Browsing by Author "Facchetti, Antonio"

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Design and Development of Functional Organic Small Molecules and Polymers for Optoelectronics
(Amer Chemical Soc, 2016) Usta, Hakan; Demirel, Gokhan; Facchetti, Antonio; Muccini, Michele; 0000-0002-0618-1979; AGÜ, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Malzeme Bilimi ve Nanoteknoloji Mühendisliği Bölümü; Usta, Hakan; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02.07. Malzeme Bilimi ve Nanoteknoloji Mühendisliği; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi
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Indenofluorenes for Organic Optoelectronics: the Dance of Fused Five- and Six-Membered Rings Enabling Structural Versatility
(Royal Soc Chemistry, 2022) Can, Ayse; Facchetti, Antonio; Usta, Hakan; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02.07. Malzeme Bilimi ve Nanoteknoloji Mühendisliği; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi
Polycyclic pi-conjugated hydrocarbons (PCHs), either unfunctionalized or structurally modified derivatives, have attracted tremendous interest in the past few decades as high-performance semiconductors for use in new generations of organic (opto)electronic devices. Among several PCHs realized to date, the 6-5-6-5-6 pi-fused-ring backbone of indenofluorene (IF) stands out as a unique semiconducting architecture with great structural and property versatility affording six different regioisomers, diverse functionalization/substitution positions, pi-conjugation/delocalization patterns, aromatic behaviors, and electronic structures. In this review, we summarize and analyze the historical and recent advances in the design and implementation of IF-based semiconductors in organic transistor and solar cell devices, as well as in understanding the chemical structure-molecular property-semiconductivity relationships. Following an introduction to the fascinating properties of an IF pi-framework that distinguishes this core among PCHs, we present IF-based semiconductors and discuss their properties by classifying them into four main families (IF-diones, IF-DCVs/IF-TTFs, pi-IFs, and (un)substituted DH-IFs) considering whether methylene or methine C-bridges are present and how these positions are functionalized or substituted. For each family, design and synthetic approaches, molecular properties, and transistor/solar cell device applicability and/or performance are reviewed and discussed. At the end, we conclude with a section discussing the challenges and opportunities for future progress of IF-based semiconductor materials and related (opto)electronic technologies.
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Insights Into Interface Treatments in P-Channel Organic Thin-Film Transistors Based on a Novel Molecular Semiconductor
(IEEE-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc, 2017) Liguori, Rosalba; Usta, Hakan; Fusco, Sandra; Facchetti, Antonio; Licciardo, Gian Domenico; Di Benedetto, Luigi; Rubino, Alfredo; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02.07. Malzeme Bilimi ve Nanoteknoloji Mühendisliği; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi
Organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) were fabricated using a novel small molecule, C6-NTTN, as the semiconductor layer in several different architectures. The C6-NTTN layer was deposited via both vacuum evaporation at different substrate temperatures and via solution-processing, which yield maximum hole mobilities of 0.16 and 0.05 cm(2)/V . s, respectively. Surface treatments of the substrate, insulator, and metal contacts used for OTFT fabrication employing polymer films and different self-assembled monolayers were investigated. In particular, in bottom-gate devices, the insulator surface hydrophobicity was optimized by the deposition of poly(methyl methacrylate) or hexamethyldisilazane, while in the top-gate geometry, pentafluorobenzenethiol was efficiently used to modify the substrate surface energy and to change the contact work function. Atomic force microscopy analysis was exploited to understand the relationship between the semiconductor thin-film morphology and the device electrical performance. The results shown here indicate an inverse proportionality between the mobility and the interface trap density, with parameters depending especially on semiconductor-insulator interfacial properties, and a correlation between the threshold voltage and the characteristics of the semiconductor-metal interface.
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Interplay Between Charge Injection, Electron Transport, and Quantum Efficiency in Ambipolar Trilayer Organic Light-Emitting Transistors
(Wiley, 2022) Moschetto, Salvatore; Benvenuti, Emilia; Usta, Hakan; Ozdemir, Resul; Facchetti, Antonio; Muccini, Michele; Toffanin, Stefano; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02.07. Malzeme Bilimi ve Nanoteknoloji Mühendisliği; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi
The fascinating characteristic of organic light-emitting transistors (OLETs) of being electrical switches with an intrinsic light-emitting capability makes them attractive candidates for a wide variety of applications, ranging from sensors to displays. To date, the OLET ambipolar trilayer heterostructure is the most developed architecture for maximizing device performance. However, a major challenge of trilayer OLETs remains the inverse correlation between external quantum efficiency and brightness under ambipolar conditions. The complex interconnection between electroluminescent and ambipolar charge transport properties, in conjunction with the limited availability of electron transport semiconducting materials, has indeed hampered the disruptive evolution of the OLET technology. Here, an in-depth study of the interplay of the key fundamental features that determine the device performance is reported by exploring electron transport semiconductors with different properties in ambipolar trilayer OLETs. Through the selection of compounds with tailored chemical structures, the relation between intrinsic optoelectronic characteristics of the electron transport semiconductor, energy level alignment within the structure, and morphological features is unraveled. Furthermore, the introduction of a suitable electron injector at the emissive/semiconducting layers interface sheds light into the bidimensional nature of OLETs that is a distinguishing factor of this class of devices with respect to prototypical organic light-emitting diodes.
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Micro-/Nanostructured Highly Crystalline Organic Semiconductor Films for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Applications
(Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, 2015) Yilmaz, Mehmet; Ozdemir, Mehmet; Erdogan, Hakan; Tamer, Ugur; Sen, Unal; Facchetti, Antonio; Demirel, Gokhan; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02.01. Mühendislik Bilimleri; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi
The utilization of inorganic semiconductors for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has attracted enormous interest. However, despite the technological relevance of organic semiconductors for enabling inexpensive, large-area, and flexible devices via solution processing techniques, these p-conjugated systems have never been investigated for SERS applications. Here for the first time, a simple and versatile approach is demonstrated for the fabrication of novel SERS platforms based on micro-/nanostructured 2,7-dioctyl[1]benzothieno[3,2-b][1] benzothiophene (C8-BTBT) thin films via an oblique-angle vapor deposition. The morphology of C8-BTBT thin films is manipulated by varying the deposition angle, thus achieving highly favorable 3D vertically aligned ribbon-like micro-/nanostructures for a 90 degrees deposition angle. By combining C8-BTBT semiconductor films with a nanoscopic thin Au layer, remarkable SERS responses are achieved in terms of enhancement (approximate to 10(8)), stability (>90 d), and reproducibility (RSD < 0.14), indicating the great promise of Au/C8-BTBT films as SERS platforms. Our results demonstrate the first example of an organic semiconductor-based SERS platform with excellent detection characteristics, indicating that p-conjugated organic semiconductors have a great potential for SERS applications.
Nanostructured Superhydrophobic Organic Semiconductor Films Enable Sub-Zeptomole Level Molecular Sensing in Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
(Amer Chemical Soc, 2017) Demirel, Gokhan; Usta, Hakan; Facchetti, Antonio; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02.07. Malzeme Bilimi ve Nanoteknoloji Mühendisliği; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi
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Naphthalene Diimide-Based Polymeric Semiconductors. Effect of Chlorine Incorporation and N-Channel Transistors Operating in Water
(Springer Heidelberg, 2016) Ryu, Gi-Seong; Chen, Zhihua; Usta, Hakan; Noh, Yong-Young; Facchetti, Antonio; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02.07. Malzeme Bilimi ve Nanoteknoloji Mühendisliği; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi
We demonstrate here the design, synthesis and characterization of two new chlorinated polymers, P(NDI2HD-T2Cl2) and P(NDI2OD-T2Cl2) based on N,N-difunctionalized naphthalene diimide (NDI) and 3,3-dichloro-2,2-bithiophene (T2Cl2) moieties. Our results indicate that organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) based on these new chlorinated polymers exhibit electron mobilities approaching 0.1 cm(2)V(-1)s(-1) (I-on:I-off similar to 10(6)-10(7)), with far less ambipolarity due to their lower highest occupied molecular orbital energies, and they are more stable under deleterious high-humidity conditions (RH similar to 60%) and upon submersion in water, compared with those fabricated with the parent non-chlorinated polymers. In addition, OTFTs fabricated with the new chlorinated polymers exhibit excellent operational stabilities with <3% degradations upon bias-stress test.
Organic Semiconductor Based Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Platforms
(Amer Chemical Soc, 2018) Demirel, Gokhan; Usta, Hakan; Facchetti, Antonio; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02.07. Malzeme Bilimi ve Nanoteknoloji Mühendisliği; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi
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Perfluoroalkyl-Functionalized Thiazole Thiophene Oligomers as N-Channel Semiconductors in Organic Field-Effect and Light-Emitting Transistors
(Amer Chemical Soc, 2014) Usta, Hakan; Sheets, William Christopher; Denti, Mitchell; Generali, Gianluca; Capelli, Raffaella; Lu, Shaofeng; Facchetti, Antonio; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02.07. Malzeme Bilimi ve Nanoteknoloji Mühendisliği; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi
Despite their favorable electronic and structural properties, the synthetic development and incorporation of thiazole-based building blocks into n-type semiconductors has lagged behind that of other pi-deficient building blocks. Since thiazole insertion into pi-conjugated systems is synthetically more demanding, continuous research efforts are essential to underscore their properties in electron-transporting devices. Here, we report the design, synthesis, and characterization of a new series of thiazolethiophene tetra- (1 and 2) and hexa-heteroaryl (3 and 4) co-oligomers, varied by core extension and regiochemistry, which are end-functionalized with electron-withdrawing perfluorohexyl substituents. These new semiconductors are found to exhibit excellent n-channel OFET transport with electron mobilities (mu(e)) as high as 1.30 cm(2)/(V center dot s) (I-on/I-off > 10(6)) for films of 2 deposited at room temperature. In contrary to previous studies, we show here that 2,2'-bithiazole can be a very practical building block for high-performance n-channel semiconductors. Additionally, upon 2,2'- and 5,5'-bithiazole insertion into a sexithiophene backbone of well-known DFH-6T, significant charge transport improvements (from 0.0010.021 cm(2)/(V center dot s) to 0.200.70 cm(2)/(V center dot s)) were observed for 3 and 4. Analysis of the thin-film morphological and microstructural characteristics, in combination with the physicochemical properties, explains the observed high mobilities for the present semiconductors. Finally, we demonstrate for the first time implementation of a thiazole semiconductor (2) into a trilayer light-emitting transistor (OLET) enabling green light emission. Our results show that thiazole is a promising building block for efficient electron transport in ?-conjugated semiconductor thin-films, and it should be studied more in future optoelectronic applications.
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Photosensing Properties of Pentacene OFETs Based on a Novel PMMA Copolymer Gate Dielectric
(IEEE-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc, 2015) Loffredo, Fausta; Grimaldi, Immacolata Angelica; Miscioscia, Riccardo; Nenna, Giuseppe; Villani, Fulvia; Minarini, Carla; Facchetti, Antonio; 01. Abdullah Gül University
In the present work, bottom-gate top-contact organic field effect transistors (OFETs) were fabricated by evaporating a pentacene semiconductor film on top of a new insulating poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) copolymer containing methacrylate units. The PMMA copolymer was synthesized in order to combine the well-known insulating properties of PMMA with the possibility to be efficiently photocured enabling photopatterning-based organic circuitry integration processes. The properties of the pentacene layer deposited on ITO/PMMA copolymer stack were studied through morphological and structural analyses. Device photoresponses and photoexcitated transients were investigated and compared to reference devices based on standard PMMA gate dielectric.
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Selective Remanent Ambipolar Charge Transport in Polymeric Field-Effect Transistors for High-Performance Logic Circuits Fabricated in Ambient
(Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, 2014) Fabiano, Simone; Usta, Hakan; Forchheimer, Robert; Crispin, Xavier; Facchetti, Antonio; Berggren, Magnus; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02.07. Malzeme Bilimi ve Nanoteknoloji Mühendisliği; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi
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Ultrahigh Vacuum Self-Assembly of Rotationally Commensurate C8-BTBT/MoS2 Mixed-Dimensional Heterostructures
(Amer Chemical Soc, 2019) Liu, Xiaolong; Balla, Itamar; Sangwan, Vinod K.; Usta, Hakan; Facchetti, Antonio; Marks, Tobin J.; Hersam, Mark C.; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02.07. Malzeme Bilimi ve Nanoteknoloji Mühendisliği; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi
Mixed-dimensional van der Waals heterostructures combine the advantages of nanomaterials with qualitatively distinct properties such as the extended bandstructures and high charge carrier mobilities of inorganic two-dimensional materials and the discrete orbital energy levels and strong optical absorption of zero-dimensional organic molecules. The synergistic interplay between nanomaterials of distinct dimensionality has enabled a variety of unique applications such as antiambipolar transistors, sensitized photodetectors, and gate-tunable photovoltaics. Because the performance of mixed-dimensional heterostructure devices depends sensitively on the buried interfacial structure, it is of great interest to identify materials and chemistries that naturally form highly ordered heterointerfaces. Toward this end, here we demonstrate ultrahigh vacuum self-assembly of 2,7-dioctyl[1]benzothieno [3,2-b][1]benzothiophene (C8-BTBT) monolayers onto epitaxial MoS2/graphene heterostructures. With molecular-resolution scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy, the resulting C8-BTBT/MoS2/graphene mixed-dimensional heterostructures are found to be rotationally commensurate with well-defined physical and electronic structures. It is further shown that the self-assembled C8-BTBT monolayers are insensitive to the structural defects and electronic perturbations of the underlying MoS2 substrate, which provides significant processing latitude. For these reasons, this work will facilitate ongoing efforts to utilize organic/MoS2/graphene mixed-dimensional heterostructures for electronic, optoelectronic, and photovoltaic applications.
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Π-Conjugated Donor-Acceptor Small Molecule Thin-Films on Gold Electrodes for Reducing the Metal Work-Function
(Elsevier Science SA, 2016) Azum, Naved; Taib, Layla Ahmad; Al Angari, Yasser Mohammed; Asiri, Abdullah M.; Denti, Mitchel; Zhao, Wei; Facchetti, Antonio; 01. Abdullah Gül University
This paper reports the design, facile synthesis and purification of four pi-conjugated donor-acceptor small molecules comprising heteroaromatic units, DA-1-DA-4, for surface and electronic structure modification of gold thin film. These molecules were characterized by H-1/C-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry, UV-Vis spectroscopy, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Morphologically smooth thin-films (similar to 5 nm) of DA-1-DA-4 were deposited onto Au thin films via thermal evaporation and characterized by atomic force microscopy, theta-2 theta X-ray diffraction and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy. The work functions of the small molecule coated Au electrodes are shifted to lower energies by similar to 0.1-03 eV, compared to that of the bare Au film measured as a reference. The vapor-deposition of structurally,simple small molecules developed here shows great promise as a facile approach to reduce gold work function for electron injection/extraction between organic semiconductors and Au contacts in various opto-electronic devices. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All tights reserved.