This 2-volume set provides the reader with a basic understanding of the foundational concepts pertaining to the design, synthesis, and applications of conjugated organic materials used as organic semiconductors, in areas including organic photovoltaic devices, light-emitting diodes, field-effect transistors, spintronics, actuation, bioelectronics, thermoelectrics, and nonlinear optics.

While there are many monographs in these various areas, the emphasis here is both on the fundamental chemistry and physics concepts underlying the field of organic semiconductors and on how these concepts drive a broad range of applications. This makes the volumes ideal introductory textbooks in the subject. They will thus offer great value to both junior and senior scientists working in areas ranging from organic chemistry to condensed matter physics and materials science and engineering.

Number of Illustrations and Tables: 168 b/w illus., 242 colour illus., 13 tables.

Contents:Volume 1: Basic Concepts:An Introduction to the Electronic Structure of π-Conjugated Molecules and Polymers, and to the Concept of Electronic Bands (Jean-Luc Brédas [King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia], Seth R Marder [Georgia Institute of Technology, USA] & Jean-Marie André [University of Namur, Belgium])DFT 101 and Applications to π-Conjugated Systems (Thomas Körzdörfer [University of Potsdam, Germany] & Jean-Luc Brédas [King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia])The Molecular Dynamics Method: An Introduction (Claudio Zannoni [Università di Bologna, Italy])Photophysical Properties of Molecular Aggregates “101” (Frank C Spano [Temple University, USA] and David Beljonne [University of Mons, Belgium])Introduction to the Theory of Metal/Organic Interfaces (Georg Heimel [Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany])Experimental Characterization of Interfaces of Relevance to Organic Electronics (Gabriel Man, James Endres, Xin Lin & Antoine Kahn [Princeton University, USA])Charge Transport in Crystalline Organic Semiconductors (Yuan Li [King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia], Veaceslav Coropceanu [Georgia Institute of Technology, USA] & Jean-Luc Brédas [King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia])Experimental Characterization of Charge and Exciton Transport in Organic Semiconductors (Wei Xie, S Matthew Menke, C Daniel Frisbie & Russell J Holmes [University of Minnesota, USA])Impact of Organic Semiconductor Microstructure on Transport: Basic Concepts (Alberto Salleo [Stanford University, USA])Nonlinear Optics (André Persoons [Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium and University of Arizona, USA])Understanding the Relationships among Molecular Structure, Excited-State Properties, and Polarizabilities of π-Conjugated Chromophores (Rebecca L Gieseking [Georgia Institute of Technology, USA], Chad Risko [Georgia Institute of Technology, USA & University of Kentucky, USA], Seth R Marder [Georgia Institute of Technology, USA] & Jean-Luc Brédas [King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia])Volume 2: Fundamental Aspects of Materials and Applications:Conducting Polymers: Redox States in Conjugated Systems (James F Ponder Jr & John R Reynolds [Georgia Institute of Technology, USA])OFETs: Basic Concepts and Material Designs (Wen-Ya Lee, Jianguo Mei & Zhenan Bao [Stanford University, USA])Engineering Applications of OFETs in Flexible and Stretchable Electronics (Martin Kaltenbrunner & Takao Someya [The University of Tokyo, Japan])Organic Photovoltaics: Physical Concepts Behind Device Operation (Bernard Kippelen [Georgia Institute of Technology, USA])Organic Semiconductors: Manipulation and Control of the Microstructure of Active Layers (Neil D Treat, Paul Westacott & Natalie Stingelin [Imperial College London, UK])Organic Light-Emitting Devices (Rasha Hamze, Peter I Djurovich & Mark E Thompson [University of Southern California, USA])Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes (Dan Credgington and Richard H Friend [Cambridge, UK])Thermoelectric Properties of Conducting Polymers (Xavier Crispin [Linköping University, Sweden])Effects of Magnetic Fields in Organic Devices: Basic Concepts (Eitan Ehrenfreund [Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel] & Z Valy Vardeny [University of Utah, USA])Organic Conducting Polymer Actuators (W Zheng, G M Spinks & G G Wallace [University of Wollongong, Australia])Organic Bioelectronics for Interfacing with the Brain (Christophe Bernard [Aix Marseille University, France], Daniel T Simon [Linköping University, Sweden] & George G Malliaras [Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines, France])NLO: Electro-Optic Applications (Larry Dalton [University of Washington, USA], Matthias Lauermann & Christian Koos [Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany])Two-Photon Absorption: Concepts, Molecular Materials and Applications (Joel M Hales, San-Hui Chi, Vincent W Chen & Joseph W Perry [Georgia Institute of Technology, USA])
Readership: Junior and senior scientists from fields ranging from organic chemistry to condensed matter physics and materials science and engineering, with an interest in organic semiconductors.

Karl M.Kadish

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