Patterned electrode vertical field effect transistor fabricated using block copolymer nanotemplates

Abstract

We report the design and implementation of a vertical organic field effect transistor which is compatible with standard device fabrication technology and is well described by a self consistent device model. The active semiconductor is a film of C60 molecules, and the device operation is based on the architecture of the nanopatterned source electrode. The relatively high resolution fabrication process and maintaining the low-cost and simplicity associated with organic electronics, necessitates unconventional fabrication techniques such as soft lithography. Block copolymer self-assembled nanotemplates enable the production of conductive, gridlike metal electrode. The devices reported here exhibit On/Off ratio of 104.