All-Printed, Foldable Organic Thin-Film Transistors on Glassine Paper

Woo Jin Hyun; Ethan B Secor; Geoffrey A Rojas; Mark C Hersam; Lorraine F Francis; C Daniel Frisbie

doi:10.1002/adma.201503478

All-Printed, Foldable Organic Thin-Film Transistors on Glassine Paper

Adv Mater. 2015 Nov 25;27(44):7058-64. doi: 10.1002/adma.201503478. Epub 2015 Oct 6.

Authors

Woo Jin Hyun¹, Ethan B Secor², Geoffrey A Rojas¹, Mark C Hersam^{2

3}, Lorraine F Francis¹, C Daniel Frisbie¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Ave. SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
² Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, 2220 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.
³ Department of Chemistry, Department of Medicine, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.

PMID: 26439306
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201503478

Abstract

All-printed, foldable organic thin-film transistors are demonstrated on glassine paper with a combination of advanced materials and processing techniques. Glassine paper provides a suitable surface for high-performance printing methods, while graphene electrodes and an ion-gel gate dielectric enable robust stability over 100 folding cycles. Altogether, this study features a practical platform for low-cost, large-area, and foldable electronics.

Keywords: foldable electronics; graphene electrodes; ion-gel dielectrics; paper substrates; printed electronics.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Electrodes
Graphite / chemistry
Mechanical Phenomena
Organic Chemicals*
Paper*
Printing*
Transistors, Electronic*

Substances

Organic Chemicals
Graphite