The Physics of Organic Electronics: From Molecules to Crystals and Polymers

PRELIMS.pdf
	Preface
	Acknowledgements
	Author biography
		Luís Alcácer
	Fundamental physical constants
CH001.pdf
	Chapter 1 Introduction
		References
CH002.pdf
	Chapter 2 Electric properties of matter
		2.1 The electron
		2.2 The electron gas—Drude’s theory
		2.3 The Fermi gas—Sommerfeld’s theory
			2.3.1 Density of states
			2.3.2 Bosons and fermions
		2.4 Electrons in a magnetic field
			2.4.1 Quantum-mechanical approach—Landau levels
			2.4.2 Quantum Hall effects
		2.5 Beyond the electron gas model
			2.5.1 The Fermi liquid theory
		Further reading
		Problems
		References
CH003.pdf
	Chapter 3 Intermolecular interactions
		3.1 Electrostatic interactions
			3.1.1 Dipolar and van der Waals interactions
			3.1.2 The van der Waals interaction and the Lennard-Jones potential
		3.2 Hydrogen bond
		3.3 Interactions involving π-electron systems
		Further reading
		Problems
		References
CH004.pdf
	Chapter 4 Structure and scattering
		4.1 Introduction
		4.2 Bravais lattices and crystal structures
			4.2.1 The reciprocal space, the reciprocal lattice, and the Brillouin zone
		4.3 Scattering and diffraction
			4.3.1 X-ray diffraction
			4.3.2 Diffuse scattering
			4.3.3 Electrons in a periodic potential
			4.3.4 Consequences of translational invariance
		Further reading
		Problems
		References
CH005.pdf
	Chapter 5 Physics of quasi one-dimensional conductors
		5.1 Introduction
		5.2 Mean field theory of the Peierls transition
		5.3 Rudiments of the Luttinger liquid model
			5.3.1 Power-law behaviour of the model
			5.3.2 The effect of interchain coupling
		5.4 Conclusions
		Further reading
		Problems
		References
CH006.pdf
	Chapter 6 Organic conductors and superconductors
		6.1 The wondrous (TMTSF)2PF6
			6.1.1 Molecular and crystal structure
			6.1.2 Electronic properties
			6.1.3 The origin and nature of phase transitions
			6.1.4 Field-induced spin density waves and the quantum Hall effect
			6.1.5 From Fermi liquid to Luttinger liquid
			6.1.6 Conclusions regarding (TMTSF)2PF6
		6.2 The two-chain perylene–metal dithiolate series
			6.2.1 Structural features
			6.2.2 Transport and magnetic properties
			6.2.3 Peierls and spin-Peierls instabilities and precursor effects
			6.2.4 The nature of the instabilities in Ni, Pd, and Pt salts
			6.2.5 (Per)2[M(mnt)2] (M=Au, Pt) under strong magnetic fields
			6.2.6 (Per)2[M(mnt)2] under pressure and strong magnetic fields
			6.2.7 Conclusions regarding the perylene–metal dithiolate series
		Further reading
		Problems
		References
CH007.pdf
	Chapter 7 Organic semiconductors for organic electronics
		7.1 Introduction
		7.2 Molecular, crystal, and electronic structures
			7.2.1 A small molecule: pentacene
			7.2.2 Conjugated polymers
			7.2.3 From functionalization to molecular and crystal engineering
		7.3 Solitons, polarons, and bipolarons
		7.4 Transport and optical properties
		7.5 Spectroscopy and photophysics
			7.5.1 Excitons
		Identification of chemical names mentioned in the text
		Further reading
		Problems
		References
CH008.pdf
	Chapter 8 Organic electronic devices
		8.1 Introduction
		8.2 Organic light-emitting diodes
			8.2.1 Electroluminescent processes
			8.2.2 Characterization
			Radiometric and photometric quantities
			8.2.3 White OLEDs for general lighting
		8.3 Organic solar cells
			8.3.1 Basic operating principles
			8.3.2 Architectures and materials
		8.4 Organic transistors
			8.4.1 Organic light-emitting transistors
			8.4.2 Organic electrochemical transistors
		8.5 Conclusions
		Identification of chemical names mentioned in the text
		Further reading
		Problems
		References
CH009.pdf
	Chapter 9 Molecular-scale electronic devices
		9.1 Introduction
		9.2 Transport at the nanoscale
			9.2.1 Transport through single-molecule junctions
		9.3 Quantum effects in molecular junctions
		9.4 Examples of molecular electronic devices
			Molecular wires
			Molecular field-effect transistors
		Further reading
		Problems
		References
APPA.pdf
	Chapter
		Further reading
APPB.pdf
	Chapter
		B.1 Phase transitions
		B.2 Critical exponents
		B.3 Scaling laws
		Further reading
		References
APPC.pdf
	Chapter
		Maxwell’s equations
APPD.pdf
	Chapter