Fabrication of the solution-processible OLED/OTFT by the gravure printing/contact transfer: role of the surface treatment

  • Na, Jung-Hoon (Material Science and Engineering Res. Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Kim, Sung-Hyun (Material Science and Engineering Res. Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Kang, Nam-Su (Material Science and Engineering Res. Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Yu, Jae-Woong (Material Science and Engineering Res. Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Im, Chan (Organic Optoelectronics Laboratory, Department of chemistry, Konkuk University) ;
  • Chin, Byung-Doo (Material Science and Engineering Res. Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
  • Published : 2008.10.13

Abstract

We have investigated the effectiveness of a gravure printing method for the fabrication of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) and Organic Thin Film Transistor (OTFT). Printing of the organic layers was performed with a small-scale gravure coating machine, while the metallic layers were vacuum-evaporated. Devices with gravure-printed layers are at least comparable with the spin-coated devices. Effects of the solvent formulation and surface energy mismatch between the organic layer materials on the printed patterns and device performance were discussed. We will present the initial design and experimental data of OTFT fabricated by roll-type soft contact transfer process.

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