title: Predictive Model for the Meniscus-Guided Coating of High-Quality Organic Single-Crystalline Thin Films.
abstract: A model that describes solvent evaporation dynamics in meniscus-guided coating techniques is developed. In combination with a single fitting parameter, it is shown that this formula can accurately predict a processing window for various coating conditions. Organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs), fabricated by a zone-casting setup, indeed show the best performance at the predicted coating speeds with mobilities reaching 7 cm2V-1s-1.
authors.affiliation: IMEC, Kapeldreef 75, Leuven, B-3001, Belgium. robby.janneck@imec.be.|KU Leuven, ESAT, Kasteelpark Arenberg 10, Leuven, B-3001, Belgium. robby.janneck@imec.be.
authors.forename: Robby
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Janneck
authors.affiliation: IMEC, Kapeldreef 75, Leuven, B-3001, Belgium.
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vercesi
authors.affiliation: IMEC, Kapeldreef 75, Leuven, B-3001, Belgium.|KU Leuven, ESAT, Kasteelpark Arenberg 10, Leuven, B-3001, Belgium.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Heremans
authors.affiliation: IMEC, Kapeldreef 75, Leuven, B-3001, Belgium.|KU Leuven, ESAT, Kasteelpark Arenberg 10, Leuven, B-3001, Belgium.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Genoe
authors.affiliation: IMEC, Kapeldreef 75, Leuven, B-3001, Belgium.
authors.forename: Cedric
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rolin
keywords: C8-BTBT; TIPS-pentacene; field-effect mobility; meniscus-guided coating; organic transistors; single crystals; zone casting