Abstract
In this paper organic thin film transistors (OTFTs) are directly fabricated on fabric substrates consisting of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) fibers. A key process is coating the polymer layers on the fabric in order to reduce the large surface roughness of the fabric substrate. Two polymers, i.e. polyurethane (PU) and photo-acryl (PA), are used to reduce the large surface roughness and simultaneously improve the process compatibility of the layers with the subsequent OTFTs processes while also retaining the original flexibility of the fabric. The surface roughness of the PU/PA-coated fabric is significantly reduced to 0.3μm. Furthermore, the original flexibility of the PET fabric remained after coating of the PU/PA polymer layers. The mobility of the OTFTs fabricated on the PU-PA coated fabric substrate is 0.05±0.02cm2/Vs when three PA layers and 90nm thick pentacene layer were used. The performance does not vary even after 30,000 bending test.
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