Advances in electrical engineering research Volume 1 / Thomas M. Brouwer, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brouwer, Thomas M.

Series:

Advances in Electrical Engineering Research

Advances in Electrical Engineering Research ; v.1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electrical engineering.

Engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (402 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Gathers and presents data in the field of electrical engineering including electrospray technology for thin film devices, various advances in flexible organic light-emitting devices, as well as liquid crystal display techniques and optoelectronics in spinal surgery and in the measurement of physical magnitudes.

Contents:

""ADVANCES IN ELECTRICALENGINEERING RESEARCH""; ""ADVANCES IN ELECTRICALENGINEERING RESEARCH""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; "" ELECTROSPRAY TECHNOLOGY FOR THIN-FILM DEVICES PRODUCTION ""; ""Abstract ""; ""1. Introduction ""; ""2. Electrospraying Fundamentals ""; ""2.1. Electrospray Systems ""; ""2.2. Electrospray Jet and Drop Formation ""; ""2.3. Electrospray Aerosol Characterization ""; ""3. Thin Solid Film Deposition ""; ""3.1. Introduction ""; ""3.2. Film Morphology ""; ""3.3. Precursors ""; ""3.4. Effect of Substrate Temperature ""; ""3.5. Effect of Substrate Material ""

""3.6. Effect of Solvent Properties and Precursor Concentration """"3.7. Effect of Deposition Time and Flow Rate ""; ""4. Thin Solid Film Devices ""; ""4.1. Solar Cells ""; ""4.2. Fuel Cells ""; ""4.3. Lithium Batteries ""; ""4.4. Electrochemical Capacitors (Supercapacitors) ""; ""4.5. Gas Sensors ""; ""Nomenclature ""; ""References ""; "" RECENT ADVANCES IN FLEXIBLE ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICES ""; ""Abstract ""; ""1. Introduction ""; ""2. Device Architectures ""; ""3. Substrates and Anode ""; ""3.1. Substrate Materials ""

""3.1.1. Ultrathin Glass: Wonderful Transmittance but Fragile """"3.1.2. Metal Foils: Good Flexibility, Poor Surface Morphology and Opacity ""; ""3.1.3. Polymer Substrates: Dimensional Stability Is One of the Biggest Challenges ""; ""3.1.4. Emerging Novel Substrates ""; ""3.2. Electrodes ""; ""3.2.1. Metal: Perfect Conduction, but Poor Transmittance ""; ""3.2.2. Metallic Oxide: Good Conduction and Transmittance, but Poor Flexibility ""; ""3.2.3. Polymer or Plastic: Designable, Reproducible and Low Cost ""; ""3.2.4. Carbon Nanotubes: Good Conductivity, High Transmittance and Flexibility ""

""4. Materials """"4.1. Hole-Injection Materials ""; ""4.2. Hole-Transport Materials ""; ""4.3. Electroluminescent Materials ""; ""4.4. Electron-Injection Materials and Electron-Transport Materials ""; ""5. Encapsulation Methods ""; ""5.1. Barrier-Coated Flexible Lid Encapsulation ""; ""5.2. Thin Film Encapsulation ""; ""5.2.1. Single-Layer Thin Film Encapsulation ""; ""5.2.2. Multilayer Thin Film Encapsulation ""; ""5.3. Hybrid Encapsulation ""; ""6. Manufacturing Technologies ""; ""6.1. Ink-Jet Printing ""; ""6.2. Roll-to-R Roll Printin ng ""; ""6.3. Screen P Printing ""

""6.4. Novel Manufacturing Technology """"6.4.1. Molecular Jet Printing ""; ""6.4.2. Peel-off Technique ""; ""7. Summary and Outlook ""; ""Acknowledgment ""; ""Reference ""; ""LIQUID CRYSTALS DISPLAY TECHNIQUES AND THEIR VARIOUS APPLICATIONS INTO DISPLAY INDUSTRY ""; ""Abstract ""; ""I. Introduction ""; ""II. Types of Liquid Crystal Displays ""; ""(i) Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display (AMLCD) ""; ""(ii) Passive Matrix Liquid Crystal Display (PMLCD) ""; ""III. Liquid Crystal (LC) Display Modes ""; ""(i) Twisted Nemtic LCDs ""; ""(ii) Super-Twisted Nemtic LCDs ""

""(iii) Vertically Aligned Nematic LCDs ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61728-705-9