TY - JOUR A1 - Marszalek, Tomasz A1 - Gazicki-Lipman, Maciej A1 - Ulanski, Jacek T1 - Parylene C as a versatile dielectric material for organic field-effect transistors JF - Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology PY - 2017/// VL - 8 SP - 1532 EP - 1545 SN - 2190-4286 DO - 10.3762/bjnano.8.155 PB - Beilstein-Institut JA - Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. UR - https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.8.155 KW - dielectric KW - encapsulation layer KW - flexible substrate KW - organic field effect transistor KW - Parylene C N2 - An emerging new technology, organic electronics, is approaching the stage of large-scale industrial application. This is due to a remarkable progress in synthesis of a variety of organic semiconductors, allowing one to design and to fabricate, so far on a laboratory scale, different organic electronic devices of satisfactory performance. However, a complete technology requires upgrading of fabrication procedures of all elements of electronic devices and circuits, which not only comprise active layers, but also electrodes, dielectrics, insulators, substrates and protecting/encapsulating coatings. In this review, poly(chloro-para-xylylene) known as Parylene C, which appears to become a versatile supporting material especially suitable for applications in flexible organic electronics, is presented. A synthesis and basic properties of Parylene C are described, followed by several examples of use of parylenes as substrates, dielectrics, insulators, or protecting materials in the construction of organic field-effect transistors. ER -