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Author:
Wang, Jia (Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Physics) (The Organic Photonics and Electronics Group)
Larsen, Christian (Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Physics) (The Organic Photonics and Electronics Group)
Wågberg, Thomas (Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Physics)
Edman, Ludvig (Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Physics) (The Organic Photonics and Electronics Group)
Title:
Direct UV patterning of electronically active fullerene films
Department:
Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Physics
Publication type:
Article in journal (Refereed)
Language:
English
Place of publ.: Weinheim, Germany Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH
Status:
Published
In:
Advanced Functional Materials(ISSN 1616-301X)(EISSN 1616-3028)
Volume:
21
Issue:
19
Pages:
3723-3728
Year of publ.:
2011
URI:
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-48545
Permanent link:
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-48545
Subject category:
Condensed Matter Physics
Keywords(en) :
Resist-free patterning, UV light, organic semiconductors, fullerenes, organic field-effect transistors
Abstract(en) :

We utilize UV light for the attainment of high-resolution, electronically active patterns in [6,6]-phenyl C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) films. The patterns are created by directly exposing selected parts of a solution-cast PCBM film to UV light, and thereafter developing the film by immersing it in a tuned developer solution. We demonstrate that it is possible to attain complex, large-area PCBM structures with a smallest demonstrated-feature size of 1 μm by this method, and that the patterned PCBM material exhibits a high average electron mobility (1.2 × 10−2 cm2 V−1 s−1) in transistor experiments. The employment of UV light for direct patterning of PCBM for electronic applications is attractive, because PCBM exhibits high absorption in the UV range, and no sacrificial photoresist is needed. The patterning is achieved through the transformation by UV light of the soluble PCBM monomers into insoluble dimers with retained attractive electronic properties.

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2011-10-21
Created:
2011-10-21
Last updated:
2011-11-02
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