Epitaxial growth of molecular crystals on van der waals substrates for high-performance organic electronics.

Lee, Chul-Ho; Schiros, Theanne; Santos, Elton J G; Kim, Bumjung; Yager, Kevin G; Kang, Seok Ju; Lee, Sunwoo; Yu, Jaeeun et al. · Adv Mater · 2014

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Epitaxial van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures of organic and layered materials are demonstrated to create high-performance organic electronic devices. High-quality rubrene films with large single-crystalline domains are grown on h-BN dielectric layers via vdW epitaxy. In addition, high carrier mobility comparable to free-standing single-crystal counterparts is achieved by forming interfacial electrical contacts with graphene electrodes.