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Organic thin film element
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1991-09-27
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Granted: 1993-08-31
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Expires: 2011-09-27
Abstract
Abstract An organic thin film element is disclosed which has an organic thin film consisting of a mixed stacked charge-transfer complex of donor and acceptor molecules, wherein the organic thin film is made neutral by forming the mixed stacked charge-transfer complex which is ionic under the bulk state into a thin film.
Inventors
- 👤 Akira Miura
- 👤 Nobuhiro Gemma
- 👤 Toshio Nakayama
- 👤 Shun Egusa
- 👤 Makoto Azuma
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 22:13
CPC Classifications
B; B82; B82Y; B82Y20/00; G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/015; G02F1/017; G11; G11B; G11B7/00; G11B7/24; H; H10; H10K; H10K10/00; H10K10/40; H10K10/46; H10K85/00; H10K85/10; H10K85/111; H10K85/30; H10K85/60; H10K85/611; H10K30/00; H10K30/60; H10K30/65; H10K85/113; H10K85/341; H10K85/615; H10K85/649; H10K85/652; H10K85/655; H10K85/657; H10K85/6572; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/26; Y10T428/261
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
61 words
An organic thin film element comprising an organic thin film consisting of a mixed stacked charge-transfer complex of donor and acceptor organic molecules, wherein said organic thin film is made neutral by forming said mixed stacked charge-transfer complex which is ionic under the bulk state into a thin film, wherein said organic thin film has a thickness of 200Å or less.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
61 words
An organic thin film element comprising an organic thin film consisting of a mixed stacked charge-transfer complex of donor and acceptor organic molecules, wherein said organic thin film is made neutral by forming said mixed stacked charge-transfer complex which is ionic under the bulk state into a thin film, wherein said organic thin film has a thickness of 200Å or less.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The element according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of organic thin films are laminated with interposing another organic thin film therebetween to form a superlattice structure.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The element according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of organic thin film layers have two or more different thicknesses.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
The element according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of organic thin film layers consist of two or more different mixed stacked charge-transfer complexes.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
The element according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of organic thin films are laminated with an interposing insulating layer therebetween to form a superlattice structure
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
The element according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of organic thin films are laminated with an interposing mixed stacked charge-transfer complex which is neutral under the bulk state therebetween to form a superlattice structure.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
29 words
The element according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of organic thin film layers are laminated with an interposing donor or acceptor molecule therebetween to form a superlattice structure.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
The element according to claim 2, further comprising an insulating layer and electrode at both sides of a superlattice structure including an organic thin film, and used for a display element.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
64 words
The element according to claim 2, further comprising a silicon substrate; source and drain regions formed on the silicon substrate; a gate insulating film formed on a channel between said source and drain regions; a superlattice structure including an organic thin film, which is formed on the gate insulating film; a gate electrode formed on the superlattice structure; and used for a field-effect transistor.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
42 words
The element according to claim 1, further comprising an insulating layer and electrode at both sides of said organic thin film, and used for a pyroelectric element for detecting the temperature change in the state of the organic thin film being polarized.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
43 words
An organic thin film element according to claim 1, further comprising a recording unit having a three-layered structure formed by laminating films made of donor and acceptor molecules at both sides of said organic thin film, and used for an optical recording element.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
40 words
The element according to claim 11, further comprising a plurality of recording units having a three-layered structure with different combinations of the donor molecule, the organic thin film, and the acceptor molecule, and used for a multiple optical recording element.
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