Lower-Dimensional Systems and Molecular Electronics

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Design Constraints for Organic Metals and Superconductors....Pages 1-22
Structural Properties of Molecular Charge-Transfer Conductors and Semiconductors from Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy....Pages 23-41
Review of the Radical Ion Salts....Pages 43-65
Frontiers of Organic Superconductors....Pages 67-84
Recent Developments in Organic Superconductors....Pages 85-89
Structure-Property Relationships as an Aid in the Rational Design of β-(ET) 2 X Organic Superconductors....Pages 91-95
Transport Properties of Single Crystals and Polycrystalline Pressed Samples of (BEDT-TTF) 2 X Salts and Related Coordination Polymers....Pages 97-114
Superconductivity in Molecular and Oxide Lattices: A Comparison....Pages 115-128
Optical Studies of the Interplay Between Electron-Lattice and Electron-Electron Interactions in Organic Conductors and Superconductors....Pages 129-142
Design and Synthesis of Polyheterotetraheterafulvalenes, Metal 1,2-Diheterolenes, and Their Low-Dimensional Conducting and Superconducting Salts....Pages 143-162
135 K Crystallographic and Electronic Structure of (TMTTF) 2 SbF 6 ....Pages 163-168
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance of Organic Conductors (BEDT-TTF) 2 X....Pages 169-173
Organic Metals from Chiral BEDT-TTF Donors....Pages 175-180
New Conducting Solids Based on Some Symmetrical and Unsymmetrical π- Donors....Pages 181-184
TTF-Derivative Radical Cation Salts with Planar Tetracyanometallate Dianions and Large Acceptor Polymetallates....Pages 185-190
New Synthetic Metal Precursors: Substituted Tetrathiotetracene and Related Compounds....Pages 191-196
Spectroscopic Investigation of (2,5-DM-DCNQI) 2 M Materials in Bulk and Thin Film Forms....Pages 197-204
The Series of Organic Conductors: (Perylene) X [M(mnt) 2 ]....Pages 205-209
Transport and Magnetic Properties of (Perylene) 2 Au(i-mnt) 2 ....Pages 211-215
The Metalloporphyrins of Group IIIB as Precursors in Low-Dimensional Solids....Pages 217-222
Crystal Structures and Physical Properties of DMET Superconductors....Pages 223-226
Radical Cation Salts of BEDT-TTF with Metal-Thiocyanato Anions....Pages 227-232
Magnetotransport in (BEDT-TTF) 2 Cu(NCS) 2 : Shubnikov-de Haas Effect and Upper Critical Field....Pages 233-238
Raman Investigations on Single Crystals and Polycrystalline Pressed Samples of Organic Superconductors....Pages 239-244
Calorimetric Studies of the Quantized Magnetic Ordering in the Organic Metal (TMTSF) 2 ClO 4 ....Pages 245-250
Nonlinear Electrical Transport Effects in the Spin-Density Wave State of the Organic Conductors (TMTSF) 2 X....Pages 251-256
Two New Phases of (ET) 2 I 3 (β d ′ and λ d )....Pages 257-262
One-Dimensional Linear-Chain Complexes of Platinum, Palladium and Nickel....Pages 263-270
Polarons and Solitons in Halogen-Bridged Platinum Complexes: Effects of Photoexcitation and Halogen-Doping on Optical Absorption and Esr Spectra....Pages 271-276
Sliding Charge Density Waves in Inorganic Crystals....Pages 277-284
Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Conductivity of the First Large Organic Electron Intercalates of Graphite....Pages 285-287
Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Superconductivity in Novel Neutral Organic Intercalates of TaS 2 and TiS 2 ....Pages 289-291
Recent Progress in Conducting Polymers: Can We Expect Polymers with Conductivity Greater Than Copper and Strength Greater than Steel?....Pages 293-301
The Polyanilines: Recent Advances in Chemistry and Processing....Pages 303-315
Electrical, Optical and Magnetic Properties of Polyaniline Processed from Sulfuric Acid and in Solution in Sulfuric Acid....Pages 317-334
Polyaniline: New Physics in an Old Polymer....Pages 335-344
Vibrational Molecular Spectroscopy of Conducting Polymers: A Guided Tour....Pages 345-358
Anellated Dipyrrolyl Systems: Synthesis and Electrical Properties of the Polymers....Pages 359-362
Conducting Polymers from 3,4-Cycloalkylthiophenes....Pages 363-367
Orientation of Stretched Poly(3-Octylthiophene) Films: Visible and Infrared Dichroism Studies....Pages 369-374
Vibrational Properties of Conducting Polymers with Aromatic or Heteroaromatic Rings....Pages 375-380
Structural Investigation and Electrical Properties of Poly(P-Phenylene) Prepared in Two Different Ways....Pages 381-386
Raman Cross-Sections of Highly Oriented CIS-Polyacetylene....Pages 387-391
Characterisation of Poly(P-Phenylene Vinylene) [PPV] Prepared by Different Precursor Routes....Pages 393-399
Electrochemical Doping Processes of Conducting Polymers Studied with in Situ FTIR Spectroscopy....Pages 401-406
Evolution of Electric Permittivities of pTS and pFBS Diacetylenes During Solid-State Polymerization....Pages 407-410
Structural Characterization of Thiophene-Based Monomers, Polymers, and Oligomers as Powders, Thick, and Thin Films....Pages 411-414
Transient Photoconductivity in Oriented Conjugated Polymers....Pages 415-419
Encapsulation of Conducting Polymers within Zeolites....Pages 421-426
Low-Dimensional Electrically Conductive Systems Intercalated Polymers in V 2 O 5 Xerogels....Pages 427-433
Gamma Irradiation of Poly(Pyrrole)-Coated Pt Electrodes: The Effect on the Electrochemical Behavior....Pages 435-440
Beyond the Hubbard Model: Screened Interactions in 1D....Pages 441-446
Theoretical Characterization of the Electronic Structure of Poly(Heteroaromatic Vinylenes)....Pages 447-454
Theoretical Design of Organic Metals Based on the Phthalocyanine Macrocycle....Pages 455-460
Electrically Conductive Phthalocyanine Assemblies. Structural and Non-Integer Oxidation Number Considerations....Pages 461-466
Valence-Bond Treatment of ¾ Filled Dimerized Chains: Extended Hubbard Results....Pages 467-472
Possible Niches for Langmuir Blodgett Films....Pages 473-489
Investigations of the Microstructure of Lipid Interface Films....Pages 491-501
Charge-Transfer Conducting Langmuir-Blodgett Films....Pages 503-509
Solid-State Molecular Engineering in Langmuir-Blodgett Films....Pages 511-518
Development of Novel Conductive Langmuir-Blodgett Films: Metallic Properties and Photochemical Switching Phenomena....Pages 519-525
The Quest for Highly Conducting LB Films....Pages 527-530
Langmuir-Blodgett Films from Donor-Acceptor Substituted Polyenes....Pages 531-536
Langmuir-Blodgett Films of a Pyrrole and Ferrocene Mixed Surfactant System....Pages 537-547
Measurement Techniques in Pyroelectric Langmuir-Blodgett Films....Pages 549-555
Effect of Light Intensity and Temperature on the Photovoltaic Parameters of Chlorophyll b Langmuir-Blodgett Films....Pages 557-562
Photonics and Nonlinear Optics — Materials and Devices....Pages 563-572
Langmuir-Blodgett Films for Nonlinear Optics....Pages 573-577
All-Optical Switching Using Optical Fibers and Nonlinear Organic Liquids....Pages 579-589
Optical Studies of Amphiphilic Molecules with Interesting Electro-Optical and Non-Linear Optical Properties....Pages 591-604
The Use of the Surface Plasmon Resonance Technique in Non-Linear Optics....Pages 605-610
Review of the Organic Rectifier Project: Langmuir-Blodgett Films of Donor- Sigma-Acceptor Molecules....Pages 611-625
Solid-State Microelectrochemical Devices: Transistor and Diode Devices Employing a Solid Polymer Electrolyte....Pages 627-634
Polymer Field-Effect Transistors for Transport Property Studies....Pages 635-641
Molecular Lines....Pages 643-646
Multifrequency Photochromic Memory Materials....Pages 647-652
Functionalized Conducting Polymers: Toward Molecular Devices....Pages 653-657
Prospects for Truly Unimolecular Devices....Pages 659-666
Back Matter....Pages 667-742