Solution for green organic thin film transistors: Fe3O4 nano-core with PABA external shell as p-type film

We report the first successful green synthesis route for organic transistors based on para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) grafted to ferrite nanoparticles, at room temperature. The obtained core–shell nanoparticles (NCS) have been investigated by DLS, FT-IR, SEM, TEM. Both average hydrodynamic diameter and zeta potential of synthesized PABA-NCS nanoparticles has been identified, indicating a good stability of this nano-compound. SEM analysis proved a heterogeneous structured material with quasi-uniform granular formations in size, while TEM revealed a ferrite core of 20 nm. The measurements of output characteristics in the saturation regime and transfer characteristics at negative gate voltages have proved that an organic transistor based on PABA-NCS has been accomplished. The current increasing over a negative threshold voltage demonstrated an accumulation channel onset in the PABA-NCS thin film. This is a final argument for the p-type behavior of the PABA-NCS film.