Molecular Design of Opto-Electronic Materials

From Single Molecules to Molecular Aggregates
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-3-527-34939-5
Verlag: WILEY-VCH

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm

Provides an overview of molecular packing in different fields, affording the guideline to the molecular design of opto-electronic materials.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Liu, Zhenming

Li, Zhen

Li, Qianqian

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Physikalische Chemie
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Elektronik, Optik
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Solarenergie, Photovoltaik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction
1.1 Motivation
1.2 Overarching objective of this book
1.3 A brief history
1.4 Basic knowledge of organic compounds in the aggregated state
1.5 Overview of topics covered
2. The Molecular Engineering and Fabrication Processes for Molecular Aggregates
2.1 Crystal engineering
2.2 Self-assembly system
2.3 Gel system
2.4 Cross-linking system
2.5 Host-guest system
3. The Research Methodology of Molecular Aggregation Science
3.1 The theoretical calculation
3.2 The crystal structures
3.3 Atom force microscope (AFM)
3.4 The X-ray diffraction
3.5 2D grazing incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering (GIWAXS)
3.6 Nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum
3.7 Other methods
4. Photoluminescence of Molecular Aggregates
4.1 The internal mechanism and principle
4.2 Fluorescence materials
4.3 Phosphorescence materials
5. Mechanoluminescence of Molecular Aggregates
5.1 The internal mechanism
5.2 Fixed emission
5.3 Dynamic emission
6. Molecular Aggregates as Hole-Transporting Layer in Perovskite Solar Cells
6.1 Construction and work principle
6.2 Doped hole-transporting materials
6.3 Doped-free hole-transporting materials
7. Molecular Aggregates as Active Layer in Organic Photovoltaics
7.1 Construction and work principle
7.2 Organic solar cells
7.3 Polymer solar cells
8. Molecular Aggregates in Organic Light-Emitting Transistor (OLET) Devices
8.1 Construction and Work Principle
8.2 Organic semiconductor materials
8.2.1 Polymers
8.2.2 Oligomers
8.2.3 Small molecules
9. Molecular Aggregates for Second-Order Non-Linear Optical Effect
9.1 Microscopic and macroscopic nonlinearities of organic systems
9.2 Organic molecules for second-order nonlinear optics
9.3 Polymers for second-order nonlinear optics
10. Other Opto-Electronic Materials in Aggregate
10.1 Magnetic Materials
10.2 Metal-Organic Frameworks
10.3 Covalent-Organic Frameworks
11. The Relation Between Macroscopic Functions and Microscopic Structures
11.1 Molecular packing
11.2 Intermolecular interactions
11.2.1 p-p interactions
11.2.2 Hydrogen bonding
12. Conclusions and Future Prospects

Über Autor(innen)

Zhen Li received his BSc and PhD degrees from Wuhan University (WHU) in China in 1997 and 2002, respectively, under the supervision of Prof. Jingui Qin. In 2003-2004, he worked at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in the group of Prof. Ben Zhong Tang. In 2010, he worked at the Georgia Institute of Technology in the group of Prof. Seth Marder. He has been a full professor at WHU since 2006 and a chair professor at Tianjin University since 2018. His research interests are in the development of organic molecules and polymers with new structures and new functions for organic electronics and photonics. He has authored over 200 scientific publications and has received numerous scientific awards, including Chinese Chemical Society Award for Outstanding Young Chemist (2007), National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars (2013), Young and Middle-aged Innovation Leading Talents (2015), Ten Thousand People Plan of Central Organization Department (2017), and Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (2017).