Dendrimer with triphenylamine core, organic memory device having the same, and manufacturing method thereof
A dendrimer according to example embodiments may include a triphenylamine core, wherein a conjugated dendron having no heteroatoms is coupled to the triphenylamine core. An organic memory device according to example embodiments may include an organic active layer between a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the organic active layer includes the dendrimer according to example embodiments. A barrier layer may be provided between the first and second electrodes. A method of manufacturing the organic memory device according to example embodiments may include forming an organic active layer between a first electrode and a second electrode, the organic active layer including the dendrimer according to example embodiments.
1. An organic memory device, comprising
an organic active layer between a first electrode and a second electrode; and
a barrier layer between the first electrode and the second electrode,
wherein the organic active layer includes a dendrimer including a triphenylamine core, wherein a conjugated dendron having no heteroatoms is coupled to the triphenylamine core, wherein the dendrimer is represented by Formula 1,
wherein
R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , and R 6 are selected from the group consisting of acetylene, vinylene phenylene, fluorene, phenylene ethynylene, naphthalene, anthracene, tetracene, perylene, and pyrene, and
substituents of the R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , and R 6 are selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 20 alkyl, C 3 -C 20 cycloalkyl, C 5 -C 30 heterocycloalkyl, C 2 -C 20 alkenyl, C 6 -C 20 aryl, C 5 -C 30 heteroaryl, C 7 -C 20 arylalkyl, and C 7 -C 30 heteroarylalkyl,
wherein the barrier layer includes a material selected from the group consisting of SiO 2 , Al 2 O 3 , Cu 2 O, TiO 2 , V 2 O 3 , Alq 3 , polymethylmethacrylate, polystyrene, and polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
2. The organic memory device according to claim 1 , wherein the dendrimer represented by Formula 1 is further represented by Formulas 2 to 4,
3. The organic memory device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is formed of at least one material selected from the group consisting of metals, metal nitrides, metal oxides, metal sulfides, conductive polymers, organic conductors, and crystals.
4. The organic memory device of claim 3 , wherein the conductive polymer is selected from the group consisting of polydiphenylacetylene, poly(t-butyl)diphenylacetylene, poly(trifluoromethyl)diphenylacetylene, poly(bistrifluoromethyl)acetylene, polybis(t-butyldiphenyl)acetylene, poly(trimethylsilyl)diphenylacetylene, poly(carbazole)diphenylacetylene, polydiacetylene, polyphenylacetylene, polypyridineacetylene, polymethoxyphenylacetylene, polymethylphenylacetylene, poly(t-butyl)phenylacetylene, polynitrophenylacetylene, poly(trifluoromethyl)phenylacetylene, poly(trimethylsilyl)phenylacetylene, polyaniline, polythiophene, polypyrrole, polysilane, polystyrene, polyfuran, polyindole, polyazulene, polyphenylene, polypyridine, polybipyridine, polyphthalocyanine, poly(ethylenedioxythiophene), and derivatives thereof.
5. The organic memory device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is formed of at least one material selected from the group consisting of gold (Au), silver (Ag), platinum (Pt), copper (Cu), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), tin (Sn), titanium (Ti), tungsten (W), aluminum (Al), and indium tin oxide.
6. A method of manufacturing the organic memory device of claim 1 , comprising:
forming the organic active layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; and
forming the barrier layer between the first electrode and the second electrode.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the dendrimer represented by Formula 1 is further represented by Formulas 2 to 4,
8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the organic active layer is formed by applying the dendrimer using a method selected from the group consisting of spin coating, spray coating, electrostatic coating, dip coating, blade coating, roll coating, and ink jet printing.
9. The method of claim 6 , wherein forming the organic active layer includes providing a solvent with the dendrimer, the solvent being at least one material selected from the group consisting of chloroform, N-methylpyrrolidone, acetone, cyclopentanone, cyclohexanone, methylethylketone, ethyl cellosolve acetate, butylacetate, ethyleneglycol, toluene, xylene, tetrahydrofuran, dimethylformamide, chlorobenzene, and acetonitrile.
10. The method of claim 6 , wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is formed of at least one material selected from the group consisting of metals, metal nitrides, metal oxides, metal sulfides, conductive polymers, organic conductors, and crystals.