Environmental Response Sensors Produced Using Bilayer-Type Organic Semiconductors

Shunto Arai

doi:10.20965/jrm.2022.p0257

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JRM Vol.34 No.2 pp. 257-259

doi: 10.20965/jrm.2022.p0257

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Environmental Response Sensors Produced Using Bilayer-Type Organic Semiconductors

Shunto Arai

The University of Tokyo
7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan

Received:

September 5, 2021

Accepted:

September 14, 2021

Published:

April 20, 2022

Keywords:

chemical sensor, molecular bilayer, organic semiconductor, organic transistor, printed electronics

Abstract

In this study, we developed environmental gas sensors based on bilayer-type organic semiconductors. The number of stacked molecular bilayers was controlled through a solution-based approach. In particular, single molecular bilayers (SMBs) were produced through a geometrical frustration method that can effectively suppress the multiple stacking of bilayers. The layer number-controlled films were utilized to form thin-film transistors (TFTs) to detect the moisture in the air. We revealed that the sensitivity was enhanced in the SMB-based TFTs compared with the TFTs with thicker active layers. These findings are expected to facilitate a new route for producing flexible and lightweight chemical sensors.

Ultra-thin semiconductors enhance the sensitivity of sensors

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S. Arai, “Environmental Response Sensors Produced Using Bilayer-Type Organic Semiconductors,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.34 No.2, pp. 257-259, 2022.

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[7] [7] S. Arai, K. Morita, J. Tsutsumi, S. Inoue, M. Tanaka, and T. Hasegawa, “Layered-Herringbone Polymorphs and Alkyl-Chain Ordering in Molecular Bilayer Organic Semiconductors,” Adv. Funct. Mater., Vol.30, 1906406, 2020.

[8] [8] S. Inoue, S. Shinamura, Y. Sadamitsu, S. Arai, S. Horiuchi, M. Yoneya, K. Takimiya, and T. Hasegawa, “Extended and Modulated Thienothiophenes for Thermally Durable and Solution-Processable Organic Semiconductors,” Chem. Mater., Vol.30, pp. 5050-5060, 2018.

[9] [9] G. Kitahara, S. Inoue, T. Higashino, M. Ikawa, T. Hayashi, S. Matsuoka, S. Arai, and T. Hasegawa, “Meniscus-controlled printing of single-crystal interfaces showing extremely sharp switching transistor operation,” Sci. Adv., Vol.6, eabc8847, 2020.

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