Biomembrane-based organic electronic devices for ligand–receptor binding studies

Upscaling Organic Electronic Devices

Conventional electronics based on silicon, germanium, or compounds of gallium require prohibitively expensive investments. A state-of-the-art microprocessor fabrication facility can cost up to $15 billion while using environmentally hazardous processes. In that context, the discovery of solution-processable conducting (and semiconducting) polymers stirred up expectations of ubiquitous electroni...

Electrolyte – Semiconductor Combinations for Organic Electronic Devices

The discovery of semi-conducting organic materials has opened new possibilities for electronic devices and systems because of their solution processibility, lightweight and flexibility compared to inorganic semiconductors. The combination of semiconductors with electrolytes, and more especially organic semiconductors and solid electrolytes has attracted the attention of researchers because of t...

Molecular Organic Semiconductors for Electronic Devices

Transport properties of copper phthalocyanine based organic electronic devices

As a particular class of planar aromatic compounds, metal phthalocyanines are considered for numerous applications since they show a variety of interesting physical and chemical properties. In particular, the semiconducting copper phthalocyanine (CuPc), is employed in several optoelectronic devices such as organic light-emitting diodes or organic photovoltaic cells. The ambipolar charge carrier...

The Challenge of Producing Fiber-Based Organic Electronic Devices

The implementation of organic electronic devices on fibers is a challenging task, not yet investigated in detail. As was shown earlier, a direct transition from a flat device structure to a fiber substrate is in principle possible. However, a more detailed investigation of the process reveals additional complexities than just the transition in geometry. It will be shown, that the layer formatio...