All-printed low-voltage organic transistors

All-printed low-voltage organic transistors were manufactured on a plastic substrate and measured in normal room atmosphere. All electrodes were ink-jet printed. while the homogeneous semiconductor and insulator layers were subsequently applied by the reverse gravure coating technique. No destructive effects from the rough plastic substrate or the printed silver source and drain electrodes were observed. Changes in the transistor characteristics after 48 days of ageing in room atmosphere were mainly attributed to a reduced conductivity of the polymer gate electrode. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.