Issue 32, 2010
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Fabrication of PEDOT–OTS-patterned ITO substrates

Nicole Herzer,a   Martijn M. Wienk,b   Pauline Schmit,c   Anne B. Spoelstra,c   Chris E. Hendriks,a   Stefan D. Oosterhout,b   Stephanie Hoeppener*d  and  Ulrich S. Schubert*ad  

* Corresponding authors

a Laboratory of Macromolecular Chemistry and Nanoscience, Center for NanoMaterials (cNM), Eindhoven University of Technology, Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

b Laboratory of Molecular Materials and Nanosystems, Eindhoven University of Technology, Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

c Laboratory of Polymer Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

d Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Humboldtstrasse 10, Jena, Germany
E-mail: s.hoeppener@uni-jena.de, ulrich.schubert@uni-jena.de
Fax: +49 3641 948202
Tel: +49 3641 948200

Abstract

The fabrication of a poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) pattern is demonstrated. As template, an n-octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS) monolayer self-assembled on indium tin oxide (ITO) was structured by UV–ozone photolithography, resulting in an ITO–OTS patterned surface. The conducting properties of the ITO were utilized for the selective electropolymerization of 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT), whereby the electropolymerization was inhibited by the insulating OTS. Differently sized PEDOT–OTS patterns were obtained. The electronic properties of the patterns were finally evaluated in a test OLED device.

Graphical abstract: Fabrication of PEDOT–OTS-patterned ITO substrates

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0JM01468K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
16 May 2010
Accepted
23 Jun 2010
First published
12 Jul 2010

J. Mater. Chem., 2010,20, 6618-6621

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Fabrication of PEDOT–OTS-patterned ITO substrates

N. Herzer, M. M. Wienk, P. Schmit, A. B. Spoelstra, C. E. Hendriks, S. D. Oosterhout, S. Hoeppener and U. S. Schubert, J. Mater. Chem., 2010, 20, 6618 DOI: 10.1039/C0JM01468K

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