Oxide Semiconductor-Based Flexible Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Thin-Film Transistors Fabricated on Polydimethylsiloxane Elastomer

J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2016 Mar;16(3):2752-5. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2016.11053.

Abstract

We demonstrate flexible organic/inorganic hybrid thin-film transistors (TFTs) on a polydimethysilox- ane (PDMS) elastomer substrate. The active channel and gate insulator of the hybrid TFT are composed of In-Ga-Zn-O (IGZO) and blends of poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) [P(VDF- TrFE)] with poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), respectively. It has been confirmed that the fabri- cated TFT display excellent characteristics: the recorded field-effect mobility, sub-threshold voltage swing, and I(on)/I(off) ratio were approximately 0.35 cm2 V(-1) s(-1), 1.5 V/decade, and 10(4), respectively. These characteristics did not experience any degradation at a bending radius of 15 mm. These results correspond to the first demonstration of a hybrid-type TFT using an organic gate insulator/oxide semiconducting active channel structure fabricated on PDMS elastomer, and demonstrate the feasibility of a promising device in a flexible electronic system.

MeSH terms

  • Dimethylpolysiloxanes / chemistry*
  • Elastomers*
  • Inorganic Chemicals / chemistry*
  • Organic Chemicals / chemistry*
  • Semiconductors*

Substances

  • Dimethylpolysiloxanes
  • Elastomers
  • Inorganic Chemicals
  • Organic Chemicals
  • baysilon