Evolutionary Computation for Parameter Extraction of Organic Thin-Film Transistors Using Newly Synthesized Liquid Crystalline Nickel Phthalocyanine Jiménez Tejada, Juan Antonio Romero, Adrián González Peñalver, Jesús Chaure, Nandu B. Cammidge, Andrew N. Chambrier, Isabelle Ray, Asim K. Deen, Jamal Contact effects Evolutionary multi-objective optimization Modeling Nickel phthalocyanine Thin-film transistor Device parameters In this work, the topic of the detrimental contact effects in organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) is revisited. In this case, contact effects are considered as a tool to enhance the characterization procedures of OTFTs, achieving more accurate values for the fundamental parameters of the transistor threshold voltage, carrier mobility and on-off current ratio. The contact region is also seen as a fundamental part of the device which is sensitive to physical, chemical and fabrication variables. A compact model for OTFTs, which includes the effects of the contacts, and a recent proposal of an associated evolutionary parameter extraction procedure are reviewed. Both the model and the procedure are used to assess the effect of the annealing temperature on a nickel-1,4,8,11,15,18,22,25-octakis(hexyl)phthalocyanine (NiPc6)-based OTFT. A review of the importance of phthalocyanines in organic electronics is also provided. The characterization of the contact region in NiPc6 OTFTs complements the results extracted from other physical–chemical techniques such as differential scanning calorimetry or atomic force microscopy, in which the transition from crystal to columnar mesophase imposes a limit for the optimum performance of the annealed OTFTs. 2019-10-14T06:40:33Z 2019-10-14T06:40:33Z 2019-10-10 journal article Juan A. Jiménez-Tejada, Adrián Romero, Jesús González, Nandu B. Chaure, Andrew N. Cammidge, Isabelle Chambrier, Asim K. Ray and M. Jamal Deen, "Evolutionary Computation for Parameter Extraction of Organic Thin-Film Transistors Using Newly Synthesized Liquid Crystalline Nickel Phthalocyanine", Micromachines 2019, 10, 683 [doi:10.3390/mi10100683] http://hdl.handle.net/10481/57320 10.3390/mi10100683 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ open access Atribución 3.0 España MDPI