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Indigo - A Natural Pigment for High Performance Ambipolar Organic Field Effect Transistors and Circuits

  1. Mihai Irimia-Vladu1,2,*,
  2. Eric D. Głowacki2,
  3. Pavel A. Troshin3,
  4. Günther Schwabegger5,
  5. Lucia Leonat4,
  6. Diana K. Susarova3,
  7. Olga Krystal3,
  8. Mujeeb Ullah5,
  9. Yasin Kanbur6,
  10. Marius A. Bodea7,
  11. Vladimir F. Razumov3,
  12. Helmut Sitter5,
  13. Siegfried Bauer1,
  14. Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci2

Article first published online: 23 NOV 2011

DOI: 10.1002/adma.201102619

Issue

Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 24, Issue 3, pages 375–380, January 17, 2012

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How to Cite

Irimia-Vladu, M., Głowacki, E. D., Troshin, P. A., Schwabegger, G., Leonat, L., Susarova, D. K., Krystal, O., Ullah, M., Kanbur, Y., Bodea, M. A., Razumov, V. F., Sitter, H., Bauer, S. and Sariciftci, N. S. (2012), Indigo - A Natural Pigment for High Performance Ambipolar Organic Field Effect Transistors and Circuits. Adv. Mater., 24: 375–380. doi: 10.1002/adma.201102619

Author Information

  1. 1

    Soft Matter Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenberger Straße 69, 4040 Linz, Austria

  2. 2

    Linz Institute for Organic Solar Cells, Physical Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenberger Straße 69, 4040 Linz, Austria

  3. 3

    Institute for Problems of Chemical Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Semenov Prospect 5, Chernogolovka, Moscow region 142432, Russian Federation

  4. 4

    Politehnica University of Bucharest, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, Bucharest, Romania

  5. 5

    Institute of Solid State Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenberger Straße 69, 4040 Linz, Austria

  6. 6

    Department of Polymer Science and Technology, Middle East Technical University, Balgat, Ankara, Turkey

  7. 7

    Institute of Applied Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenberger Straße 69, 4040 Linz, Austria

*Soft Matter Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenberger Straße 69, 4040 Linz, Austria.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 10 JAN 2012
  2. Article first published online: 23 NOV 2011
  3. Manuscript Received: 8 JUL 2011

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Keywords:

  • ambipolar semiconductors;
  • biodegradable electronics;
  • sustainable electronics;
  • natural materials
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Millenniums-old natural dye indigo - a “new” ambipolar organic semiconductor. Indigo shows balanced electron and hole mobilities of 1 × 10−2 cm2 V−1 s−1 and good stability against degradation in air. Inverters with gains of 105 in the first and 110 in the third quadrant are demonstrated. Fabricated entirely from natural and biodegradable compounds, these devices show the large potential of such materials for green organic electronics.

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