Abstract
A hydrophilic organic semiconductor, anthracene derivative (ATC) was self-assembled on hydrophilic SAM 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) by solution process in air. The APTES self-assembled on the insulator surface was found to help to align the packing of ATC thus improve the crystallinity of ATC thin film. The first attempt to fabricate organic thin film transistors (OTFTs) using self-assembled ATC via this approach was made with and the performance of OTFTs was also measured in ambient condition. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.