AFM and 2-D GIXD studies on pentacene thin films for transistor application

Hoichang Yang; Tae Joo Shin; Mang-Mang Ling; Chang Y. Ryu; Zhenan Bao

doi:10.1117/12.614990

20 September 2005 AFM and 2-D GIXD studies on pentacene thin films for transistor application

Hoichang Yang, Tae Joo Shin, Mang-Mang Ling, Chang Y. Ryu, Zhenan Bao

Proceedings Volume 5940, Organic Field-Effect Transistors IV; 59400B (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.614990
Event: Optics and Photonics 2005, 2005, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We studied how the underlying grain boundary morphology in the first pentacene monolayer affects the "macroscopic" mobility of the 40 nm thick OTFT film. Through manipulating surface properties of a SiO₂ dielectric layer using self assembled monolayers (SAMs), we controlled the crystalline domain morphology of pentacene films that have thicknesses ranging from sub-monolayer to 40 nm. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) and two-dimensional grazing incidence X-ray diffraction are employed to characterize the morphology and crystalline structure of pentane films. In addition, the spatial variation of charge carriers in the first few layers was investigated using conducting AFM (C-AFM). In particular, faceted or dendritic island morphology has been observed in the first pentacene layer mainly depending on surface morphology of hydrophobic SAMs, and C-AFM supported that the faceted islands showed larger current flow than the dendritic islands. This C-AFM current tendency correlates with the "macroscopic" charge mobility in OTFT. Because the faceted morphology should represent the single crystal-like pentacene island, faceted islands have fewer internal crystal defects and the higher current flow than the dendritic islands.

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Hoichang Yang, Tae Joo Shin, Mang-Mang Ling, Chang Y. Ryu, and Zhenan Bao "AFM and 2-D GIXD studies on pentacene thin films for transistor application", Proc. SPIE 5940, Organic Field-Effect Transistors IV, 59400B (20 September 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.614990

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