Charge transport in single polymer fiber transistors in the sub-100 nm regime - temperature dependence and Coulomb blockade
At a Glance
Section titled āAt a Glanceā| Metadata | Details |
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| Publication Date | 2022-12-02 |
| Journal | Journal of Physics Materials |
| Authors | Jakob Lenz, Martin Statz, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Frank Ortmann |
| Institutions | Ludwig-Maximilians-UniversitƤt MĆ¼nchen, Technical University of Munich |
| Citations | 3 |
Abstract
Section titled āAbstractāAbstract Even though charge transport in semiconducting polymers is of relevance for a number of potential applications in (opto-)electronic devices, the fundamental mechanism of how charges are transported through organic polymers that are typically characterized by a complex nanostructure is still open. One of the challenges which we address here, is how to gain controllable experimental access to charge transport at the sub-100 nm lengthscale. To this end charge transport in single poly(diketopyrrolopyrrole-terthiophene) fiber transistors, employing two different solid gate dielectrics, a hybrid Al 2 O 3 /self-assembled monolayer and hexagonal boron nitride, is investigated in the sub-50 nm regime using electron-beam contact patterning. The electrical characteristics exhibit near ideal behavior at room temperature which demonstrates the general feasibility of the nanoscale contacting approach, even though the channels are only a few nanometers in width. At low temperatures, we observe nonlinear behavior in the current-voltage characteristics in the form of Coulomb diamonds which can be explained by the formation of an array of multiple quantum dots at cryogenic temperatures.