Here we show the simple fabrication of field effect transistor (FET) with a mesophase semiconductor, a derivative of
dithienyl naphthalene, which exhibits a fast mobility (10-1 ~ 10-2 cm2 V-1 s-1) of charged carriers in the mesophase. The
compound is a mesogen, but with highly ordered layered structure in a triclinic lattice, meaning a 3D-mesophase is
formed. The device performance was studied for the transistor mobility, on/off ratio and threshold voltage of device
operation, to have 0.14 cm2 V-1 s-1, 2 x 103 and -27 V at room temperature (in a crystal phase), respectively, even though
the thin film active layer (100 nm thick) does have a multi-domain system. However, the XRD studies indicate the
uniformly aligned molecules in each domain, of which long axis is inclined to be ca. 27° against the axis perpendicular
to the substrate plane. This implies that a self-assembling nature of mesogenic molecules is a certain merit for thin film
device fabrication in organic electronics.
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