Soluble terthiophene-labeled cruciform molecule as a semiconductor for organic field-effect transistor

Kyung Hwan Kim, Zhenguo Chi, Min Ju Cho, Jung Il Jin, Mi Yeon Cho, Su Jin Kim, Jin soo Joo, Dong Hoon Choi

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Abstract

Cruciform conjugated molecule, 4(HP3T)-benzene bearing terthiophene moieties has been synthesized through Heck coupling reaction using 5-hexyl-5″-vinyl-[2,2′,5′,2″]terthiophene as dendrons and 1,2,4,5-tetrabromo-benzene as the core unit; this molecule has been fully characterized. This terthiophene-based molecule exhibits good solubility in common organic solvents and good self-film forming property. They are intrinsically crystalline as they exhibit well-defined X-ray diffraction patterns from uniform orientations of molecules. Thus, intermolecular interaction can be enhanced to affect the carrier transport phenomena after annealing at 160 °C. The semiconducting property of 4(HP3T)-benzene has been evaluated in organic field-effect transistors. 4(HP3T)-benzene exhibit carrier mobility as high as (3.7 ± 0.5) × 10-4 cm2 V-1 s-1 with an on/off ratio of about 1 × 103.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)497-501
Number of pages5
JournalSynthetic Metals
Volume157
Issue number13-15
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007 Jul

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research work was supported by 21st century Frontier Research Program (F0004091-0000-00) and LG-Philips-LCD Co. Ltd. (2006–2007). Particularly, M.J. Cho acknowledges the financial support by the Seoul R&BD Program (2006–2007).

Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Keywords

  • Cruciform molecule
  • Mobility
  • Organic field-effect transistor
  • Organic semiconductor

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Metals and Alloys
  • Materials Chemistry

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