DOI: 10.1063/1.1898429. Tetracene light-emitting transistors on flexible plastic substrates

Tetracene light-emitting transistors on flexible plastic substrates

10.1063/1.1898429

Crossref journal-article

AIP Publishing

Applied Physics Letters (317)

Abstract

We report on organic light-emitting (field-effect) transistors (LETs) fabricated on a flexible and transparent plastic foil (Mylar), acting both as substrate and gate dielectric. The foil is patterned on one side with bottom-contact gold source and drain electrodes, while a thin film of gold is evaporated on the opposite side of the foil to form the gate electrode. A vacuum sublimed tetracene film is employed as an active layer for charge transport and light emission. Atomic force microscopy shows that tetracene films have a good adhesion on Mylar and exhibit a granular structure. The transistor shows unipolar p-type behavior with mobilities typically of 5×10−4cm2∕Vs. Drain-source current and electroluminescence have been simultaneously measured. Provided a suitable gate bias is applied, light emission occurs at drain-source voltages (Vds) above saturation. LETs on plastic substrates could open the way to flexible devices combining the switching function of a transistor and the light emission.

Bibliography

Santato, C., Manunza, I., Bonfiglio, A., Cicoira, F., Cosseddu, P., Zamboni, R., & Muccini, M. (2005). Tetracene light-emitting transistors on flexible plastic substrates. Applied Physics Letters, 86(14).

Authors 7

C. Santato (first)
I. Manunza (additional)
A. Bonfiglio (additional)
F. Cicoira (additional)
P. Cosseddu (additional)
R. Zamboni (additional)
M. Muccini (additional)

References 19 Referenced 84

10.1038/nature02498 / Nature (London) (2004)
{'year': '2003', 'key': '2023070219373513100_c2', 'first-page': '6'} (2003)
10.1109/2944.669475 / IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. (1998)
10.1126/science.265.5179.1684 / Science (1994)
10.1063/1.1577216 / Appl. Phys. Lett. (2002)
10.1063/1.1739508 / Appl. Phys. Lett. (2004)
10.1038/357477a0 / Nature (London) (1992)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.157406 / Phys. Rev. Lett. (2003)
10.1016/j.synthmet.2004.08.028 / Synth. Met. (2004)
{'key': '2023070219373513100_c10', 'first-page': '1816', 'volume': '85', 'year': '2004', 'journal-title': 'Appl. Phys. Lett.'} / Appl. Phys. Lett. (2004)
10.1063/1.1792372 / Appl. Phys. Lett. (2004)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.076803 / Phys. Rev. Lett. (2004)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.116802 / Phys. Rev. Lett. (2004)
10.1021/cr941014o / Chem. Rev. (Washington, D.C.) (1997)
10.1063/1.1471378 / Appl. Phys. Lett. (2002)
10.1002/adfm.200400278 / Adv. Funct. Mater. (2005)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.107402 / Phys. Rev. Lett. (2004)
10.1063/1.1314305 / J. Appl. Phys. (2000)
{'edition': '2nd ed.', 'volume-title': 'Physics of Semiconductor Devices', 'year': '1981', 'key': '2023070219373513100_c19'} / Physics of Semiconductor Devices (1981)

Dates

Type	When
Created	20 years, 4 months ago (March 30, 2005, 6:45 p.m.)
Deposited	2 years, 1 month ago (July 2, 2023, 3:37 p.m.)
Indexed	4 weeks ago (July 30, 2025, 6:44 a.m.)
Issued	20 years, 4 months ago (March 31, 2005)
Published	20 years, 4 months ago (March 31, 2005)
Published Online	20 years, 4 months ago (March 31, 2005)
Published Print	20 years, 4 months ago (April 4, 2005)

Funders 0

None

BibTeX

@article{Santato_2005, title={Tetracene light-emitting transistors on flexible plastic substrates}, volume={86}, ISSN={1077-3118}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1898429}, DOI={10.1063/1.1898429}, number={14}, journal={Applied Physics Letters}, publisher={AIP Publishing}, author={Santato, C. and Manunza, I. and Bonfiglio, A. and Cicoira, F. and Cosseddu, P. and Zamboni, R. and Muccini, M.}, year={2005}, month=mar }

JSON

{
  "indexed": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2025,
        7,
        30
      ]
    ],
    "date-time": "2025-07-30T10:44:52Z",
    "timestamp": 1753872292097,
    "version": "3.41.2"
  },
  "reference-count": 19,
  "publisher": "AIP Publishing",
  "issue": "14",
  "content-domain": {
    "domain": [
      "pubs.aip.org"
    ],
    "crossmark-restriction": true
  },
  "published-print": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2005,
        4,
        4
      ]
    ]
  },
  "abstract": "<jats:p>We report on organic light-emitting (field-effect) transistors (LETs) fabricated on a flexible and transparent plastic foil (Mylar), acting both as substrate and gate dielectric. The foil is patterned on one side with bottom-contact gold source and drain electrodes, while a thin film of gold is evaporated on the opposite side of the foil to form the gate electrode. A vacuum sublimed tetracene film is employed as an active layer for charge transport and light emission. Atomic force microscopy shows that tetracene films have a good adhesion on Mylar and exhibit a granular structure. The transistor shows unipolar p-type behavior with mobilities typically of 5\u00d710\u22124cm2\u2215Vs. Drain-source current and electroluminescence have been simultaneously measured. Provided a suitable gate bias is applied, light emission occurs at drain-source voltages (Vds) above saturation. LETs on plastic substrates could open the way to flexible devices combining the switching function of a transistor and the light emission.</jats:p>",
  "DOI": "10.1063/1.1898429",
  "type": "journal-article",
  "created": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2005,
        3,
        30
      ]
    ],
    "date-time": "2005-03-30T23:45:31Z",
    "timestamp": 1112226331000
  },
  "update-policy": "https://doi.org/10.1063/aip-crossmark-policy-page",
  "source": "Crossref",
  "is-referenced-by-count": 84,
  "title": "Tetracene light-emitting transistors on flexible plastic substrates",
  "prefix": "10.1063",
  "volume": "86",
  "author": [
    {
      "given": "C.",
      "family": "Santato",
      "sequence": "first",
      "affiliation": [
        {
          "name": "Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (ISMN) Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), , Sezione di Bologna, Via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "given": "I.",
      "family": "Manunza",
      "sequence": "additional",
      "affiliation": [
        {
          "name": "INFM-University of Cagliari , Department of Electric and Electronic Engineering, 09123 Cagliari, Italy"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "given": "A.",
      "family": "Bonfiglio",
      "sequence": "additional",
      "affiliation": [
        {
          "name": "University of Cagliari INFM, , Department of Electric and Electronic Engineering, 09123 Cagliari, Italy, and , Modena, Italy"
        },
        {
          "name": "INFM-S3 Nanostructures and BioSystems at Surfaces INFM, , Department of Electric and Electronic Engineering, 09123 Cagliari, Italy, and , Modena, Italy"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "given": "F.",
      "family": "Cicoira",
      "sequence": "additional",
      "affiliation": [
        {
          "name": "Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (ISMN) Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche (CNR), , Sezione di Bologna, Via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "given": "P.",
      "family": "Cosseddu",
      "sequence": "additional",
      "affiliation": [
        {
          "name": "University of Cagliari INFM, , Department of Electric and Electronic Engineering, 09123 Cagliari, Italy"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "given": "R.",
      "family": "Zamboni",
      "sequence": "additional",
      "affiliation": [
        {
          "name": "INFM-S3 Nanostructures and BioSystems at Surfaces, Modena, Italy"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "given": "M.",
      "family": "Muccini",
      "sequence": "additional",
      "affiliation": [
        {
          "name": "INFM-S3 Nanostructures and BioSystems at Surfaces, Modena, Italy"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "member": "317",
  "published-online": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2005,
        3,
        31
      ]
    ]
  },
  "reference": [
    {
      "key": "2023070219373513100_c1",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "first-page": "911",
      "DOI": "10.1038/nature02498",
      "volume": "428",
      "year": "2004",
      "journal-title": "Nature (London)"
    },
    {
      "year": "2003",
      "key": "2023070219373513100_c2",
      "first-page": "6"
    },
    {
      "key": "2023070219373513100_c3",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "first-page": "100",
      "DOI": "10.1109/2944.669475",
      "volume": "4",
      "year": "1998",
      "journal-title": "IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron."
    },
    {
      "key": "2023070219373513100_c4",
      "doi-asserted-by": "crossref",
      "first-page": "1684",
      "DOI": "10.1126/science.265.5179.1684",
      "volume": "265",
      "year": "1994",
      "journal-title": "Science"
    },
    {
      "key": "2023070219373513100_c5",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "first-page": "3550",
      "DOI": "10.1063/1.1577216",
      "volume": "82",
      "year": "2002",
      "journal-title": "Appl. Phys. Lett."
    },
    {
      "key": "2023070219373513100_c6",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "first-page": "3789",
      "DOI": "10.1063/1.1739508",
      "volume": "84",
      "year": "2004",
      "journal-title": "Appl. Phys. Lett."
    },
    {
      "key": "2023070219373513100_c7",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "first-page": "477",
      "DOI": "10.1038/357477a0",
      "volume": "357",
      "year": "1992",
      "journal-title": "Nature (London)"
    },
    {
      "key": "2023070219373513100_c8",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "first-page": "157406",
      "DOI": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.157406",
      "volume": "91",
      "year": "2003",
      "journal-title": "Phys. Rev. Lett."
    },
    {
      "key": "2023070219373513100_c9",
      "doi-asserted-by": "crossref",
      "first-page": "329",
      "DOI": "10.1016/j.synthmet.2004.08.028",
      "volume": "146",
      "year": "2004",
      "journal-title": "Synth. Met."
    },
    {
      "key": "2023070219373513100_c10",
      "first-page": "1816",
      "volume": "85",
      "year": "2004",
      "journal-title": "Appl. Phys. Lett."
    },
    {
      "key": "2023070219373513100_c11",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "first-page": "2405",
      "DOI": "10.1063/1.1792372",
      "volume": "85",
      "year": "2004",
      "journal-title": "Appl. Phys. Lett."
    },
    {
      "key": "2023070219373513100_c12",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "first-page": "076803",
      "DOI": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.076803",
      "volume": "93",
      "year": "2004",
      "journal-title": "Phys. Rev. Lett."
    },
    {
      "key": "2023070219373513100_c13",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "first-page": "116802",
      "DOI": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.116802",
      "volume": "92",
      "year": "2004",
      "journal-title": "Phys. Rev. Lett."
    },
    {
      "key": "2023070219373513100_c14",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "first-page": "1793",
      "DOI": "10.1021/cr941014o",
      "volume": "97",
      "year": "1997",
      "journal-title": "Chem. Rev. (Washington, D.C.)"
    },
    {
      "key": "2023070219373513100_c15",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "first-page": "2925",
      "DOI": "10.1063/1.1471378",
      "volume": "80",
      "year": "2002",
      "journal-title": "Appl. Phys. Lett."
    },
    {
      "key": "2023070219373513100_c16",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "first-page": "375",
      "DOI": "10.1002/adfm.200400278",
      "volume": "15",
      "year": "2005",
      "journal-title": "Adv. Funct. Mater."
    },
    {
      "key": "2023070219373513100_c17",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "first-page": "107402",
      "DOI": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.107402",
      "volume": "92",
      "year": "2004",
      "journal-title": "Phys. Rev. Lett."
    },
    {
      "key": "2023070219373513100_c18",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "first-page": "5158",
      "DOI": "10.1063/1.1314305",
      "volume": "88",
      "year": "2000",
      "journal-title": "J. Appl. Phys."
    },
    {
      "edition": "2nd ed.",
      "volume-title": "Physics of Semiconductor Devices",
      "year": "1981",
      "key": "2023070219373513100_c19"
    }
  ],
  "container-title": "Applied Physics Letters",
  "original-title": [],
  "language": "en",
  "link": [
    {
      "URL": "https://pubs.aip.org/aip/apl/article-pdf/doi/10.1063/1.1898429/14328661/141106_1_online.pdf",
      "content-type": "application/pdf",
      "content-version": "vor",
      "intended-application": "syndication"
    },
    {
      "URL": "https://pubs.aip.org/aip/apl/article-pdf/doi/10.1063/1.1898429/14328661/141106_1_online.pdf",
      "content-type": "unspecified",
      "content-version": "vor",
      "intended-application": "similarity-checking"
    }
  ],
  "deposited": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2023,
        7,
        2
      ]
    ],
    "date-time": "2023-07-02T19:37:44Z",
    "timestamp": 1688326664000
  },
  "score": 1,
  "resource": {
    "primary": {
      "URL": "https://pubs.aip.org/apl/article/86/14/141106/329855/Tetracene-light-emitting-transistors-on-flexible"
    }
  },
  "subtitle": [],
  "short-title": [],
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2005,
        3,
        31
      ]
    ]
  },
  "references-count": 19,
  "journal-issue": {
    "issue": "14",
    "published-print": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2005,
          4,
          4
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  "URL": "http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1898429",
  "relation": {},
  "ISSN": [
    "0003-6951",
    "1077-3118"
  ],
  "subject": [],
  "published-other": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2005,
        4,
        4
      ]
    ]
  },
  "published": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2005,
        3,
        31
      ]
    ]
  },
  "article-number": "141106"
}