The latest molecule is one of
the best organic semiconductors yet discovered, in terms of its ability to transport electric charge.
Not exact matches
The technique could be used as a detection sensor for hydrogen or oxygen gases as
well as for property controls of
organic semiconductors and
organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs).
Natelson's research involves complicated electron flow through single - molecule transistors, as
well as
organic semiconductors — carbon - based materials that are intended to replace silicon transistors in some electronic devices.
Creating neuro - prosthetic devices such as retinal implants is tricky because biological tissue doesn't mix
well with electronics — but it might mix with
organic semiconductors.
Neon is
well known for being the most unreactive element and is a key component in
semiconductor manufacturing, but neon has never been studied within an
organic or metal -
organic framework until now.
«MX2
semiconductors have extremely strong optical absorption properties and compared with
organic photovoltaic materials, have a crystalline structure and
better electrical transport properties,» Wang says.
Alán Aspuru - Guzik, a theoretical chemist at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and his colleagues, used computational models to screen a family of
organic molecules and identify those likely to be the
best semiconductors.
«These materials are quantum hybrid materials, possessing physical properties of both
organic semiconductors and inorganic semiconducting quantum
wells.
The success of this effort relies on new or improved processing techniques and materials for plastic electronics, including methods for (i) rubber stamping (microcontact printing) high - resolution (≈ 1 μm) circuits with low levels of defects and
good registration over large areas, (ii) achieving low leakage with thin dielectrics deposited onto surfaces with relief, (iii) constructing high - performance
organic transistors with bottom contact geometries, (iv) encapsulating these transistors, (v) depositing, in a repeatable way,
organic semiconductors with uniform electrical characteristics over large areas, and (vi) low - temperature (≈ 100 °C) annealing to increase the on / off ratios of the transistors and to improve the uniformity of their characteristics.
A high mobility
semiconductor is required for the pixel electronics in an OLED display, and making this layer
organic (as
well as the emitter materials) is the real breakthrough as it fully enables the flexibility and industrial benefits of OLED displays.