Optoelectronics, organic

Examination of the practical applications of ion radicals includes coverage of their roles in biological systems as well as in material chemistry, ranging from optoelectronics, organic metals, and magnets to lubricants and the manufacture of paper. 

Microwave irradiation has been used as an important tool in the functionalization of fullerenes and carbon nanotubes (Langa and De la Cruz, 2007). These compounds have some excellent properties, which can be used for the development of optoelectronic organic devices. 

Nowadays all over the world considerable attention is focused on development of chemical sensors for the detection of various organic compounds in solutions and gas phase. One of the possible sensor types for organic compounds in solutions detection is optochemotronic sensor - device of liquid-phase optoelectronics that utilize effect of electrogenerated chemiluminescence. In order to enhance selectivity and broaden the range of detected substances the modification of working electrode of optochemotronic cell with organic films is used. Composition and deposition technique of modifying films considerably influence on electrochemical and physical processes in the sensor. 

There is a growing interest in the non-linear optical (NLO) properties of organic materials. Organic and polymeric materials with large non-linear optical coefficients can be used in principle in optoelectronic and photonic devices, and a great deal of research effort has been expended in efforts to design new compounds with optimal NLO properties. 

Metallo-organic CVD (MOCVD) is major area of CVD which is rapidly growing, particularly in semiconductor and optoelectronic applications. It is treated separately in Ch. 4. 

Rawashdeh-Omary, M.A., Omary, M.A., Fackler, J.P. Jr, Galassi, R., Pietroni, B.R. and Burini, A. (2001) Chemistry and optoelectronic properties of stacked supramolecular entities of trinuclear Gold(I) complexes sandwiching small organic acids. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 123, 9689. 

Gray, G. M. Lawson, C. M. Structure-Property Relationships in Transition Metal-organic Third-order Nonlinear Optical Materials. In Optoelectronic Properties of Inorganic Compounds, Roundhill, D. M., Fackler, J. P., Jr., Eds. Plenum New York, 1999 pp 1-27. 

Molecular Group 3-5 compounds are currently of considerable interest for two reasons (a) they can serve as volatile low molecular weight single-source precursors for the CVD synthesis of binary and multinary group 3/5 semiconductors with remarkable optoelectronic properties (54), or (b) they are potentially useful cocatalysts for the polymerization reactions of unsaturated organic substrates (55, 56). Various strategies have been employed to synthesize well-defined aggregates. 

As mentioned in this review, AMPLEDs are especially attractive for motion picture applications. The Pay-Per-View effect in OLED displays reduces power consumption and extends operation lifetime. Motion picture applications also minimize image retention and optimize display homogeneity. AMOLED has been widely viewed as a promising display technology in competing with AMLCD and plasma displays. The dream of using organic semiconductor films for optoelectronic device applications has become a reality. 

Combinatorial and spread techniques in the fabrication of organic-based photonic and optoelectronic devices G.E. Jabbour, Y. Yoshioka High-Throughput Analysis, pp. 377-393... 

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