One-dimensional polyelectrolyte/polymeric semiconductor core/shell structure: Sulfonated poly(arylene ether ketone)/polyaniline nanofibers for organic field-effect transistors

Abstract

A polyelectrolyte/polymeric semiconductor core/shell structure is developed for organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) based on sulfonated poly(arylene ether ketone)/polyaniline core/shell nanofibers via electrospinning and solution-phase selective polymerization. The polyelectrolyte does not work as a gate dielectric, but can provide an internal modulation from the nanointerface of the 1D core/shell nanostructure. The transistor devices display very high mobilities. Copyright © 2011 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.