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Process for Fabricating Organic Semiconductor Crystalline Thin Films
| Organization: | University of Vermont, VT, US |
| I.P. Brief: | A process for the fabrication of organic thin films with extremely large (centimeter scale) grain size or alternatively a single step fabrication of wire-like structures. The process is a modified version of that described in Vlasov et al (2001), which allows the production of a wide variety of structures. |
| Summary of I.P.: | Certain organic electronics need the additional controlling effect of large domain semiconductor materials currently unavailable through today’s micron-scale crystalline structures. Organic microelectronics offer the possibility of flexible lightweight materials and such organic electronics include organic thin film transistors (OTFTs) and electro-luminescent displays for cell phones and flat panel displays. |
| Patent: | 11/078,544, PCT/US2005/008237 |
| Keywords: | semiconductor, epitaxy, electronics, self-assembly, pentacene |
| Primary Industry: | Telecommunications |
| Specific Market: | Consumer electronic devices |
| Market Size: | 50-100M |
| State of the Art: | Conventional flat panel displays use heavy rigid inorganic substrates and other components. |
| Figures of Merit: | Single-step, low-cost, fabrication of large domain organic think films, with exceptional controlling and scale up opportunities |
| Tech. Obstacles: | New standard in a conservative industry |
| Market Obstacles: | Development of a full scale prototype Testing in a variety of uses. Marketing. |
| Publications: | See patent. |
| Research Team: | The laboratory of Randall Headrick at the University of Vermont http://www.uvm.edu/~rheadric/ |
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