This invention relates to a supported polymer heterostructure and methods of manufacture. The heterostructure is suitable for use in a range of applications which require semiconductor devices, including photovoltaic devices and light-emitting diodes.

Laminate, method of manufacturing laminate, transistor, and method of manufacturing transistor using a composition having the following (a) to (c): (a) a first organic compound represented by Formula (1) below (R represents a hydrogen atom or a glycidyl group. A plurality of Rs may be identical to or different from each other, but each of at least two Rs is a glycidyl group), (b) a second organic compound represented by Formula (2) below, and (c) a photocationic polymerization initiator ##STR00001##

By controlling the luminance of light emitting element not by means of a voltage to be impressed to the TFT but by means of controlling a current that flows to the TFT in a signal line drive circuit, the current that flows to the light emitting element is held to a desired value without depending on the characteristics of the TFT. Further, a voltage of inverted bias is impressed to the light emitting element every predetermined period. Since a multiplier effect is given by the two configurations described above, it is possible to prevent the luminance from deteriorating due to a deterioration of the organic luminescent layer, and further, it is possible to maintain the current that flows to the light emitting element to a desired value without depending on the characteristics of the TFT.

The invention relates to a layered structure (1) of an apparatus that luminesces by means of organic luminescence, which consists of at least two layers (2, 3) of transparent, semiconductive fibers as a substrate and an electrode, as well as a layer (5) disposed between adjacent layers (2, 3), composed of a photoactive polymer, in which layer, in interaction with the adjacent layers (2, 3) of transparent, semiconductive fibers, an organic luminescence (7) can be brought about. Furthermore, methods for the production and for the operation of corresponding layered structures, and a luminescent apparatus formed from them, are indicated.

Various embodiment include optical and optoelectronic devices and methods of making same. Under one aspect, an optical device includes an integrated circuit having an array of conductive regions, and an optically sensitive material over at least a portion of the integrated circuit and in electrical communication with at least one conductive region of the array of conductive regions. Under another aspect, a film includes a network of fused nanocrystals, the nanocrystals having a core and an outer surface, wherein the core of at least a portion of the fused nanocrystals is in direct physical contact and electrical communication with the core of at least one adjacent fused nanocrystal, and wherein the film has substantially no defect states in the regions where the cores of the nanocrystals are fused. Additional devices and methods are described.

An object of the present invention is to provide an organic thin film transistor exhibiting high carrier mobility and a low threshold voltage and having excellent heat resistance, a method of manufacturing an organic thin film transistor, an organic semiconductor composition, an organic semiconductor film, and a method of manufacturing an organic semiconductor film. The organic thin film transistor according to the present invention includes, on a substrate, a gate electrode; an organic semiconductor layer containing an organic semiconductor compound; a gate insulating layer provided between the gate electrode and the organic semiconductor layer; and a source electrode and a drain electrode which are provided to be in contact with the organic semiconductor layer and are connected to each other via the organic semiconductor layer, in which the organic semiconductor layer is in contact with a block copolymer layer containing a block copolymer or further contains the block copolymer, and in which the organic semiconductor compound has a molecular weight of 2,000 or greater and has a repeating unit represented by Formula (1).

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A conjugated polymer layer with a built-in diode is formed by providing a first metal-chalcogenide layer over a bottom electrode. Subsequently, a second metal-chalcogenide layer is provided over and in contact with the first metal-chalcogenide layer. The first metal-chalcogenide layer has a first conductivity type and the second metal-chalcogenide layer has a second conductivity type. The plane of contact between the first and second metal-chalcogenide layers creates the p-n junction of the built-in diode. Then a polymer layer is selectively deposited on the second metal-chalcogenide layer. The second metal-chalcogenide layer provides ions to the polymer layer to change its resistivity. A top electrode is then provided over the polymer layer. An exemplary memory cell may have the following stacked structure: first electrode/n-type semiconductor/p-type semiconductor/conjugated polymer/second electrode.

By controlling the luminance of light emitting element not by means of a voltage to be impressed to the TFT but by means of controlling a current that flows to the TFT in a signal line drive circuit, the current that flows to the light emitting element is held to a desired value without depending on the characteristics of the TFT. Further, a voltage of inverted bias is impressed to the light emitting element every predetermined period. Since a multiplier effect is given by the two configurations described above, it is possible to prevent the luminance from deteriorating due to a deterioration of the organic luminescent layer, and further, it is possible to maintain the current that flows to the light emitting element to a desired value without depending on the characteristics of the TFT.

The present disclosure provides a photosensitive device. The photosensitive device includes a donor-intermix-acceptor (PIN) structure. The PIN structure includes an organic hole transport layer; an organic electron transport layer; and an intermix layer sandwiched between the hole transport organic material layer and the electron transport organic material layer. The intermix layer includes a mixture of an n-type organic material and a p-type organic material.

A polymer represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 and an organic light emitting device formed by using the same are described here:

E1-[A1].sub.a=[B1].sub.b-[C1].sub.c-E2[Chemical Formula 1] wherein all the variables are described herein.