Meso-epitaxial solution-growth of self-organizing discotic liquid-crystalline semiconductors

A.M. van de Craats, N. Stutzmann, Oliver Bunk, Martin Meedom Nielsen, M. Watson, K. Müllen, H.D. Chanzy, H. Sirringhaus, R.H. Friend

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Abstract

Substituted hexabenzocoronenes (HBCs) form films with supramolecularly ordered columnar stacks that are uniaxially oriented onto poly(tetrafluoroethylene) alignment layers (see Figure). In field-effect transistor (FET) tests, mobilities of up to 10–3 cm2V–1s–1 and high on–off ratios of more than 104 were derived for these aligned HBC films, characteristics superior to FETs prepared from isotropic HBC layers.

Original languageEnglish
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume15
Issue number6
Pages (from-to)495-499
ISSN0935-9648
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003

Keywords

  • Epitaxy, mesoepitaxy
  • Field-effect transistors
  • Hexabenzocoronenes
  • Liquid crystals, discotic
  • Polymers, conjugated
  • Semiconductors, organic
  • Supramolecular structures

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