Liquid crystalline organic semiconductors for organic transistor applications

Abstract

Liquid crystalline organic semiconductors are good candidates for organic transistors because the materials have properties that are beneficial compared with those of polymer materials. Liquid crystalline materials show good solution processability for the fabrication of uniform crystalline thin films. The novel liquid crystalline material 2-phenyl-7-decyl[1]benzothieno[3,2-b][1]benzothiophene (Ph-BTBT-10) exhibits a highly ordered liquid crystal phase, and has good solution processability and high thermal durability to use for creating transistor devices with high mobility, over 10 cm2 Vs−1, following thermal annealing.