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Nanostructure Control of Crystalline Organic Thin Films by Solution Processes

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Solution-processed organic semiconductor devices are expected to provide flexible, large-area, light-weight, low-cost, and environment-friendly electronic products for next-generation devices. As small molecular crystals have intrinsically high electrical properties, this chapter focuses on the fabrication technique of single crystalline and polycrystalline organic electronic devices using solution processes. It starts with a description of the relationship between the crystal structure and electrical properties of organic semiconductors. Then, several techniques for preparing single-crystalline organic field effect transistors are discussed. Next, a precursor approach to preparing polycrystalline films is addressed. With this approach, well-soluble and stable precursor compounds are deposited on substrates and then quantitatively converted into target materials by applying external stimuli, such as heat or light. The recent progress of organic field effect transistors and organic photovoltaics with this approach is summarized.

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This work was supported by CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Nos. 16H02286, 26105004, 26620167), and the Program for Promoting the Enhancement of Research Universities in NAIST sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan.

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Yamada, H. (2019). Nanostructure Control of Crystalline Organic Thin Films by Solution Processes. In: Kubozono, Y. (eds) Physics and Chemistry of Carbon-Based Materials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3417-7_9

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