Nanocomposite–parylene C thin films with high dielectric constant and low losses for future organic electronic devices

• Marwa Mokni,
• Gianluigi Maggioni,
• Abdelkader Kahouli,
• Sara M. Carturan,
• Walter Raniero and
• Alain Sylvestre

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 428–441, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.42

• devices as a gate dielectric, coating insulator film, or flexible substrate [3][4][5] due to its numerous advantageous properties. PPXC films are biocompatible and environmentally friendly [6][7][8][9]. Its deposition process makes it accessible as a coating for many semiconductor polymers [10] for

Electronic conduction during the formation stages of a single-molecule junction

• Atindra Nath Pal,
• Tal Klein,
• Ayelet Vilan and
• Oren Tal

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1471–1477, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.138

• fabricate atomic-sized junctions (Figure 1a,b). A Ag wire (99.997%, 0.1 mm, Alfa Aesar) with a notch in its center is fixed onto a flexible substrate. This structure is placed in a vacuum chamber and cooled to 4.2 K. To form an atomic scale junction, the substrate is pushed and bent at its center by a

Parylene C as a versatile dielectric material for organic field-effect transistors

• Tomasz Marszalek,
• Maciej Gazicki-Lipman and
• Jacek Ulanski

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1532–1545, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.155

• . Keywords: dielectric; encapsulation layer; flexible substrate; organic field effect transistor; Parylene C; Review Introduction An improvement of the performance of organic transistors by means of boosting charge-carrier mobility is one of the main quests in organic electronics, calling for novel design

• flexible substrate. Secondly, the electrical insulating properties of this material are presented with emphasis on its use as a gate dielectric material. Last, but not least, an advantage of encapsulation properties of Parylene C, earlier applied in the area of conservation [20][21][22] are currently

• only used as a gate dielectric material but it also serves as device flexible substrate. Such a flexible substrate allows one to investigate the influence of mechanical bending on charge carrier transport in the zone-cast layer of tetrakis(alkylthio)tetrathiafulvalene [18]. Bending tests carried out

Advances in the fabrication of graphene transistors on flexible substrates

• Gabriele Fisichella,
• Stella Lo Verso,
• Silvestra Di Marco,
• Vincenzo Vinciguerra,
• Emanuela Schilirò,
• Salvatore Di Franco,
• Raffaella Lo Nigro,
• Fabrizio Roccaforte,
• Amaia Zurutuza,
• Alba Centeno,
• Sebastiano Ravesi and
• Filippo Giannazzo

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 467–474, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.50

• regions between the channel and the source and drain contacts (Lacc = 20 µm length per access region) are shown. The total resistance resulting from the series combination of these contributions can be expressed as: The capacitance of the Al2O3 dielectric deposited by ALD on the flexible substrate was

Synthesis and applications of carbon nanomaterials for energy generation and storage

• Marco Notarianni,
• Jinzhang Liu,
• Kristy Vernon and
• Nunzio Motta

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 149–196, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.17

Vibration-mediated Kondo transport in molecular junctions: conductance evolution during mechanical stretching

• David Rakhmilevitch and
• Oren Tal

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 2417–2422, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.249

• of a Ag wire (99.997%, 0.1 mm diameter, Goodfellow), which was attached to a flexible substrate. A three-point bending configuration under cryogenic vacuum conditions was used in order to break the wire at the notch to form an adjustable gap between two ultra clean Ag tips. A piezoelectric element

Electrical properties and mechanical stability of anchoring groups for single-molecule electronics

• Riccardo Frisenda,
• Simge Tarkuç,
• Elena Galán,
• Mickael L. Perrin,
• Rienk Eelkema,
• Ferdinand C. Grozema and
• Herre S. J. van der Zant

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1558–1567, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.159

• (3) and OPE3-NH2 (4) are summarized in Supporting Information File 1. Sample preparation. Figure 2 presents a schematics of an MCBJ sample used to measure single-molecule junctions. Sample fabrication, published elsewhere [34][35], is briefly described in the following: the flexible substrate

Capillary origami: superhydrophobic ribbon surfaces and liquid marbles

• Glen McHale,
• Michael I. Newton,
• Neil J. Shirtcliffe and
• Nicasio R. Geraldi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 145–151, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.18

• because (1 + cosθe) can never be negative. However, when the surface of a grain is structured it can become superhydrophobic and it will then only weakly attach to the surface of the liquid. Conclusion In this work, we have focused on a rigid surface structure on a thin flexible substrate, but the inverse

• substrate provided the droplet radius is larger than a critical value. When the flexible substrate has a surface with a rigid topographic structure, the critical droplet radius at which droplets wrap depends on both the elastocapillary length and a function of either the Wenzel or the Cassie–Baxter contact