Printed Organic and Molecular Electronics

Printed Organic And Molecular Electronics was compiled to create a reference that included existing knowledge from the most renowned industry, academic, and government experts in the fields of organic semiconductor technology, graphic arts printing, micro-contact printing, and molecular electronics. It is divided into sections that consist of the most critical topics required for one to develop a strong understanding of the states of these technologies and the paths for taking them from R&D to the hands of consumers on a massive scale. As such, the book provides both theory as well as technology development results and trends.

1 An Introduction to Organic Semiconductors.- 1.1 Organic Semiconductor Device History.- 1.2 Recent Advances and Trends in Organic Semiconductor Devices.- 1.3 Issues to Overcome for Diffusion of Organic Semiconductor Devices.- 1.4 Organic Semiconductors vs. Traditional Silicon Semiconductors.- 2 Organic Semiconductor Materials.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 The Chemistry of Semiconductors Based on Organic Materials.- 2.3 Polymeric Semiconductors.- 2.4 Molecular and Physical Properties.- 2.5 Charge Transport Mechanism.- 2.6 Passive Materials and Packaging.- 2.7 Summary and Outlook.- 2.8 Chapter 2 References.- 3 Manufacturing Platforms for Printing Organic Circuits.- 3.1 Critical Material Parameters for Printing Organic Circuits: Suspensions, Solutions, and the Solids State.- 3.1.8 Transitional Discussion for Proposed PrintingPlatforms.- 3.1.9 Section 3.1 References.- 3.2 Lithography.- 3.3 Flexography.- 3.4 Basic Principles of Gravure Printing.- 3.5 Pad Printing.- 3.6 Screen Printing.- 3.7 Digital Printing.- 3.8 Soft Lithography.- 4 Electrical Behavior of Organic Transistors and Circuits.- 4.1 Device Structures, Characterization and Modeling.- 4.2 Organic Polymer Field-Effect Transistors.- 4.3 Organic Transistor Complementary Circuits.- 5 Applications.- 5.1 Risks and Opportunities.- 5.2 Technological Considerations.- 5.3 Commercial Aspects of Organic Electronic Applications.- 5.4 Acknowledgement.- 5.5 References.- 6 Molecular Electronics.- 6.1Introduction.- 6.2 Past 30 Years of Molecular Electronics/Nanotechnology.- 6.3 Processing Technologies (Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up).- 6.4 Performance.- 6.5 Issues/Challenges.- 6.6 Future Directions.- 6.7 Summary.- 6.8 Acknowledgement.- 6.9 Chapter 6 References.- Authors.