02439nas a2200265   4500008004100000022001400041245012600055210006900181260007100250300001400321490000600335520144400341653001801785653001301803653003601816653002701852653002001879653001901899100002901918700002501947700001901972700002001991700003002011856013202041       2013                        eng d  a1944-824400aEnhanced hole carrier transport due to increased intermolecular contacts in small molecule based field effect transistors0 aEnhanced hole carrier transport due to increased intermolecular   a1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USAbAMER CHEMICAL SOCcAUG  a7086-70930 v53 a<p>Small molecules and oligomers can be synthesized with very high purity and precise molecular weights, but they often do not form uniform thin films while processed from solution. Decreased intermolecular contacts between the small molecules are another disadvantage. To increase the intermolecular contacts in small molecules, we have chosen i-indigo, as one of the conjugated molecular units. The electron poor i-indigo has been connected with electron rich triphenylamine to synthesize a donor-acceptor-donor type small molecule. The propeller shaped triphenylamine helps to increase the solubility of the small molecule as well as isotropic charge transport. The intermolecular spacing between the molecules has been found to be low and did not vary as a function of thermal annealing. This implies that the intermolecular contacts between the small molecules are enhanced, and they do not vary as a function of thermal annealing. Organic field effect transistors (OFET) fabricated using a small molecule exhibited a hole carrier mobility (mu) of 0.3 cm(2)/(V s) before thermal annealing. A marginal increase in mu was observed upon thermal annealing at 150 degrees C, which has been attributed to changes in thin film morphology. The morphology of the thin films plays an important role in charge transport in addition to the intermolecular spacing that can be modulated with a judicious choice of the conjugated molecular unit.</p>10ahole mobility10ai-indigo10aorganic field effect transistor10aquadrupole interaction10asmall molecules10atriphenylamine1 aDharmapurikar, Satej, S.1 aArulkashmir, Arulraj1 aDas, Chayanika1 aMuddellu, Pooja1 aKrishnamoorthy, Kothandam  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/enhanced-hole-carrier-transport-due-increased-intermolecular-contacts-small-molecule-based-0