Technology Review: Self-Assembled Organic Circuits

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Isaacmao bookmarked on 2008-10-22 Computing Future for:Anothr

In the past, others have used similar self-assembly tricks to make organic transistors, but the new method is much simpler. Moreover, researchers have been unable to accurately and reliably replicate self-assembled devices until now. "You need every transistor to be working in order for the circuit to work," says John Kymissis, an electrical-engineering professor at Columbia University. "Here, there are hundreds of transistors, all of which work. The yield is extremely good for complicated circuits."

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22 Oct 08

isaac Mao
Computing Future for:Anothr
- In the past, others have used similar self-assembly tricks to make organic transistors, but the new method is much simpler. Moreover, researchers have been unable to accurately and reliably replicate self-assembled devices until now. "You need every transistor to be working in order for the circuit to work," says John Kymissis, an electrical-engineering professor at Columbia University. "Here, there are hundreds of transistors, all of which work. The yield is extremely good for complicated circuits."
20 Oct 08

Jimmy Breeze
technology
18 Oct 08

Kepler L
circuits electronics organic transistors plastic self-assembly semiconductor
- semiconductor molecules that automatically arrange themselves on a surface in a layer just a few nanometers thick
- The methods currently used to fabricate organic circuits include lithographic etching and ink-jet printing. Self-assembly eliminates the need to progressively pattern the semiconductor layer and does not waste the semiconductor by etching it away.