The Physics of Organic Electronics: From molecules to crystals and polymers

Organic electronics is a multidisciplinary area of research and the basis for numerous new technologies. This reference text provides a comprehensive and concise overview of organic electronics, covering both the theoretical background physics and the physics of the materials and devices behind the technology.

The book covers the electrical properties, structure of matter and physics of one-dimensional solids with their characteristic instabilities, offering a detailed explanation of transport and optical properties, and the physics of devices with an emphasis on organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), solar cells, and field effect and electrochemical transistors. A range of materials, including crystalline organic conductors and superconductors, organic semiconductors for organic electronics (small molecules and polymers), and self-assembled molecular arrangements for molecular scale devices are discussed, alongside case studies, worked examples and problems, with solutions.

The book provides an invaluable reference for graduate and senior undergraduate students, researchers, and engineers with a minimal background in condensed matter physics.

Key Features:

• Provides a comprehensive and concise overview of the field of organic electronics at a level that is suitable for researchers and graduate students
• Covers both the theoretical background physics (focused on organic metals and superconductors) and the physics of the materials and devices behind the technology
• Provides the reader with the physics that arose from the initial discovery of conductivity in organic materials, through the era of discovery which led to the development of organic electronics
• Includes case studies, worked examples and chapter problems (with solutions)

有機電子學是一個多學科的研究領域，也是許多新技術的基礎。這本參考書提供了有機電子學的全面且簡潔的概述，涵蓋了背後的理論物理和材料與裝置的物理。

該書涵蓋了電性質、物質結構和一維固體的物理特性及其特有的不穩定性，詳細解釋了傳輸和光學性質，以及有機發光二極體（OLED）、太陽能電池和場效應和電化學晶體管等裝置的物理。書中還討論了各種材料，包括結晶有機導體和超導體、有機半導體（小分子和聚合物）以及自組裝分子排列用於分子尺度裝置，並提供案例研究、實例和問題的解答。

該書對於具有有限凝態物理背景的研究生、高年級本科生、研究人員和工程師來說是一本寶貴的參考書。

主要特點：
- 提供了適合研究人員和研究生的有機電子學領域的全面且簡潔的概述
- 同時涵蓋了理論背景物理（專注於有機金屬和超導體）和技術背後的材料和裝置的物理
- 提供了從最初發現有機材料導電性的物理，到有機電子學發展時代的物理
- 包括案例研究、實例和章節問題（附有解答）