A Facile PDMS-Assisted Crystallization for the Crystal-Engineering of C60 Single-Crystal Organic Field-Effect Transistors

Kuan-Yi Wu; Tzu-Yi Wu; Shu-Ting Chang; Chain-Shu Hsu; Chien-Lung Wang

doi:10.1002/adma.201501140

A Facile PDMS-Assisted Crystallization for the Crystal-Engineering of C60 Single-Crystal Organic Field-Effect Transistors

Adv Mater. 2015 Aug 5;27(29):4371-6. doi: 10.1002/adma.201501140. Epub 2015 Jun 18.

Authors

Kuan-Yi Wu¹, Tzu-Yi Wu¹, Shu-Ting Chang¹, Chain-Shu Hsu¹, Chien-Lung Wang¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, 1001Ta Hsueh Rd., Hsinchu, Taiwan, 30010.

PMID: 26088050
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201501140

Abstract

Poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS)-assisted crystallization (PAC) is a facile method to produce oriented C60 crystal arrays. Changing the drying mechanism from evaporation to solvent absorption (by PDMS) widens the solvent selection and facilitates the engineering of both the macroscopic shape and the microscopic lattice structure of the crystal arrays. The method also shows the potential to be applied to other organic semiconductors and large-area production.

Keywords: field-effect transistors; fullerenes; organic electronics; self-assembly.