Liquid crystalline semiconductors materials, properties and applications Richard J. Bushby, Stephen M. Kelly, Mary O'Neill, editors

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bushby, Richard J.

Kelly, S. M. (Stephen M.)

O'Neill, Mary

Series:

Springer series in materials science v. 169

Springer series in materials science 0933-033X v. 169

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liquid semiconductors.

Liquid crystal devices.

Organic electronics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht New York Springer ©2013

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is an exciting stage in the development of organic electronics. It is no longer an area of purely academic interest as increasingly real applications are being developed, some of which are beginning to come on-stream. Areas that have already been commercially developed or which are under intensive development include organic light emitting diodes (for flat panel displays and solid state lighting), organic photovoltaic cells, organic thin film transistors (for smart tags and flat panel displays) and sensors. Within the family of organic electronic materials, liquid crystals are relative newcomers. The first electronically conducting liquid crystals were reported in 1988 but already a substantial literature has developed. The advantage of liquid crystalline semiconductors is that they have the easy processability of amorphous and polymeric semiconductors but they usually have higher charge carrier mobilities. Their mobilities do not reach the levels seen in crystalline organics but they circumvent all of the difficult issues of controlling crystal growth and morphology. Liquid crystals self-organise, they can be aligned by fields and surface forces and, because of their fluid nature, defects in liquid crystal structures readily self-heal. With these matters in mind this is an opportune moment to bring together a volume on the subject of 'Liquid Crystalline Semiconductors'. The field is already too large to cover in a comprehensive manner so the aim has been to bring together contributions from leading researchers which cover the main areas of the chemistry (synthesis and structure/function relationships), physics (charge transport mechanisms and optical properties) and potential applications in photovoltaics, organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) and organic field-effect transistors (OFETs). This book will provide a useful introduction to the field for those in both industry and academia and it is hoped that it will help to stimulate future developments

Contents:

Introduction to Liquid Crystalline Phases John E. Lydon Charge Carrier Transport in Liquid Crystalline Semiconductors Jun-Ichi Hanna Columnar Liquid Crystalline Semiconductors Richard J. Bushby, Daniel J. Tate Synthesis of Columnar Liquid Crystals Sandeep Kumar Charge Transport in Reactive Mesogens and Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks T. Kreouzis, K.S. Whitehead Optical Properties of Light-Emitting Liquid Crystals Mary O'Neill, Stephen M. Kelly Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) with Polarised Emission E. Scheler, P. Strohriegl Liquid Crystals for Organic Photovoltaics Mary O'Neill, Stephen M. Kelly Liquid Crystals for Organic Field-Effect Transistors

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Printed edition:

ISBN:

9789048128730

9048128730

9048128722

9789048128723

1283865483

9781283865487

OCLC:

822966110

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