Acquisition of an Organic Semiconductor Processing and Characterization Facility for Research and Student Training

该奖项来自肯特州立大学的主要研究仪器项目，支持收购用于有机半导体加工和表征设施的手套箱系统。有机半导体将在各种科学和技术上重要的工艺和设备中发挥核心作用，包括静电复印、发光二极管、光伏、薄膜晶体管和光折变介质。这些有机和有机-无机杂化材料的物理性质往往与那些众所周知的无机半导体有很大的不同。为了了解这些有机材料的基本物理性质，正在组装具有飞行时间和微波导电性/迁移率分析能力的纯化，沉积和设备制造设备。该设备将允许在高度控制的环境中使用新材料创建器件结构，以便可以准确和可重复地检查其固有特性。该设施将是学生培训的理想选择，因为它提供了一个高度跨学科的设施。肯特州立大学主要研究仪器项目授予该奖项，支持收购一个用于有机半导体加工和表征设施的手套箱系统。有机半导体为各种电子设备的改进提供了重大的、很大程度上尚未开发的机会。为了开发这些材料，正在组装一个由几个组件组成的复杂设备，用于表征基于有机分子的新材料和系统。具有集成和高度通用的薄膜沉积系统的手套箱将为材料纯化和器件（例如场效应晶体管）制造提供清洁的环境。然后将使用最先进的电子和光学表征工具对这些新系统进行评估，这些工具包括可调谐激光源、微波导电性仪器和用于结构测定的强大的温度依赖x射线衍射仪。这些设施将为学生和博士后研究人员提供丰富的跨学科培训环境。

This award from the Major Research Instrumentation Program to Kent State University supports the acquisition of a glove box system for an organic semiconductor processing and characterization facility. Organic semiconductors will play a central role in a variety of scientifically and technically important processes and devices including xerography, light emitting diodes, photovoltaics, thin film transistors and photorefractive media. The physical properties of these organic and organic-inorganic hybrid materials often differ significantly from those of the well known inorganic semiconductors. In order to understand the basic physical properties of these organic materials a facility for purification, deposition and device fabrication with time of flight and microwave conductivity/mobility analytical capabilities is being assembled. This facility will permit the creation of device structures from novel materials in a highly controlled environment so that the intrinsic properties can accurately and reproducibly be examined. The facility will be ideal for student training as it provides a highly interdisciplinaryThis award from the Major Research Instrumentation Program to Kent State University supports the acquisition of a glove box system for an organic semiconductor processing and characterization facility. Organic semiconductors present major and largely unexplored opportunities for the improvement of a variety of electronic devices. To exploit these materials a sophisticated facility comprised of several components for the characterization of novel materials and systems based on organic molecules is being assembled. A glove box with an integrated and highly versatile thin-film deposition system will provide a clean environment for material purification and device (e.g., field effect transistor) fabrication. These novel systems will then be evaluated using state-of-the art electronics and optical characterization tools including tunable laser sources, microwave conductivity instrumentation and a powerful temperature-dependent x-ray diffractometer for structural determination. These facilities will provide a rich interdisciplinary training environment for students and post-doctoral researchers.