Research Programs

Integrative Projects

1. Interfacial Properties
The operation and maximum performance of organic-based optoelectronic devices are determined by the optical and electrical properties of the materials that are inserted into them and by the properties of the multiple heterointerfaces (e.g. organic/organic and organic/inorganic) they form. The importance of the latter has been often overlooked and is the focus of this research project.

Essential heterointerfaces include interfaces between conducting electrodes (e.g. metals and conducting oxides) and a variety of electro-active materials that are under development within research thrust 1  (e.g. electro-optic polymers)  and within research thrust 2 (e.g. organic semiconductors for light emission, light harvesting, charge transport in transistors). Hence, this activity is truly synergetic and across the two research thrusts of our Center.

Control and tailoring of interfaces is essential in hybrid approaches that combine organic and inorganic materials. It is an enabling science and technology for the integration of organic multifunctional materials with existing technology platforms such as CMOS for instance, and for the development of hybrid materials with superior performance such as nanocomposites for instance.          

2. End-to-End Theory
Information coming soon.

3. Synthesis and Processing
Information coming soon.