Rancatore, Benjamin J. Mauldin, Clayton E. Tung, Shih-Huang Wang, Cheng Hexemer, Alexander Strzalka, Joseph M. J. Fréchet, Jean Xu, Ting Nanostructured Organic Semiconductors <i>via</i> Directed Supramolecular Assembly Organic small molecule semiconductors have many advantages over their polymer analogues. However, to fabricate organic semiconductor-based devices using solution processing, it is requisite to eliminate dewetting to ensure film uniformity and desirable to assemble nanoscopic features with tailored macroscopic alignment without compromising their electronic properties. To this end, we present a modular supramolecular approach. A quaterthiophene organic semiconductor is attached to the side chains of poly(4-vinylpyridine) <i>via</i> noncovalent hydrogen bonds to form supramolecular assemblies that act as p-type semiconductors in field-effect transistors. In thin films, the quaterthiophenes can be readily assembled into microdomains, tens of nanometers in size, oriented normal to the surface. The supramolecules exhibited the same field-effect mobilities as that of the quaterthiophene alone (10<sup>−4</sup> cm<sup>2</sup>/(V·s)). Since the organic semiconductors can be readily substituted, this modular supramolecular approach is a viable method for the fabrication of functional, nanostructured organic semiconductor films using solution processing. supramolecular approach;solution processing;film;Nanostructured Organic Semiconductors;semiconductor;form supramolecular assemblies;noncovalent hydrogen bonds;quaterthiophene 2010-05-25
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10.1021/nn100521f.s002