title: Nanometer-scale organic thin film transistors from self-assembled monolayers.
abstract: A survey of the most interesting results on nanometer-scale organic thin film transistors (nano-OTFT) is presented. Additionally, we discuss our recent results on the properties of end-group functionalized organic self-assembled monolayers and on their use in the fabrication of nanometer-scale field-effect transistors. Nanometer-scale organic transistors (channel length 30 nm) were fabricated, with a self-assembled monolayer as gate insulator. The carrier transport in these transistors, as a function of the channel length, was investigated, and a transition from a dispersive to a ballistic transport at a channel length of 200 nm was observed. On a molecular scale, alkyl monolayers functionalized at their omega-ends by aromatic moieties were prepared. A high anisotropic conductivity in molecular insulator/semiconductor heterostructures of monolayer thickness was observed. These molecular architectures provide a basis for the building blocks of molecular transistors.
authors.affiliation: Institut d'Electronique et de Micro-électronique du Nord, Centre National de le Recherche Scientifique, BP69 Avenue Poincaré, F-59652, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vuillaume
mesh_terms: D000478:Alkylation; D003460:Crystallization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006841:Hydrocarbons, Aromatic / Q000737:chemistry; D008904:Miniaturization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry*; D014173:Transistors, Electronic
chemical_list: D006841:Hydrocarbons, Aromatic; D009930:Organic Chemicals