (INOEL), Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University)

  • Daisuke Kumaki

    (Research Center for Organic Electronics (ROEL), Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University)

  • Shizuo Tokito

    (Research Center for Organic Electronics (ROEL), Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University)

Abstract

Thin, ultra-flexible devices that can be manufactured in a process that covers a large area will be essential to realizing low-cost, wearable electronic applications including foldable displays and medical sensors. The printing technology will be instrumental in fabricating these novel electronic devices and circuits; however, attaining fully printed devices on ultra-flexible films in large areas has typically been a challenge. Here we report on fully printed organic thin-film transistor devices and circuits fabricated on 1-μm-thick parylene-C films with high field-effect mobility (1.0 cm2 V−1 s−1) and fast operating speeds (about 1 ms) at low operating voltages. The devices were extremely light (2 g m−2) and exhibited excellent mechanical stability. The devices remained operational even under 50% compressive strain without significant changes in their performance. These results represent significant progress in the fabrication of fully printed organic thin-film transistor devices and circuits for use in unobtrusive electronic applications such as wearable sensors.

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  • Kenjiro Fukuda & Yasunori Takeda & Yudai Yoshimura & Rei Shiwaku & Lam Truc Tran & Tomohito Sekine & Makoto Mizukami & Daisuke Kumaki & Shizuo Tokito, 2014. "Fully-printed high-performance organic thin-film transistors and circuitry on one-micron-thick polymer films," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 5(1), pages 1-8, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:5:y:2014:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms5147
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5147
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