Polymeric and Molecular Materials for Advanced Organic Electronics
Abstract
To realize high-performance organic/polymeric/hybrid materials and devices and to address the challenges hindering the progress of printed, flexible, stretchable electronics, it will first be necessary to develop new materials (semiconductors, gate dielectrics, conductive contacts), understand/optimize critical coating/printing processes, study materials interfaces affecting charge injection (contact-semiconductor) and transport (dielectric-semiconductor) as well as to understand/model charge transport and mechanical response in these unconventional devices. Before detailing the proposed research and deliverables, we summarize results from the previous Northwestern (NU) AFOSR-supported program. Significant advances were possible through the highly productive and close collaboration between other NU specialists, other NU faculty, as well as collaborations involving other academic groups (e.g., Stanford U., U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, U. of Minnesota, Nat. Central U. of Taiwan, U. of Malaga in Spain, U. Groningen in Holland, Purdue U., U. Cal. Santa Barbara, University College London, South China U. of Sci. and Tech., and Cambridge U.), national laboratories (Argonne Nat. Lab., AFRL, NIST, NRL), and our nearby industrial transition partners (Polyera Corp., Flexterra Corp.).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 27, 2018
- Accession Number
- AD1056846
Entities
People
- Antonio Facchetti
- Tobin J. Marks
Organizations
- Northwestern University