title: Ordered semiconducting self-assembled monolayers on polymeric surfaces utilized in organic integrated circuits.
abstract: We report on a two-dimensional highly ordered self-assembled monolayer (SAM) directly grown on a bare polymer surface. Semiconducting SAMs are utilized in field-effect transistors and combined into integrated circuits as 4-bit code generators. The driving force to form highly ordered SAMs is packing of the liquid crystalline molecules caused by the interactions between the linear alkane moieties and the pi-pi stacking of the conjugated thiophene units. The fully functional circuits demonstrate long-range order over large areas, which can be regarded as the start of flexible monolayer electronics.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Electronics, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Fatemeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gholamrezaie
authors.forename: Simon G J
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Mathijssen
authors.forename: Edsger C P
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Smits
authors.forename: Tom C T
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Geuns
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: van Hal
authors.forename: Sergei A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ponomarenko
authors.forename: Heinz-Georg
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Flesch
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Resel
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cantatore
authors.forename: Paul W M
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Blom
authors.forename: Dago M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: de Leeuw