ELECTRONIC DEVICES COMPRISING STRUCTURED ORGANIC FILMS

• US 20100224867A1
• Filed: 03/03/2010
• Published: 09/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: CÔTÉ, Adrien Pierre, HEUFT, Matthew A.
• Granted Patent: US 9,097,995 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 257/40
• CPC Class Codes: B82Y 10/00 Nanotechnology for information processing, storage or transmission, e.g. quantum computing or single electron logic
• CPC Class Codes: B82Y 30/00 Nanotechnology for materials or surface science, e.g. nanocomposites
• CPC Class Codes: C09B 23/12 the polymethine chain being branched "branched" means that the substituent on the polymethine chain forms a new conjugated system, e.g. most trinuclear cyanine dyes
• CPC Class Codes: C09B 23/148 Stilbene dyes containing the moiety -C6H5-CH=CH-C6H5 stilbene azo dyes C09B29/00
• CPC Class Codes: C09B 23/164 containing one nitrogen atom
• CPC Class Codes: C09B 26/02 Hydrazone dyes hydrazone-azo dyes C09B56/18
• CPC Class Codes: C09B 5/62 Cyclic imides or amidines of peri-dicarboxylic acids of the anthracene, benzanthrene, or perylene series
• CPC Class Codes: C09B 57/00 Other synthetic dyes of known constitution
• CPC Class Codes: C09B 57/008 Triarylamine dyes containing no other chromophores
• CPC Class Codes: C09B 69/109 containing other specific dyes
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/75 Details relating to xerographic drum, band or plate, e.g. replacing, testing electrographic recording members per se G03G5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 2215/00957 Compositions
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 5/0592 Macromolecular compounds characterised by their structure or by their chemical properties, e.g. block polymers, reticulated polymers, molecular weight, acidity
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 5/0596 Macromolecular compounds characterised by their physical properties
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 5/0618 containing oxygen and nitrogen
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 5/14791 Macromolecular compounds characterised by their structure, e.g. block polymers, reticulated polymers, or by their chemical properties, e.g. by molecular weight or acidity
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 5/14795 Macromolecular compounds characterised by their physical properties
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 10/471 the gate dielectric comprising only organic materials
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 10/484 characterised by the channel regions
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 10/701 Organic molecular electronic devices
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/11 : characterised by the electroluminescent [EL] layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/115 : comprising active inorganic nanostructures, e.g. luminescent quantum dots
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/12 : comprising dopants
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/805 : Electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 71/10 : Deposition of organic active material
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 71/12 : using liquid deposition, e.g. spin coating
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 71/15 : characterised by the solvent used
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 71/20 : Changing the shape of the active layer in the devices, e.g. patterning
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 71/30 : Doping active layers, e.g. electron transporting layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 71/40 : Thermal treatment, e.g. annealing in the presence of a solvent vapour
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 71/80 : using temporary substrates
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/10 : Organic polymers or oligomers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/20 : Carbon compounds, e.g. carbon nanotubes or fullerenes
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/30 : Coordination compounds
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/60 : Organic compounds having low molecular weight H10K85/10 - H10K85/50 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/761 : Biomolecules or bio-macromolecules, e.g. proteins, chlorophyl, lipids or enzymes
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/26 : Web or sheet containing structurally defined element or component, the element or component having a specified physical dimension
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/261 : In terms of molecular thickness or light wave length
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/31504 : Composite [nonstructural laminate]

Abstract

An electronic device comprising a structured organic film with an added functionality comprising a plurality of segments and a plurality of linkers arranged as a covalent organic framework, wherein the structured organic film may be a multi-segment thick structured organic film.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a structured organic film (SOF) comprising a plurality of segments, a plurality of linkers arranged as a covalent organic framework (COF).

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is selected from the group consisting of radio frequency identification tags, photoreceptors, organic light emitting diodes, and thin film transistors.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a electrophotographic imaging member, the electrophotographic imaging member comprising:

a supporting substrate, an electrically conductive ground plane, a charge blocking layer, a charge generating layer, a charge transport layer, an overcoat layer, and a ground strip.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the charge transport layer or the overcoat layer comprises the SOF.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the SOF has an electroactive added functionality.

6. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the SOF is a substantially defect-free film.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a thin film transistor, the thin film transistor comprising:

a substrate, a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode, an insulating layer, and an organic semiconductor layer.

8. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the semiconductor layer comprises the SOF.

9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the SOF has an electroactive added functionality.

10. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the SOF is a substantially defect-free film.

11. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the insulating layer comprises the SOF.

12. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a radio frequency identification tag, the radio frequency identification tag comprising:

a substrate and an antenna.

13. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the substrate comprises the SOF.

14. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the antenna comprises the SOF.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the SOF has an electroactive added functionality.

16. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the SOF is a substantially defect-free film.

17. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the SOF is a composite SOF.

18. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the SOF has an added functionality.

19. The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the added functionality of the SOF arises from an inclined property of the segments of the SOF.

20. The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the added functionality of the SOF does not arise from the inclined property of the segments of the SOF.