Electrical and Structural Origin of Self-Healing Phenomena in Pentacene Thin Films.

Kang, Evan S H; Zhang, Hongbin; Donner, Wolfgang; von Seggern, Heinz · Adv Mater · 2017

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Self-healing induced by structural phase transformation is demonstrated using pentacene field-effect transistors. During the self-healing process, the electrical properties at the pentacene interfaces improve due to the phase transformation from monolayer phase to thin-film phase. Enhanced mobility is confirmed by first-principles calculations.