Device and dielectric engineering for low voltage polymer transistors

Abstract

Research and development in organic electronics has risen dramatically since the observation of conductivity in doped polyacetylene as shown by Shirakawa, McDiarmid and Alan. J. Heeger1,2. Over the last few decades, it has been a vibrant field of research and development encompassing chemistry, physics, materials engineering and even biology. At the core of this field is the interesting interplay of the ?-electronic structure in conjugated carbon chains with their chemical nature which has led to the realization of fascinating electronic devices such as organic lightemitting diodes3, organic field effect transistors4 and organic solar cells5.