Interface Controlled Organic Thin Films

Organic semiconductors are central to advanced materials research. This book bridges the gap between the development and production of devices and basic research on thin film characterisation using cutting-edge techniques in surface and interface science.

Organic semiconductors are a central topic of advanced materials research. The book is aiming at bridging the gap between the development and production of devices and basic research on thin film characterisation using cutting-edge techniques in surface and interface science. Topics involve organic molecular-based sensors; interfaces in organic diodes and transistors; mobility in organic field effect transistors and space charge problems; integration of optoelectronic nanostructures; nonlinear optical properties of organic nanostructures; the wetting layer problem; how to get from functionalized molecules to nanoaggregates; optical, electrical and mechanical properties of organic nanofibers as well; as near field investigations of organic thin films.

Scientific status report on organic thin film fabrication, properties and applications in photonics and electronics International key researchers present their latest results Useful reference work for researchers Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
A. Thin Film Growth.- Toward an Ab-initio Description of Organic Thin Film Growth.- Organic Nanofibers from PPTPP.- #x03B1;-Sexithiophene Films Grown On Cu(110)-(2x1)O: From Monolayer To Multilayers.- Para-Sexiphenyl Layers Grown On Light Sensitive Polymer Substrates.- Thermal Desorption Of Organic Molecules.- Crystalline Stages Of Rubrene Films Probed By Raman Spectroscopy.- Rubrene Thin Film Characteristics on Mica.- Structural Properties of Rubrene Thin Films Grown on Mica Surfaces.- Rubrene On Mica: From The Early Growth Stage To Late Crystallization.- #x03B2;-Sheeted Amyloid Fibril Based Structures For Hybrid Nanoobjects On Solid Surfaces.- Characteristics Of Vacuum Deposited Sucrose Thin Films.- Electropolymerization of Polypyrrole Films in Aqueous Solution with Side-Coupler Agent with Side-Coupler Agent.- Surface Modification of Polymer Powders by a Far Cold Remote Nitrogen Plasma in Fluidized Bed.- Features of Polytetrafluoroethylene Coating Growth on Activated Surfaces from Gas Phase.- Modification of Amorphous Carbon Film Surfaces by Thermal Grafting of Alkene Molecules.- DNA-controlled assemblage of Ag nanoparticles on solid surfaces.- Characterization of 11-MUA SAM formation on gold surfaces.- SAMs of 11-MUA grown on polycrystalline Au-foils by physical vapor deposition in UHV.- Photoreactive self assembled monolayers for tuning the surface polarity.- B. Traps and Defects.- Spectroscopy of Defects in Epitaxially Grown Para-sexiphenyl Nanostructures.- Magnetoresistance in Poly (3-hexyl thiophene) Based Diodes and Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells.- Evolution of the bipolaron structure in oligo-diacetylene films: a semiempirical study.- C. Energy Level Alignment and Charge Transfer.- Molecular Orientation Dependence of the Ionization Energy of Pentacene in Thin Films.- Charge transfer and polarization screening at organic/metal interfaces: single crystalline versus polycrystalline gold.- Sensing infrared light with an organic/inorganic hetero-junction.- D. Advanced Characterization Methods.- Ultrafast Confocal Microscope for Functional Imaging of Organic Thin Films.- Growth and Desorption Kinetics of Sexiphenyl Needles: an in-situ AFM/PEEM Study.- E. Organic Devices.- Temperature Dependence of the Charge Transport in a C60 based Organic Field Effect Transistor.- The Influence of Chain Orientation in the Electric Behaviour of Polymer Diodes.- Interface Modification of Pentacene OFET Gate Dielectrics.- Negative Differential Resistance in C60 Diodes.- Performance and Transport Properties of Phthalocyanine:Fullerene Organic Solar Cells.- Organic Transistors Based on Molecular and Polymeric Dielectric Materials.- Morphology of the Metal-organic Semiconductor Contacts: the Role of Substrate Surface Treatment.- Molecular Interactions Between Alcohols and Metal Phthalocyanine Thin Films for Optical Gas Sensor Applications.- Organic Thin-Film Transistors with Enhanced Sensing Capabilities.- Photoelectric Properties of Microrelief Organic/Inorganic Semiconductor Heterojunctions.