The effect of semiconductor crystal structure on the performance of organic field-effect transistors is investigated through the fabrication and characterization of devices based on single porphyrin crystals with different center metals. The field-effect mobility of the transistors is found to increase with decreasing intermolecular distance, attributable to greater overlap of orbitals among close-packed molecules and the consequent promotion of charge transport.
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