Molecular Gardening for Organic Electronics

Understanding and controlling the energy and charge transport phenomena that occur at the nanoscale, especially at the organic-substrate interface is a key challenge to improve organic optoelectronic devices. This interface plays a determining role in device performance. Moreover, as the products of technology get increasingly smaller, controlling the molecular and electronic environment at this boundary is crucial. Major advances have been made via the bottom-up approach to develop controlled molecular systems, seeking to improve electronic conductivity. However, most of the materials developed don’t result in effective materials for organic devices.

To overcome this, it is essential to understand that the nanoscale is qualitatively different from the molecular and macro scale, and therefore different strategies and tools towards materials design and analysis must be applied to when investigating the nano-domain. This is why, I am interested in the development of integrated, functional 3D nanostructures as the basic building blocks in organic electronic devices.

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