Molecular Dielectric Multilayers for Ultra-Low-Voltage Organic Thin Film Transistors

Very thin (2.3 – 5.5 nm) self-assembled organic dielectric multilayers have been integrated into organic thin-film transistor (OTFT) structures to achieve sub-1 V operating characteristics. These new dielectrics are fabricated via layer-by-layer solution phase deposition of molecular silicon precursors, resulting in smooth, nanostructurally well-defined, strongly-adherent, thermally stable, virtually pinhole-free, organosiloxane thin films having exceptionally large electrical capacitances (400-700 nFcm-2). These multilayers enable OTFT function at very low source-drain, gate, and threshold voltages, and are compatible with a broad variety of vapor- or solution-deposited p- and n-channel organic semiconductors.