Publications by authors named "Katsumasa Nakahara"

Herein, we report an extended-gate-type organic field-effect transistor (OFET) sensor for oxytocin. The fabricated OFET-based immunosensor has successfully detected oxytocin at a ppt level in human saliva with high recovery rates (96-102%). We believe our sensor would pave the way for the realization of portable sensors for healthcare monitoring.

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N-shaped organic semiconductors are synthesized via four steps from a readily available starting material. Such semiconductors exhibit preferable ionization potential for p-type operation, thermally stable crystalline phase over 200 °C, and high carrier mobility up to 16 cm(2) V(-1) s(-1) (12.1 cm(2) V(-1) s(-1) on average) with small threshold voltages in solution-crystallized field-effect transistors.

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We report a facile synthetic protocol for preparation of dinaphtho[2,3-b:2',3'-d]furan (DNF-V) derivatives. DNF-V derivatives showed high emissive behaviour in solid. A solution-crystallized transistor based on alkylated DNF-V derivatives showed an excellent carrier mobility of up to 1.

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V-shaped organic semiconductors have been designed and synthesized via a large-scale applicable synthetic route. Solution-crystallized films based on such molecules have demonstrated high-performance transistor properties with maximum mobilities of up to 9.5 cm(2) V(-1) s(-1) as well as pronounced thermal durability of up to 150 °C inherent in the V-shaped cores.

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