Luminescence metal/polymer interfaces

Another class of materials, alkanethiol-stabilised metal nanoparticles, display electronic, optical and structural features that are tunable via particle size [67]. The theme of this section is to demonstrate the effects of interfacial chemistry and material heterogeneity on electronic and optical properties of luminescent conjugated polymers at metal interfaces. 

Device motivation for interface studies, and Optical absorption and emission in conjugated oligomers and polymers. The principles of device physics of metal insulator field-effect transistors (MISFETs) and light emitting diodes (LEDs) are oudined mainly as motivation for the contents of the chapters which follow, but also to point out certain features relevant to developing an understanding of the nature of the polymer-metal interface (chapters 5 and 6). The basic principles of electro-luminescence are reviewed here, at the level consistent with the aims of this work. 

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