CROSSLINKED POLYMERIC DIELECTRIC MATERIALS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES INCORPORATING SAME

Printable Dielectrics for Electronic Devices NU 2006-069 Inventors Tobin J. Marks Antonio Faccetti Hyuk Jin Choi Zhiming Wang Short Description Printable polymer blend dielectrics with silane crosslinkers for use in electronic devices #materials #manufacturing #devices #electronic #fabrication Abstract The development of polymeric gate dielectric materials has been fundamental to the progress of organic electronic circuitry. But technologies that employ this type of circuitry will only gain acceptance if electronic devices can be produced at a significantly lower cost than current, capital-intensive manufacturing technologies allow. Organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) component materials that can be deposited via solution process methodologies, such as printing, remain a prime goal of organic electronics. This invention affords the synthesis of optimized, cross-linked polymer blend (CPB) dielectrics for application in OFET manufacturing. These new CPB formulations enable variable thickness and capacitances and can be fabricated on conventional silicone substrates as well as on flexible substrates. The CPB dielectrics exhibit excellent insulating properties and tunable capacitance values. OFETs fabricated with these new CPB dielectric films exhibit good performance for both p-type and n-type organic semiconductors. Photographs of the indicated printed OFETs demonstrating mechanical flexibility Applications o Organic semiconductors and devices (n-type) o Organic light emitting diodes (OLED) o Photovoltaics Advantages o Provide new organic n-type semiconductor constructs o Allow flexible substrate electronic devices o Potential for roll to roll device fabrication Publication Faccetti A, Yoon M-H, Stern CL, Katz HE, Marks TJ. Building Blocks for n-Type Organic Electronics: Regiochemically Modulated Inversion of Majority Carrier Sign in Perfluoroarene-Modified Polythiophene Semiconductors (2003). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 42: 3900 -3903 IP Status Three issued US patents: 6,991,749; 7,374,702 and 7,842,198. International patent application has been filed. Contact Information Allan E. Nader, Ph.D. Invention Manager (T): (847) 491-4456 (E): [email protected] Tags MATERIALS: electronic, MATERIALS: manufacturing, DEVICES: fabrication