Patterned Growth of Large Oriented Organic Semiconductor Single Crystals on Self-Assembled Monolayer Templates

• Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 127; no. 35; pp. 12164 - 12165
• Main Authors: Briseno, Alejandro L, Aizenberg, Joanna, Han, Yong-Jin, Penkala, Rebecca A, Moon, Hyunsik, Lovinger, Andrew J, Kloc, Christian, Bao, Zhenan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Chemical Society 07.09.2005
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Cross-disciplinary physics: materials science; rheology; Electronics; Exact sciences and technology; Growth from solutions; Materials science; Methods of crystal growth; physics of crystal growth; Molecular electronics, nanoelectronics; Physics; Semiconductor electronics. Microelectronics. Optoelectronics. Solid state devices; Anthracene; Molecular electronics; Patterning; Arenethiol; Monolayers; Organic semiconductors; Crystal growth from solutions; Crystal nucleation; Condensed benzenic compound
• ISSN: 0002-7863; 1520-5126
• DOI: 10.1021/ja052919u

This work demonstrates a method for inducing site-specific nucleation and subsequent growth of large oriented organic semiconductor single crystals using micropatterned self-assembled monolayers (SAMs). We demonstrate growth of oriented, patterned, and large organic semiconductor single crystals for potential use in organic electronic devices. The control over multiple parameters in a single system has not yet been reported. The ability to control various aspects of crystal growth in one system provides a powerful technique for the bottom-up fabrication of organic single-crystal semiconductor devices.