Nanoscale self-assembled organic dielectrics for electronic devices

1. An organic thin film transistor device comprising a multi-layer organic dielectric medium and an organic semiconductor thereon, each layer component of said medium coupled one to another with silicon-oxygen bonds, said medium comprising at least one organic dipolar layer comprising a compound comprising a π-polarizable moiety, said medium cross-linked with a siloxane bond sequence.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein said dielectric medium comprises a hydrocarbon layer coupled with silicon-oxygen bonds to said dipolar layer.

3. A device of claim 2 wherein said dielectric medium further comprises at least one siloxane capping layer coupled to said dipolar layer with a silicon-oxygen bonds.

4. The device of claim 3 wherein one of said siloxane capping layers is between said dipolar layer and said hydrocarbon layer and coupled to each of said layers with silicon-oxygen bonds.

5. The device of claim 4 wherein each said silicon-oxygen bond is the condensation product of a hydrolyzable silicon moiety and a hydroxy functionality.

6. The device of claim 5 wherein said silicon moiety is a halogenated silane.

7. The device of claim 1 wherein said dipolar layer comprises a non-linear optical chromophore.

8. The device of claim 7 wherein said chromophore comprises a stilbazolium moiety.

9. The device of claim 2 wherein said hydrocarbon layer comprises a compound comprising an alkyl moiety ranging from about C 4 to about C 10 .

10. The device of claim 9 wherein said dielectric medium further comprises a siloxane capping layer between said dipolar layer and said hydrocarbon layer, said capping layer comprising a plurality of siloxane molecular components, each component coupled one to another with silicon to oxygen bonds.

11. The device of claim 1 wherein said organic semiconductor comprises a compound selected from n-type and a p-type semiconductor compounds.