%0 Journal Article %T Pentacene based thin film transistors with high-k dielectric Nd2O3 as a gate insulator %A Sarma %A R. %A Saikia %A D. %A Saikia %A Puja %A Saikia %A P.K. %A Baishya %A B. %J Brazilian Journal of Physics %D 2010 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S0103-97332010000300019 %X we have investigated the pentacene based organic thin film transistors (otfts) with high-k dielectric nd2o3. use of high dielectric constant (high-k) gate insulator nd2o3 reduces the threshold voltage and sub threshold swing of the otfts. the calculated threshold voltage -2.2v and sub-threshold swing 1v/decade, current on-off ratio is 1.7 กม 104 and mobility is 0.13cm2/v.s. pentacene film is deposited on nd2o3 surface using two step deposition method. deposited pentacene film is found poly crystalline in nature. %K pentacene %K organic thin film transistors %K low threshold voltage %K rare earth oxide nd2o3 %K two step deposition. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-97332010000300019&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en