• Macromolecular Research
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.75-79
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• 2002

Organic materials have considerable attention as active semiconductors for device applications such as thin-film transistors (TFTs) and diodes. Pentacene is a p-type organic semiconducting material investigated for TFTs. In this paper, we reported the morphological and electrical characteristics of pentacene TFT films. The pentacene transistors showed the mobility of 0.8 $\textrm{cm}^2$/Vs and the grains larger than 1 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$. Deep-level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) measurements were carried out on metal/insulator/organic semiconductor structure devices that had a depletion region at the insulator/organic-semiconductor interface. The duration of the capacitance transient in DLTS signals was several ten of seconds in the pentacene, which was longer than that of inorganic semiconductors such as Si. Based on the DLTS characteristics, the energy levels of hole and electron traps for the pentacene films were approximately 0.24, 1.08, and 0.31 eV above Ev, and 0.69 eV below Ec.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.290-296
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• 2013

We analysed interfacial traps in organic thin-film transistors (TFTs) in which pentacene and 6,13-bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl)-pentacene (TIPS-pentacene) organic semiconductors were deposited by means of vacuum-thermal evaporation and drop-coating methods, respectively. The thermally-deposited pentacene film consists of dentritic grains with the average grain size of around 1 m, while plate-like crystals over a few hundred microns are observed in the solution-processed TIPS-pentacene film. From the transfer characteristics of both TFTs, lower subthreshold slope of 1.02 V/decade was obtained in the TIPS-pentacene TFT, compared to that (2.63 V/decade) of the pentacene transistor. The interfacial trap density values calculated from the subthreshold slope are about $3.4{\times}10^{12}/cm^2$ and $9.4{\times}10^{12}/cm^2$ for the TIPS-pentacene and pentacene TFTs, respectively. Herein, lower subthreshold slope and less interfacial traps in TIPS-pentacene TFTs are attributed to less domain boundaries in the solution-processed TIPS-pentacene film.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.995-998
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• 2007

Pentacene moiety has been widely studied in Organic Thin-Film Transistor (OTFT) device as a channel layer because of high carrier mobility. In this study, we have fabricated vertical type Organic Static Induction Transistors (SITs) using pentacene, 6,13-Dinaphthalen-1-ly-Pentacene (1-DNP, 3), and 6,13-Dinaphthalen-2- ly-Pentacene (2-DNP, 4). 1-DNP and 2-DNP have same naphtyl group with pentacene, but different linked position and spatial arrangement. We have checked the static characteristics of materials in vertical type SITs device. We found that pentacene has as on/off ratio of 14.56, 1-DNP and 2-DNP shows as on/off ratio of 36.58 and 6.61 at VDS = 2V in SIT, respectively.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2012년도 제43회 하계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.230-230
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• 2012

Graphene have showed promising performance as electrodes of organic devices such as organic transistors, light-emitting diodes, and photovoltaic solar cells. In particular, among various organic materials of graphene-based organic devices, pentacene has been regarded as one of the promising organic material because of its high mobility, chemical stability. In the bottom-contact device configuration generally used as graphene based pentacene devices, the morphology of the organic semiconductors at the interface between a channel and electrode is crucial to efficient charge transport from the electrode to the channel. For the high quality morphology, understanding of initial stages of pentacene growth is essential. In this study, we investigate self-assembly of pentacene molecules on graphene formed on a 6H-SiC (0001) substrate by scanning tunneling microscopy. At sub-monolayer coverage, adsorption of pentacene molecules on epitaxial graphene is affected by $6{\times}6$ pattern originates from the underlying buffer layer. And the orientation of pentacene in the ordered structure is aligned with the zigzag direction of the edge structure of single layer graphene. As coverage increased, intermolecular interactions become stronger than molecule-substrate interaction. As a result, herringbone structures the consequence of higher intermolecular interaction are observed.

• Applied Science and Convergence Technology
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.28-31
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• 2016

The structural and the electronic properties of pentacene on modified Si (001) were investigated using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS). Dodecane was used to modify Si (001) substrates and then pentacene was deposited on dodecane/Si (001). Our STM results show a uniform distribution of aggregated dodecane molecules all over the clean Si (001). The surface structure of pentacene on dodecaene/Si (001) examined by AFM is analogous to that of pentacene on $SiO_2$. The UPS data showed that the work function of pentacene on clean Si (001) and pentacene on modified Si (001) with dodecane was 6.41 and 5.57 eV, respectively. Our results prove that dodecane results in the work function difference between pentacene on clean Si (001) and pentacene on dodecane/Si (001).

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2011년도 제40회 동계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.473-473
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• 2011

In recent years, organic thin film transistors OTFTs based on conductive-conjugated molecules have received significant attention. We report a fabrication of organic single crystal nanowires that made on Si substrates by liquid bridge-mediated nanotransfer molding (LB-nTM) with polyurethane acrylate (PUA) mold. LB-nTM is based on the direct transfer of various materials from a stamp to a substrate via a liquid bridge between them. In liquid bridge-transfer process, the liquid layer serves as an adhesion layer to provide good conformal contact and form covalent bonding between the organic single crystal nanowire and the Si substrate. Pentacene is the most promising organic semiconductors. However pentacene has insolubility in organic solvents so pentacene OTFTs can be achieved with vacuum evaporation system. However 6, 13-bis (triisopropylsilylethynyl) (TIPS) pentacene has high solubility in organic solvent that reported by Anthony et al. Furthermore, the substituted rings in TIPS-pentacene interrupt the herringbone packing, which leads to cofacial ${\pi}-{\pi}$ stacking. The patterned TIPS-Pentacene single crystal nanowires have been investigated by Atomic force microscopy (AFM), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and electrical properties.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.32-35
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• 2007

In this article, a novel annealing technique using alternating magnetic field (AMF) is adopted to improve the electrical characteristics of pentacene film, thereby enhancing the performance of pentacene-based organic thin film transistors (OTFTs). According to the investigation results, the electrical conductivity in the pentacene film could be increased from 0.32 to 1.18 S/cm by annealing the pentacene film using AMF. And also, OTFTs with the pentacene film annealed by AMF exhibited an improved performance compared to the device without annealing. These results suggest that an annealing using AMF can be an effective method to improve the performance of devices based on organic semiconductors.

• 한국산학기술학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국산학기술학회 2007년도 춘계학술발표논문집
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• pp.136-138
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 유기박막트랜지스터 (OTFT, Organic Thin film Transistor) 제작을 위한 채널막으로 pentacene의 soluble 공정 과 soluble 공정 올 통하여 제작된 pentacene 박막의 특성 을 분석 하여 유기박막트랜지스터에 적용 여부를 조사하였다. Pentacene을 용해시키기 위한 용제로는 toluene과 chloroform을 사용하였으며, 각각의 용제에 대하여 열처리를 하여 pentacene 용액을 준비하였다. Spin-coating 법으로 pentacene 유기 박막을 제작하여 각 박막의 결정화 특성을 관찰하였다. XRD 회절 분석 결과 chloroform 올 이용한 pentacene 박막에서만 결정화가 된 것이 확인이 되었다. Hall effect measurement 분석 결과 chloroform올 이 용한, pentacene 박막의 전하농도 (Carrier Concentration)는 $-3.225{\times}1014(c{\cdot}cm^{-3})$를 나타내었고, 이동도 (Mobility)는 $3.5{\times}10^{-l}(cm^2{\cdot}V^{-1}{\cdot}S^{-1})$를 각각 나타내었다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 1999년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.605-608
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• 1999

We report investigations on a Pentacene thin film as a component for active layer of Organic thin film transistors. Pentacene film was deposited by Organic Molecular Beam Deposition(OMBD) and Al electrode was deposoted by vacuum evaporation. Electrical characterization of Pentacene films were measured by the three-terminal contact resistance methods, as the results contact resistance between pentacene films and the Aluminium electrode is 5.064G$\Omega$. The Al contact with the pentacene shows the bottom contact resistance. From the current-voltage characteristics, electrical conductivity of the Pentacene film is found as ~ 10$^{-4}$ /cm. physical characterization of pentacene films were measured by UV-spectrum and Cyclic-Voltammetry method.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.99-102
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• 2004

유기 절연층을 사용한 유기 박막 트랜지스터의 특성 향상을 위해 절연층 표면에 Ar플라즈마 처리를 하였다. 플라즈마 처리는 절연체 표면의 화학적, 물리적 특성 변화를 통해 그 후에 이어지는 활성층 성막시 분자들의 결정성을 향상시키기 위한 방법이다. 활성층으로 사용된 물질은 pentacene이며, 절연층으로 사용된 물질은 PVP(poly-vinyl-phenol)이다. Pentacene는 약 $10^{-6}$ Torr에서 0.5 $\AA$/sec의 속도로, PVP는 spin coating법에 의해 각각 성막되었다. 형성된 절연층을 일정 시간동안 H플라즈마 처리 한 후 각 소자의 전기적 특성을 측정하여 표면처리에 의한 특성 변화를 살펴보았다.