Semiconductor apparatus comprising a substrate having a substrate surface; a first dielectric layer comprising molecules of a first compound, the molecules of the first compound having first ends and second ends, the first ends being covalently bonded to a first region of the substrate surface, the second ends having aromatic regions; and a polycrystalline semiconductor layer comprising organic semiconductor molecules with aromatic portions, the polycrystalline semiconductor layer being on the first region of the substrate. Integrated circuits comprising apparatus, and methods for making apparatus and integrated circuits.