Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, an oxide semiconductor film on the substrate, a first gate structure on the oxide semiconductor film and a contact that is in contact with the oxide semiconductor film, the contact being disposed on a boundary surface with the oxide semiconductor film, and including a metal oxide film that includes a transition metal.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes body lines, formed substantially perpendicular to a substrate, and having recessed sidewalls, buried bit lines, buried in the recessed sidewalls, and including a metal silicide, and a barrier layer interposed between each of the buried bit lines and the body lines corresponding thereto, and containing germanium.

Abstract: A transistor structure comprises a patterned N-type transparent oxide semiconductor formed over a substrate as a base, and a patterned p-type organic polymer semiconductor formed on the patterned N-type transparent oxide semiconductor comprising a first portion and a second portion so that the patterned N-type transparent oxide semiconductor and the first portion and the second portion of the patterned p-type organic polymer semiconductor form heterojunctions therebetween respectively, wherein the first portion of the patterned p-type organic polymer semiconductor is used as an emitter, and the second portion of the patterned p-type organic polymer semiconductor is used as a collector.

Abstract: A process for producing high performance organic thin film transistors in which the molecules in the organic thin film are highly ordered and oriented to maximize the mobility of current charge carriers. The uniform monolayer surface over various substrate materials so formed, result in a more reproducible and readily manufacturable process for higher performance organic field effect transistors that can be used to create large area circuits using a range of materials.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to reduce variations in behavior of each memory element. In addition, it is another object of the present invention to obtain a semiconductor device, on which the memory element is mounted, which is superior in terms of performance and reliability. A memory element of the present invention includes in its structure a first conductive layer; a semiconductor layer; an organic compound layer; and a second conductive layer, where the semiconductor layer and the organic compound layer are interposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, and the semiconductor layer is formed to be in contact with the first conductive layer and/or the second conductive layer. With such a structure, variations in behavior of each memory element are reduced.

Abstract: A photoactive device is provided. The device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoactive region disposed between and electrically connected to the first and second electrodes. The photoactive region further includes an organic donor layer and an organic acceptor layer that form a donor-acceptor heterojunction. The mobility of holes in the organic donor region and the mobility of electrons in the organic acceptor region are different by a factor of at least 100, and more preferably a factor of at least 1000. At least one of the mobility of holes in the organic donor region and the mobility of electrons in the organic acceptor region is greater than 0.001 cm2/V-sec, and more preferably greater than 1 cm2/V-sec. The heterojunction may be of various types, including a planar heterojunction, a bulk heterojunction, a mixed heterojunction, and a hybrid planar-mixed heterojunction.

Abstract: A transistor structure comprises a patterned N-type transparent oxide semiconductor formed over a substrate as a base, and a patterned p-type organic polymer semiconductor formed on the patterned N-type transparent oxide semiconductor comprising a first portion and a second portion so that the patterned N-type transparent oxide semiconductor and the first portion and the second portion of the patterned p-type organic polymer semiconductor form heterojunctions therebetween respectively, wherein the first portion of the patterned p-type organic polymer semiconductor is used as an emitter, and the second portion of the patterned p-type organic polymer semiconductor is used as a collector.

Abstract: Featured is an organic/polymer diode having a first layer composed essentially of one of an organic semiconductor material or a polymeric semiconductor material and a second layer formed on the first layer and being electrically coupled to the first layer such that current flows through the layers in one direction when a voltage is applied in one direction. The second layer is essentially composed of a material whose characteristics and properties are such that when formed on the first layer, the diode is capable of high frequency rectifications on the order of megahertz rectifications such as for example rectifications at one of above 100KHz, 500KhZ, IMHz, or 10 MHz. In further embodiments, the layers are arranged so as to be exposed to atmosphere.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a technique in which a high-performance and highly reliable semiconductor device can be manufactured at low cost with high yield. A memory device according to the present invention has a first conductive layer including a plurality of insulators, an organic compound layer over the first conductive layer including the insulators, and a second conductive layer over the organic compound layer.

Abstract: The concentration of oxygen, which causes problems such as decreases in brightness and dark spots through degradation of electrode materials, is lowered in an organic light emitting element having a layer made from an organic compound between a cathode and an anode, and in a light emitting device structured using the organic light emitting element. The average concentration of impurities contained in a layer made from an organic compound used in order to form an organic light emitting element having layers such as a hole injecting layer, a hole transporting layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transporting layer, and an electron injecting layer, is reduced to 5×1019/cm2 or less, preferably equal to or less than 1×1019/cm2, by removing the impurities with the present invention. Formation apparatuses are structured as stated in the specification in order to reduce the impurities in the organic compounds forming the organic light emitting elements.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a gel electrolyte pattern is disclosed, the method comprising depositing an electrolyte precursor by inkjet printing onto a gelling agent layer. A gel electrolyte pattern is also disclosed, the gel electrolyte pattern comprising either a mixture of a gelling agent and an electrolyte precursor or the products of a chemical reaction between a gelling agent and an electrolyte precursor.

Abstract: A sensing device includes an optical cavity having two substantially opposed reflective surfaces. At least one nanowire is operatively disposed in the optical cavity. A plurality of metal nanoparticles is established on the at least one nanowire.

Abstract: Tunable diodes and methods of making.

Abstract: A circuit board includes: a substrate; source and drain electrodes formed on the substrate; an organic semiconductor layer formed on the source and drain electrodes; a gate insulating layer formed on the organic semiconductor layer; and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating layer, wherein: the substrate includes a first part, a second part, and a third part interposed between the first and second parts and a thickness of the first part or a thickness of the second part is greater than that of the third part; the source electrode is formed on the first part; the drain electrode is formed on the second part; a part of the organic semiconductor layer is formed on the third part; and a thickness of the gate insulating layer disposed on the first and second parts is smaller than that of the gate insulating layer disposed on the third part.

Abstract: A display device having a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, a constant current source, and an amplifier is provided. Each of the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element has a first layer including an organic compound and an inorganic compound and a second layer including a light-emitting substance, which are stacked between a pair of electrodes. The first layer is provided over the second layer. Alternatively, the second layer is provided over the first layer.

Abstract: An electrically bistable body for use in electronic devices wherein the bistable body is converted from a low conductivity state to a high conductivity state. The bistable body includes a polymer matrix in which a sufficient amount of capped nanoparticles are dispersed so that the bistable body is converted from a low conductivity state to a high conductivity state upon application of an electrical field. The capped nanoparticles are metal nanoparticles that have been coated with an aromatic thiol.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to manufacture, with high yield, a semiconductor device in which an element that has a layer containing an organic compound is provided over a flexible substrate. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a separation layer over a substrate; forming an element-formed layer over the separation layer by forming an inorganic compound layer, a first conductive layer, and a layer containing an organic compound and forming a second conductive layer which is in contact with the layer containing an organic compound and the inorganic compound layer; and separating the separation layer and the element-formed layer from each other after pasting a first flexible substrate over the second conductive layer.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a nonlinear element with high productivity, which can be driven at low voltage, an element substrate including the nonlinear element, and a liquid crystal display device including the element substrate. A structure of the nonlinear element of the present invention includes a layer formed using a composite material containing an inorganic compound and an organic compound between a first electrode and a second electrode. Further, as the composite material containing the inorganic compound and the organic compound, a composite material, which exhibits nonlinear behavior in both cases of applying forward bias voltage and reverse bias voltage, is used.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for inexpensively reducing the contact resistance between an electrode and an organic semiconductor upon a p-type operation of the organic semiconductor; and a method for inexpensively operating, as an n-type semiconductor, an organic semiconductor that is likely to work as a p-type semiconductor. In addition, also disclosed are a p-cannel FET, an n-channel FET, and a C-TFT which can be fabricated inexpensively. Specifically, a p-type region and an n-type region is inexpensively prepared on one substrate by arranging an organic semiconductor that is likely to work as a p-type semiconductor in a p-channel FET region and an n-channel FET region of a C-TFT; and arranging a self-assembled monolayer between an electrode and the organic semiconductor in the n-channel FET region, which self-assembled monolayer is capable of allowing the organic semiconductor to work as an n-type semiconductor.

Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus in which a conducting path formed from organic semiconductor molecules as a material has a novel structure and exhibits high mobility, and a manufacturing method for fabricating the same are provided. Fine particles that include a conductor or a semiconductor and organic semiconductor molecules, are alternately bonded through a functional group at both terminals of the organic semiconductor molecules to form a conducting path in a network form such that the conducting path in the fine particles and the conducting path in the organic semiconductor molecules are two-dimensionally or three-dimensionally linked together.

Abstract: A vertical organic transistor is disclosed, which includes at least: a collector contact layer disposed on a substrate; a first organic semiconductor layer disposed on the collector contact layer; a base contact layer disposed on the first organic semiconductor layer, wherein the base contact layer comprises no less than two layers of hetero-metal layers or hetero-conductive organic layers; a second organic semiconductor layer disposed on the base contact layer; and an emitter contact layer disposed on the second organic semiconductor layer. Device properties such as output current and Ion/Ioff rate can be improved by using the vertical organic transistor of this invention.

Abstract: A bistable electrical device employing a bistable polymer body made from an electrically insulating polymer material in which doped nanofibers are dispersed. The doped nanofibers are composed of an electrically conductive nanofiber material and electrically conductive nanoparticles. The doped nanofibers impart bistable electrical characteristics to the polymer body, such that the polymer body is reversibly convertible between a low resistance state and a high resistance state by application of an electrical voltage.

Abstract: To provide an organic field effect transistor with stable characteristics and a long life span, an organic field effect transistor includes a gate electrode 8 formed on an organic semiconductor film 2 made of an organic semiconductor material with a gate insulating film 3 interposed therebetween; and a source electrode 6 and a drain electrode 7 provided so as to come in contacts with the organic semiconductor film with the gate electrode 8 interposed therebetween. At least one of the source electrode 6 and the drain electrode 7 is formed in contact with the organic semiconductor film 2 with charge injection layers 4 and 5 made of an inorganic material interposed therebetween.

Abstract: A molecular device is provided. The molecular device comprises a junction formed by a pair of crossed electrodes where a first electrode is crossed by a second electrode at a non-zero angle and at least one connector species including at least one switchable moiety and connecting the pair of crossed electrode in the junction. The junction has a functional dimension ranging in size from microns to nanometers. The molecular device further includes a buffer layer comprising nanocrystals interposed between the connector species and the second electrode.

Abstract: A thin film transistor and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. More specifically, there is provided a thin film transistor having a thin film transistor and a method of manufacturing the same wherein an inorganic layer and an organic planarization layer are sequentially formed on the surface of a substrate on source/drain electrode of a thin film transistor having a semiconductor layer, a gate, source/drain areas and the source/drain electrodes, and a blanket etching process is performed to the organic planarization layer to planarize the inorganic layer. After forming a photoresist pattern on the inorganic layer, an etching process is performed to form a hole coupling a pixel electrode with one of the source/drain electrodes. According to the manufacturing method, the hole may be formed using one mask, thereby simplifying a manufacturing process, and improving an adhesion with the pixel electrode by the inorganic layer formed above.

Abstract: Semiconductor apparatus comprising a substrate having a substrate surface; a first dielectric layer comprising molecules of a first compound, the molecules of the first compound having first ends and second ends, the first ends being covalently bonded to a first region of the substrate surface, the second ends having aromatic regions; and a polycrystalline semiconductor layer comprising organic semiconductor molecules with aromatic portions, the polycrystalline semiconductor layer being on the first region of the substrate. Integrated circuits comprising apparatus, and methods for making apparatus and integrated circuits.