Molecular Electronics: From Principles to Practice
Mike Petty
ISBN: 978-0-470-01307-6
Hardcover
544 pages
January 2008
Wiley List Price: US $240.00
This consistent and comprehensive text is unique in providing an informed insight into molecular electronics by contrasting the prospects for molecular scale electronics with the continuing development of the inorganic semiconductor industry. Providing a wealth of information on the subject from background material to possible applications, Molecular Electronics contains all the need to know information in one easily accessible place. Speculation about future developments has also been included to give the whole picture of this increasingly popular and important topic.
Contents
Chapter 1: Scope of Molecular Electronics
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Molecular materials for electronics
1.3 Molecular-scale electronics
1.4 The biological world
1.5 Future opportunities
1.6 Conclusions
Bibliography
References
Chapter 2: Materials’ Foundations
2.1 Introduction
2.2. Electronic structure
2.3 Chemical bonding
2.4 Bonding in organic compounds
2.5 Crystalline and noncrystalline materials
2.6 Polymers
2.7 Soft matter: emulsions, foams and gels
2.8 Diffusion
Bibliography
References
Chapter 3: Electrical Conductivity
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Classical theory
3.3 Energy bands in solids
3.4 Organic compounds
3.5 Low frequency conductivity
3.6 Conductivity at high frequencies
Bibliography
References
Chapter 4: Optical Phenomena
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Electromagnetic radiation
4.4 Interaction of EM waves with organic molecules
4.5 Transmission and reflection from interfaces
4.6 Waveguiding
4.7 Surface plasmons
4.8 Photonic crystals
Bibliography
References
Chapter 5: Electroactive Organic Compounds
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Selected topics in chemistry
5.3 Conductive polymers
5.4 Charge-transfer complexes
5.5 Buckyballs and nanotubes
5.6 Piezoelectricity, pyroelectricity and ferroelectricity
5.7 Magnetic materials
Bibliography
References
Chapter 6: Tools for Molecular Electronics
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Direct imaging
6.3 X-ray reflection
6.4 Neutron reflection
6.5 Electron diffraction
6.6 Infrared spectroscopy
6.7 Surface analytical techniques
6.8 Scanning probe microscopies
6.9 Film thickness measurements
Bibliography
References
Chapter 7: Thin Film Processing and Device Fabrication