Mitsumasa Iwamoto - Böcker

This book provides a fundamental physical picture of various phenomena occurring in organic monolayers, dealing with dielectric, elastic, and electronic properties. The dielectric properties are discussed in terms of orientational order parameters, which are used to interpret the dielectric spectrum observed through Maxwell displacement current measurement and optical second harmonic generation measurement. The elastic theory of organic monolayers is based on that of liquid crystals and emphasis is placed on the interfacial effect when discussing the electronic properties of organic monolayers. The discussion in the book mainly concerns the structure dependence (dipole moment) and thickness dependence (interfacial effect) for various phenomena occurring in organic monolayers.

The probing and modeling of carrier transport in materials is a fundamental research subject in electronics and materials science. According to the Maxwell electromagnetic field theory, there are two kinds of currents, i.e., conduction current and Maxwell displacement current (MDC). The conduction current flows when electronic charges, e.g., electrons and holes, are conveyed in solids, whereas MDC is the transient current that is generated due to the change of electric flux density. The source of conductive current is charged particles, i.e., electrons, holes, ions, etc., and the source of MDC is also the charged particles. It is therefore anticipated that we can probe and model carrier transport in materials, in terms of "MDC". In other words, we can find a novel way for modeling and analyzing materials on the basis of Dielectric Physics Approach, on focusing dielectric polarization phenomena. Maxwell Displacement Current and Optical Second-Harmonic Generation are basically dielectric phenomena. The aim of this book is to show the dielectric physics approach for the study of molecular materials and organic electronics devices related to carrier transport and dielectric polarization, on focusing Maxwell Displacement Current and Optical Second-Harmonic Generation in Organic Materials from viewpoints of Analysis and Application for Organic Electronics.

The scope of this book will be focused on the interface issues and problems in organic materials as electronic device applications. The organic material electronics is a rapidly progressing field for potential applications in flexible field effect transistors, plastic solar cells, organic luminescent devices, etc.However, the performance of these organic devices is still not sufficient. To enhance the understanding and practical applications of organic devices, we need to understand the fundamental organic device physics which is somewhat different from the conventional inorganic device physics. This book will discuss the detailed progress in these topics.