Low temperature melt-processing of organic-inorganic hybrid

A method of preparing an improved field-effect transistor of the type:

• having a source region and a drain region, a channel layer extending between the source region and the drain region, the channel layer including a semiconducting organic-inorganic hybrid material, a gate region disposed in spaced adjacency to the channel layer, an electrically insulating layer between the gate region and the source region, drain region and channel layer, wherein the improvement comprises:
• preparing a channel layer comprising a melt-processed semiconducting organic-inorganic hybrid material by a process comprising the steps of:
• maintaining a solid organic-inorganic hybrid material at a temperature above the melting point but below the decomposition temperature of said organic-inorganic hybrid material for a period of time sufficient to form a uniform melt;
• and
• cooling said uniform melt to an ambient temperature under conditions sufficient to produce said melt-processed organic-inorganic hybrid material.