Electronic functionalization of solid-to-liquid interfaces between organic semiconductors and ionic liquids: Realization of very high performance organic single-crystal transistors

Abstract

High-performance electronic function of current amplification is realized with the use of solid-to-liquid interfaces between organic semiconductors and ionic liquid. To hold in place the ionic liquid of 1-ethyl-3-methyl-imidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide known for low viscosity and high ionic conductivity, an elastomeric well structure is fabricated with polydimethylsiloxane on which organic single crystals of rubrene are electrostatically attached. As the result of rapid formation of electric double layers in the ionic liquid interfacing, the high-mobility organic semiconductor crystals’ fast-switching transistor function is demonstrated with the application of gate voltage, realizing the highest sheet transconductance, namely, amplifying performance, ever achieved.