Organic thin film transistor including a self-assembly monolayer between an insulating layer and an organic semiconductor layer and flat panel display comprising the same

An organic thin film transistor (TFT) comprising:

• a gate electrode;
• source and drain electrodes insulated from the gate electrode;
• an organic semiconductor layer insulated from the gate electrode and electrically connected to the source and drain electrodes;
• an insulating layer insulating the gate electrode from the source and drain electrodes and the organic semiconductor layer;
• and
• a self-assembly monolayer (SAM) included between the insulating layer and the organic semiconductor layer,
• wherein a compound that makes up the SAM has at least one terminal group selected from the group consisting of a pentalenyl group, an indenyl group, a naphthyl group, a biphenylenyl group, an azulenyl group, a heptalenyl group, an acenaphthylenyl group, a pentalenyl group, a fluorenyl group, an anthraquinolyl group, a methylanthryl group, a phenanthrenyl group, a triphenylenyl group, a tetracenyl group, a pyrenyl group, a chrysenyl group, an ethyl-chrysenyl group, a picenyl group, a perylenyl group, a pentaphenyl group, a tetraphenylenyl group, a hexaphenyl group, a hexacenyl group, a rubicenyl group, coronenyl, trinaphthylenyl, a heptaphenyl group, a heptacenyl group, a pyranthrenyl group, an ovalenyl group, a carbazolyl group, a thiophenyl group, an indolyl group, a purinyl group, a benzimidazolyl group, a quinolinyl group, a benzothiophenyl group, a parathiazinyl group, a pyrrolyl group, a pyrazolyl group, an imidazolyl group, an imidazolinyl group, an oxazolyl group, a thiazolyl group, a triazolyl group, a tetrazolyl group, an oxadiazolyl group, a pyridinyl group, a pyridazinyl group, a pyrimidinyl group, a pyrazinyl group, a thianthrenyl group, an oxyranyle group, a pyrrolidinyl group, a pyrazolidinyl group, an imidazolidinyl group, a piperidinyl group, a piperazinyl group, and a morpholinyl group.