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SUPPORTING INFORMATION

Meng Yuan,†‖∇ Yuchen Qiu,‡∇ Hanfei Gao,┴ Jiangang Feng,§* Lei Jiang,† and Yuchen Wu†‖#*
†Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Materials and Interfacial Science, Technical Institute of Physics and
Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
‡State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University,
Changchun, 130012 P. R. China
§Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore,
117583, Singapore
┴Suzhou Institute for Advanced Research, University of Science and Technology of China, Suzhou, 215123,
P. R. China
‖University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
#Key Laboratory for Special Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, National and Local Joint
Engineering Research Center for High-Efficiency Display and Lighting Technology, Collaborative
Innovation Center of Nano Functional Materials and Applications, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004,
China

∇M.Y. and Y.Q. contributed equally to this work.

Integration, self-assembling, organic molecules, electronics

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Table S1. The comparison of different techniques with regard to year, resolution, crystallinity, and
orientation.

Resolution
Fabrication method Year Crystallinity Orientation Scale Ref.
XY size Z size

Soft lithography 1996 1 μm 1 μm Polycrystal No 0.5 - 4 cm2 1

50 mm × 50
Nanoimprinting lithography 1996 25 nm \ Polycrystal Yes 2
mm

Dip-pen nanolithography 1999 30 nm \ Amorphous No \ 3

10.71 mm × 6.8
Cold-welding 2000 320 μm 100 nm Polycrystal No 4
mm

Laser-induced thermal
2003 40 μm 65 nm Polycrystal No 4.6 mm2 5
imaging

2.3 mm × 2.1
Surface treatment assisted PVT 2006 5 μm \ Single crystal No 6
mm

Inkjet printing 2011 \ 30 nm Single crystal No 8 mm × 8 mm 7

Solution-shearing method 2011 100 μm 20 nm Polycrystal Yes 2 cm × 2 cm 8

Liquid bridge for structure more than 200


2011 30 nm 30 nm Amorphous No 9
alignment μm × 200 μm

Wettability-guided solution-
2013 500 nm 1.7 nm Polycrystal Yes 1 cm × 2 cm 10
shearing process

Capillary-condensation 792 ± 61 383 ± 21


2015 Single crystal Yes \ 11
patterning nm nm

Capillary-bridge lithography 2016 500 nm 500 nm Single crystal Yes 2 cm × 2 cm 12

Monolithic optical 4-inch wafer-


2021 2 μm 30 nm Polycrystal Yes 13
microlithography scale

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Table S2. Comparison of large-scaled integration techniques from several aspects, including resolution,
versatility, scalability, orientation, and crystallinity.

Methods Resolution Versatility Scalability Orientation Crystallinity Ref

Small molecules 1 cm2 to 3-


Dip-pen lithography 30 nm Random Polycrystal 3,14-17
Polymers inch wafer-

Small molecules
Inkjet printing 20-50 μm 1-25 cm2 Random Single crystal 18-22
Polymers

Small molecules Pure-


Meniscus-guided coating 20 μm 0.2 to 4 cm2 Polycrystal 10,23-25
Polymers orientation

Small molecules 1 cm2 to 2- Pure-


Dip coating 10 μm Polycrystal 26-29
Polymers inch wafer orientation

Capillary-condensation Pure-
1 μm Small molecules 1 cm2 Single crystal 11
patterning orientation

Capillary-bridge Small molecules 4-inch Pure-


50 nm Single crystal 12,30-31
lithography Polymers wafer orientation

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