TY - GEN A1 - Müller, Klaus A1 - Goryachko, Andriy A1 - Burkov, Yevgen A1 - Schwiertz, Carola A1 - Ratzke, Markus A1 - Köble, J. A1 - Reif, Jürgen A1 - Schmeißer, Dieter T1 - Scanning Kelvin Probe Microscopy and Photoemission electron microscopy of organic source-drain structures T2 - Synthetic Metals N2 - n order to optimize organic field effect transistors (OFETs), the characterisation of active-layer surfaces in terms of their roughness, chemical composition and distribution of surface potentials is important. We report on high-resolution microscopic mapping of organic source-drain structures with P3HT as the semiconductor by scanning Kelvin probe microscopy (SKPM) and photoemission electron microscopy (PEEM). It was shown that PEEM is able to characterise the surface morphology (roughness), the chemical homogeneity and the composition of organic structures. The two-dimensional mapping of surface potentials by SKPM with applied source-drain voltages is shown to be an important ingredient of OFETs failure mode analysis. KW - Photoemission electron microscopy (PEEM) KW - Scanning Kelvin probe microscopy (SKPM) KW - OFET Y1 - 2004 SN - 0379-6779 VL - 146 IS - 3 SP - 377 EP - 382 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Geuss, Markus A1 - Müller, Klaus A1 - Paloumpa, Ioanna A1 - Schmeißer, Dieter T1 - Surface Potential profiling on operating full organic thin film transistors by Kelvin probe force microscopy T2 - Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft N2 - Kelvin-AFM is employed to study all polymer organic thin film transistors which are promising candidates for low cost - low performance applications like active matrix displays, sensors or single-serving devices. We use bottom contact source-drain- electrode structures of different organic materials like carbon-black or graphite plotted on a printing foil. Semiconducting regioregular Poly(3-Hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT) was subsequently deposited by spin coating. Surface potential profiles across the transistor channel were measured by Kelvin-AFM for various source-drain potential differences and signs. We found that contact resistances cause characteristic steps in the surface potential near the channel edges which vary with the electrode material. Furthermore, nonlinearities appear in the potential gradient which possibly give evidence for lateral inhomogeneities of the carrier mobilities. In summary, surface potential imaging with high lateral resolution ( approx. 100 nm) is introduced as a powerful tool for the characterisation of the transistor performance and the selection of suitable low cost electrode materials. KW - organic field effect transistor KW - Kelvin probe force microscopy Y1 - 2005 UR - http://www.dpg-verhandlungen.de/year/2005/conference/berlin/part/syoo/session/6/contribution/36?lan=en PB - Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft CY - Bad Honnef ER -