| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/R30143/01 |
| Title: |
Large-Scale Electronics - Study of Adhesion of Silicon Thin Films On Rf Plasma Treated Polymer Surfaces |
| Principal Investigator: |
Saied, Dr S.O. |
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Sch of Engineering and Applied Science |
| Organisation: |
Aston University |
| Scheme: |
Fast Stream |
| Starts: |
20 September 2001 |
Ends: |
19 September 2002 |
Value (£): |
55,928
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| Materials Characterisation |
Materials Processing |
| Materials Synthesis & Growth |
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In electronics the general trend is to miniaturise, but large area electronics is a growing field. The most common example is in displays, but many other developments are possible. In many applications device structures are deposited onto glass substrates by a number of different techniques. This electronics-on-glass technology should be transferable to polymers, where electronic circuitry on thin plastic sheet offers enormous potential benefit, including reduced weight, reduced costs, flexibility and increased robustness. A major problem in producing devices such as thin film transistors (TFT) on thin plastics is the adhesion of the deposited semiconductor layers to the polymer surface. Thus, factors that determine whether layers remain intact and adhere to the substrate are fundamental and an understanding of the relevance of these factors is the basis of this proposal.We thus intend to investigate the physical and chemical changes produced in RF inductively coupled plasma modified polymer surfaces and how these changes affect the adhesion between the polymer and magnetron sputter deposited silicon thin films. Three commercially available polymers of differing properties will be used with plasma process gases of argon, helium and oxygen.Extensive use will be made of physical and chemical surface analytical techniques.
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