The Road Toward Molecular Electronics Applications

ISBN-13: 9783639133837 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2009 / 148 str.

Yabing Qi

Opis

Organic molecules may revolutionize our world byoffering alternative molecule-based electronicdevices to supplant the traditional electronics,computing systems, and energy harvesting devices. Torealize these unprecedented molecular-based devices,one need understand the mechanisms of electricalconduction in organic molecules. The author usedconductance atomic force microscopy as the main tool,and studied surfaces of organic thin films,semiconductors, and graphite. Correlation betweenstructural, mechanical (hardness, friction, andadhesion), and charge transport properties of thesesurfaces is the central theme of the book. This bookfocuses on one of the key questions in molecularelectronics: ``how do intermolecular interactionsinfluence the charge transport mechanism in molecularmonolayers?", which provides a guideline to tailormolecules for applications such as organic thin filmtransistors, organic light emitting diodes, andorganic photovoltaic cells. Therefore the book is anideal guide for researchers in the interdisciplinaryfield of molecular electronics. Readers who areinterested in nanotechnology and scanning probemicroscopy may also find the book useful.

O autorze

Dr. Yabing Qi, recipient of Chinese Government Award for
Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad, is a postdoctoral
fellow at Princeton University. He obtained B.S. from Nanjing
Univ. (China) in 2000, M.Phil. from HKUST (Hong Kong) in 2002,
M.S. in 2004 and Ph.D. in 2008 both from UC Berkeley. He is the
author of 11 papers and many presentations.