Organic single-crystalline ribbons of a rigid H-type anthracene derivative and high-performance, short-channel field-effect transistors of individual micro/nanometer-sized ribbons fabricated by an organic ribbon mask technique

The synthesis of a rigid, planar H-type anthracene derivative is described. Single-crystalline ribbons at micro- and nanometer sizes can be controllably produced and transistors based on an individual ribbon can be fabricated in situ through a newly developed organic ribbon mask method, in which the channel length of the transistors can be easily scaled down to sub-micrometer level.