Semiconducting Polymers

Abstract

Foreword. Preface. List of Contributors. VOLUME 1. Synthetic Methods. 1 Synthetic Methods for Semiconducting Polymers (Alberto Bolognesi and Maria Cecilia Pasini). 1.1 Introduction and Overview. 1.2 Synthetic Pathways for PA. 1.3 Conjugated Polymers by Step-Growth Polymerizations. 1.4 Block Copolymers. 1.5 Towards Autoorganized Devices. References. 2 Processable Semiconducting Polymers Containing Oligoconjugated Blocks (Joannis K. Kallitsis, Panagiotis K. Tsolakis, and Aikaterini K. Andreopoulou). 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 Rod-Coil Block Copolymers. 2.3 Alternating Conjugated-Nonconjugated Polymers. References. Structure/Morphology. 3 Interfacial Aspects of Semiconducting Polymer Devices (Richard A. L. Jones). 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 Some Basics of Polymer Blend Thermodynamics and Dynamics. 3.3 Surface Segregation, Surface-driven Phase Separation, Wetting and Self-Stratification. 3.4 Morphology in Thin Films of Semiconducting Polymer Blends. 3.5 Surface Segregation in Polymer-doped Conducting Polymers. 3.6 Interface Structure. 3.7 Conclusions. References. Electronic Structure of Interfaces. 4 Electronic Structure of Surfaces and Interfaces in Conjugated Polymers (Michael Logdlund, Mats Fahlman, Stina K.M. Jonsson, and William R. Salaneck). 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 Photoelectron Spectroscopy. 4.3 Theoretical Approaches. 4.4 Materials. 4.5 Charge Storage States in Conjugated Polymers. 4.6 Interface Formations in Conjugated Systems. 4.7 Summary. References. Photophysics. 5 Photophysics of Conjugated Polymers (Lewis Rothberg). 5.1 Introduction and Overview. 5.2 Definitions and Terminology. 5.3 Spectroscopy. 5.4 Photophysics. 5.5 Summary. 5.6 Conclusion. References. 6 Photophysics in Semiconducting Polymers: The Case of Polyfluorenes (Christoph Gadermaier, Larry Luer, Alessio Gambetta, Tersilla Virgili, Margherita Zavelani-Rossi, and Guglielmo Lanzani). 6.1 Introduction. 6.2 Experimental. 6.3 Low-Dimensional Physics in Conjugated Chains. 6.4 Ground-State Absorption and cw Photoluminescence. 6.5 Long-Lived Photoexcitation in Polyfluorenes (PFs). 6.6 Singlet Exciton Dynamics. 6.7 On-Chain Emissive Defects. 6.8 Charged Excitations and Their Photogeneration Mechanism. 6.9 Intrachain Dynamics. 6.10 Three-Pulse Time-Resolved Experiments. 6.11 Light-Emitting-Diode-Related Dynamics in the Ultrafast Timescale. References. 7 Spectroscopy of Photoexcitations in Conjugated Polymers (Z. Valy Vardeny and Markus Wohlgenannt). 7.1 Introduction. 7.2 Experimental Methods. 7.3 Experimental Results: cw PA Spectroscopy. 7.4 Transient Pump-and-Probe Spectroscopy. 7.5 Multiple-Pulse Transient Spectroscopy. 7.6 ODMR Spectroscopy: Measurement of Spin-Dependent Polaron Recombination Rates. 7.7 Summary. References. Transport/Injection. 8 Charge Transport in Neat and Doped Random Organic Semiconductors (Vladimir I. Arkhipov, Igor I. Fishchuk, Andriy Kadashchuk, and Heinz Bassler). 8.1 Introduction. 8.2 Charge Generation. 8.3 Charge-Carrier Hopping in Noncrystalline Organic Materials. 8.4 Experimental Techniques. 8.5 Experimental Results. 8.6 Conclusions. References. 9 Charge Transport and Injection in Conjugated Polymers (Paul W.M. Blom, Cristina Tanase, and Teunis van Woudenbergh). 9.1 Introduction. 9.2 Charge Transport. 9.3 Charge Injection. References. VOLUME 2. Applications. 10 Physics of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (Ian H. Campbell, Brian K. Crone, and Darryl L. Smith). 10.1 Introduction. 10.2 Thin Films of Organic Semiconductors. 10.3 Device Electronic Structure. 10.4 Single-Layer Devices. 10.5 Multilayer Devices. 10.6 Conclusions. References. 11 Conjugated Polymer-Based Organic Solar Cells (Gilles Dennler, Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci, and Christoph J. Brabec). 11.1 Introduction. 11.2 Conjugated Polymers as Photoexcited Donors. 11.3 Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells. 11.4 Determining Parameters of Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells. 11.5 From Basics to Applications. 11.6 Conclusions. References. 12 Organic Thin-Film Transistors (Gilles Horowitz). 12.1 Introduction. 12.2 The MISFET - A Reminder. 12.3 The Organic Transistor - What's Different? 12.4 Charge-Transport Mechanisms. 12.5 Concluding Remarks. References. 13 n-Channel Organic Transistor Semiconductors for Plastic Electronics Technologies (Howard E. Katz). 13.1 Plastic Electronics Technology and Organic Semiconductors. 13.2 n-Channel OFET Semiconductors. 13.3 Conclusion. References. 14 Photochromic Diodes (Xavier Crispin, Peter Andersson, Nathaniel D. Robinson, Yoann Olivier, Jerome Cornil, and Magnus Berggren). 14.1 Introduction. 14.2 Photochromic Molecules. 14.3 Organic Diodes. 14.4 Electronic Switches - Device Concepts. 14.5 Conclusions. References. 15 Organic/Polymeric Thin-Film Memory Devices (Yang Yang, Jianyong Ouyang, Liping Ma, Jia-Hung Tseng, and Chih-Wei Chu). 15.1 Introduction. 15.2 Review of Polymer and Organic Memory. 15.3 OMO Nanoparticle Layered Memory Devices. 15.4 Polymer-Blend Composite System. 15.5 Advanced Memory Device Architecture. 15.6 Conclusion. References. 16 Biosensors Based on Conjugated Polymers (Hoang-Anh Ho and Mario Leclerc). 16.1 Introduction. 16.2 Different Types of CPs. 16.3 Colorimetric Methods. 16.4 Fluorometric Methods. 16.5 Electrochemical Methods. 16.6 Conclusions and Perspectives. References. Processing. 17 Manufacturing of Organic Transistor Circuits by Solution-Based Printing (Henning Sirringhaus, Christoph W. Sele, Timothy von Werne, and Catherine Ramsdale). 17.1 Introduction to Printed Organic Thin-Film Transistors. 17.2 Overview of Printing-Based Manufacturing Approaches for OTFTs. 17.3 High-Resolution, Self-Aligned Inkjet Printing. 17.4 Performance and Reliability of Solution-Processed OTFTs for Applications in Flexible Displays. 17.5 Conclusions. References. 18 High-Resolution Composite Materials for Organic Electronics (Graciela Blanchet). 18.1 Introduction. 18.2 Building Blocks. 18.3 Large-Area Printing Process and Devices. 18.4 Printable Materials. 18.5 Conclusion. References. Subject Index.