Effects of the surface roughness of plastic-compatible inorganic dielectrics on polymeric thin film transistors
- 4 June 2007
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 90 (23)
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2746955
Abstract
The effects of the roughness of the gate dielectric on the performance of thin film transistors (TFTs) fabricated with poly(2,5-bis(3-hexadecylthiophen-2-yl)thieno[3,2-b] thiophene) (PBTTT-C16) were examined. The field effect mobility of coplanar TFTs made with PBTTT-C16 and plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposited SiO2∕SiNx dielectrics decreased nearly exponentially with surface roughness. Films of PBTTT-C16 have similar crystalline structure on smooth and rough surfaces, but the domain size decreases with increasing roughness. Surface roughness was found to have less of an impact on field effect mobility than the chemical treatment of the dielectric.Keywords
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