Organic Electronics - Synthesis, Properties and Application in Devices

The aim of this course is to give an overview on the design, preparation and uses of organic conjugated polymers and oligomers in the electronics industry and will focus on the factors governing their physical properties and their structure-property relationship in electronic device applications.

The course will start with an overview of electronically conjugated polymers and oligomers, with a particular reference to the origin of the semi-conducting properties of these materials. The course will then concentrate on the synthetic advances in the field of conjugated polymers and oligomers, their structure-property relationship and the design factors that should be taken into account for specific applications. The course will then deal with their applications in devices and the underlying physical properties required in specific applications. The use of these materials in devices such as light emitting diodes, field effect transistors and solar cells will be highlighted.

This course is presented by Dr Alastair Buckley (AB), Dr Martin Grell (MG) and Dr Ahmed Iraqi (AI))

• How conjugated polymers are made (AI)
• Applications of PEDOT/PSS and PANI derivatives (MG)
• Application in field effect transistors and sensors (MG)
• Application in solar cells (MG)
• Processing of organic semiconductors (AB)
• Transport and injection of charges in organic electronic devices (AB)
• OLED for information displays (AB)
• Question and Answer Session

Polymeric Biomaterials

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