International Display Workshops General Incorporated Association

9:25 AM - 9:50 AM

[AMD4-2(Invited)] Printing of 3D Electronic Circuits and Organic Thin-Film Transistors

*Takeo Minari1, Qingqing Sun1, Wanli Li1, Xuying Liu2, Masayuki Kanehara3 (1. National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) (Japan), 2. Zhengzhou University (China), 3. C-INK Co., Ltd. (Japan))

Printed Electronics, Organic thin-film transistors, Metal nanoparticles

https://doi.org/10.36463/idw.2019.0439

We propose a large-scale fabrication method of electronic devices based on solution-processed coating and printing. This method relies on bottom-up printing processes using soluble metal nanoparticles and organic semiconductors, resulting in thin-film electronic devices to be printed at room temperature without application of heat. We successfully fabricated high-performance organic thin-film transistors on plastic and paper substrates. In addition, the printing technique with 1-micron line width and space was also achieved. Our fabrication method is very promising for low-cost fabrication of high-resolution flexible electronics.