Concepts in Organic Electronics

This textbook provides the essential principles of organic electronics from its fundamental concepts through to describing archetype devices that exploit the unique properties of the immense materials family of organic semiconductors in use today.

List of contents

• 1: Organic Electronics: An Introduction


• 2: Chemistry and Structure of Organic Semiconductors


• 3: Optical Properties of Excitonic Materials


• 4: Electronic Properties of Organic Semiconductors


• 5: The Art of Making Devices


• 6: Organic Light Emitting Diodes


• 7: Photodetectors


• 8: Organic Photovoltaic Cells


• 9: Thin Film Transistors


• 10: Challenges and Opportunities in Organic Electronics

About the author

Stephen R. Forrest is the Peter A. Franken Distinguished University Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Michigan. He has received a number of awards including the Thomas Alva Edison Award for innovations in organic LEDs, the MRS Medal, the IEEE/LEOS William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award, the IEEE Daniel Nobel Award, and the IEEE Jun-Ichi Nishizawa Medal, and the IEEE William R. Cherry Award. He is a member of the US National Academies of Engineering and Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Science, and the National Academy of Inventors. He participated in the founding of Sensors Unlimited, NanoFlex Power Corp., Universal Display Corp., Heat2Power, Inc., and Apogee Photonics, Inc.

Summary

This textbook provides the essential principles of organic electronics from its fundamental concepts through to describing archetype devices that exploit the unique properties of the immense materials family of organic semiconductors in use today.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen R. Forrest
• Publisher: Oxford Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.08.2025
• EAN: 9780192845351
• ISBN: 978-0-19-284535-1
• Illustrations: 440 full colour figures
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Mechanics, acoustics; SCIENCE / Physics / Condensed Matter, SCIENCE / Physics / Electricity, SCIENCE / Physics / Magnetism, SCIENCE / Physics / Electromagnetism, Electricity, electromagnetism & magnetism, Electricity, electromagnetism and magnetism, Electronic devices and materials, Semi-conductors & super-conductors, Soft matter physics