Photophysics of Molecular Materials
：From Single Molecules to Single Crystals
Publication subTitle ：From Single Molecules to Single Crystals
Author： Guglielmo Lanzani
Publisher： John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publication year： 2006
E-ISBN: 9783527607396
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9783527404568
Subject： TB383 Keywords special structure material
Language： ENG
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Description
Carbon based pi-conjugated materials offer a broad range of applications, going from molecular electronics and single molecule devices to nanotechnology, plastic electronics and optoelectronics.
The proper physical description of such materials is in between that of molecular solids and that of low-dimensional covalent semiconductors. This book is a comprehensive review of their elementary excitations processes and dynamics, which merges the two viewpoints, sometimes very different if not contrasting.
In each chapter, a broad tutorial introduction provides a solid physical background to the topic, which is further discussed based on recent experimental results obtained via state-of-the-art techniques. Both the molecular, intra-chain character and the solid state, inter-molecular physics is addressed.
Reports on single molecule and single polymer chain spectroscopy introduce the on-site phenomena. Several chapters are dedicated to nano-probes, steady state and transient spectroscopies. The highly ordered state, occurring in single crystals, is also discussed thoroughly. Finally, less conventional tools such as THz spectroscopy are discussed in detail.
The book provides a useful introduction to the field for newcomers, and a valid reference for experienced researchers in the field.
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