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An organic water-gated ambipolar transistor with a bulk heterojunction active layer for stable and tunable photodetection.
- Source :
- Applied Physics Letters; 11/21/2016, Vol. 109 Issue 21, p1-5, 5p, 4 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Organic water-gated transistors (OWGTs) have emerged as promising sensing architectures for biomedical applications and environmental monitoring due to their ability of in-situ detection of biological substances with high sensitivity and low operation voltage, as well as compatibility with various read-out circuits. Tremendous progress has been made in the development of p-type OWGTs. However, achieving stable n-type operation in OWGTs due to the presence of solvated oxygen in water is still challenging. Here, we report an ambipolar OWGT based on a bulk heterojunction active layer, which exhibits a stable hole and electron transport when exposed to aqueous environment. The device can be used as a photodetector both in the hole and electron accumulation regions to yield a maximum responsivity of 0.87A W<superscript>-1</superscript>. More importantly, the device exhibited stable static and dynamic photodetection even when operated in the n-type mode. These findings bring possibilities for the device to be adopted for future biosensing platforms, which are fully compatible with lowcost and low-power organic complementary circuits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- TRANSISTORS
PHOTODETECTORS
ELECTRONIC circuits
ELECTRIC potential
HETEROJUNCTIONS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00036951
- Volume :
- 109
- Issue :
- 21
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Applied Physics Letters
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 119712961
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4968580