Organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) offer flexibility, low weight and low-cost processing. They suit flexible displays, wearable devices and other use cases. These attributes push conventional electronics toward new device concepts. In this setti...
Organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) offer flexibility, low weight and low-cost processing. They suit flexible displays, wearable devices and other use cases. These attributes push conventional electronics toward new device concepts. In this setting, organic phototransistors (OPTs) deliver high gain that turns weak optical inputs into large current. Single-crystal organic semiconductors further raise performance through high crystallinity and low defect density. Circularly polarized light detection is a key target in advance photonics. Chiral π-conjugated small molecules are attractive candidates because they provide intrinsic chirality and precise chemical tunability. Practical use is limited by low absorption dissymmetry factors that arise from an imbalance between electric and magnetic transition dipoles. Supramolecular assembly provides a route to overcome this limit. Weak noncovalent forces propagate molecular chirality to the mesoscale and amplify optical responses. Perylene diimide is a leading n-type scaffold for this purpose. Substitution at ortho, bay or imide positions tunes energy levels, solubility and packing. Helical PDI supramolecules show distinctive architectures and strong chiroptical activity at couple efficiently to CPL. These features position PDI-based assemblies as a promising platform for next-generation CPL photodetectors and flexible optoelectronics.
In chapter 1, study background and the research purpose are briefly introduced, including description of organic field-effect transistors and organic photodetectors with their performance metrics, supramolecular chirality and circularly polarized light.
In chapter 2, Tetrabrominated perylene diimide derivative, (S)-4Br-PDI-Ph is synthesis and self-assembled. The crystal structure and optoelectronic properties were investigated by X-ray diffraction and device-level measurements. Single-crystal OFETs based on (S)-4Br-PDI-Ph were fabricated and surface vapor doping with aniline was implemented to assess its influence on charge transport and photodetection. Surface vapor doping can tune energy-level alignment, promote interfacial charge transfer and passivate deep traps while preserving the active layer’s crystallinity and morphology. As a result, performance enhancement due to doping was confirmed
In chapter 3, chiral perylene diimide thin films serve as the platform for a template-free in situ formation of helical supramolecular structures aimed at CPL imaging. The material set compromise four enantiomeric variants-(R)-PDI-(R)-NI, (S)-PDI-(R)-NI, (S)-PDI-(S)-NI and (R)-PDI-(S)-NI-generated by extending bay conjugation and installing (R/S)-1-phenylethylamine at the imide positions, gibing four stereocenters per molecule. Thermal annealing removes the pendants while preserving helices seeded by the initial chiral bias and by π–π interactions. Helical morphology is evaluated by AFM with racemic control. Molecular dynamics simulations quantify packing order and PP/MM/PM conformer populations to link structure with chiroptical amplification. Phototransistors built from these films probe charge transport and CPL selectivity and a mask-defined test assess patternable CPL imaging.