Thermally Stable Organic, Thin-Film Transistors
July 24, 2012 | Terry Sharrer
In the late 1980’s, Japanese electrical engineers developed the first organic, thin-film transistors for use in TV and computer monitors to save costs with expensive metal-oxide semiconductors. Thin-film meant they were flexible, but the organic material, a triophene polymer, had a low melting point. Recently engineers at Tokyo University have improved the polymer for greater temperature, which opens the way for a variety of medical devices that require temperature resistance for sterilization. MORE
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