Spin coating is commonly used to form polymer gate dielectrics in organic electronics, but it suffers from material loss, thickness non-uniformity, and poor compatibility with curved substrates. In this study, an interfacial spreading method is propos...
Spin coating is commonly used to form polymer gate dielectrics in organic electronics, but it suffers from material loss, thickness non-uniformity, and poor compatibility with curved substrates. In this study, an interfacial spreading method is proposed to produce uniform polymer dielectric films with greatly reduced solution consumption. Using only 11 μL of precursor solution, crosslinked poly(4-vinylphenol) (CL-PVP) films were successfully fabricated, showing a thickness coefficient of variation of 0.04, which is significantly lower than that of spin-coated films. The method also enabled simple mechanical patterning and film deposition on curved substrates with radii down to 7.5 mm. Organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) using interfacial-spread CL-PVP as the gate dielectrics exhibited performance comparable to spin-coated devices, and a complementary-type inverter was further demonstrated. Overall, interfacial spreading provides a low-waste, substrate-flexible, and scalable route for fabricating polymer gate dielectrics.