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Real‐Time Observation and Control of Pentacene Film Growth on an Artificially Structured Substrate
Author(s) -
Tsuruma Yuki,
AlMahboob Abdullah,
Ikeda Susumu,
Sadowski Jerzy T.,
Yoshikawa Genki,
Fujikawa Yasunori,
Sakurai Toshio,
Saiki Koichiro
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200901436
Subject(s) - pentacene , materials science , monolayer , electrode , photoemission electron microscopy , nucleation , substrate (aquarium) , transistor , optoelectronics , self assembled monolayer , field effect transistor , nanotechnology , thin film transistor , analytical chemistry (journal) , electron microscope , optics , layer (electronics) , voltage , organic chemistry , chemistry , physics , oceanography , quantum mechanics , geology
Suppression of nucleation around a gold electrode during pentacene growth on a SiO 2 channel is found by photoemission electron microscopy. Mass flow is driven by the difference between the molecular orientations on SiO 2 and gold. The poor connectivity at the channel/electrode boundary causes degradation in the performance of a field‐effect transistor, which is found to be improved by self‐assembled monolayer treatment on the electrode (see figure; thickness in monolayers (ML)).