Organic and oxide transistors
This program explores and develops technologies for making organic thin-film transistors on plastic foils. These transistors are the fundamental building blocks for a wide range of applications including flexible displays, intelligent food packaging and integrated electronic / paper ID documents.
On the technical side, the program focuses on two main challenges. Firstly, it extends transistor performance using state-of-the-art semiconductor materials that can be processed at low temperatures. Secondly, it demonstrates techniques for integrating the transistors into increasingly complex circuitry.
For each challenge, the initial target is high performance and scaling down of the feature size. Then the circuits are integrated with other system elements such as OLEDs and Flash memory. Wherever possible, low-cost patterning techniques like inkjet printing or imprinting are used to ensure a commercially viable technology. To this end, this program works with our Printing conductive structures on flexible substrates and Lithography on flexible substrates programs.
In addition, the program helps promote the industrialization and commercialization of organic electronics. It plays a key role in the Holst Centre’s activities as coordinator of the EU-funded FLAME project on rollable OLED displays. The program is also active in several other European projects.