Patent ID: 7397086

Claim:
A top-gate thin film transistor comprising, in sequence: a substrate having functional groups on its surface; a performance-enhancing bottom layer; a semiconductor layer; and a dielectric layer; wherein the performance-enhancing bottom layer is positioned between the substrate and the semiconductor layer; and, wherein the performance-enhancing bottom layer is a self-assembling monolayer formed from a precursor having the following formula: X—Y wherein X is a group that is reactive with the functional groups on the substrate surface, and Y is a linear or branched hydrocarbon or heteroatom-containing group having 1 to about 60 carbon atoms or from 1 to about 30 carbon atoms; and wherein X is selected from the groups consisting of —PO 3 H 3 , —SiCl 3 , —SiCl(CH 3 ) 2 , and —SiCl 2 CH 3 .