Molecular Electronics

Abstract

The prospects of using organic materials organic material in electronics electronics and optoelectronics applications have attracted scientists and technologists since the 1970s. This field has become known as molecular electronics. molecular electronics Some successes have already been achieved, for example the liquid-crystal display. Other products such as organic light-emitting displays, organic light emitting display chemical sensors chemical sensor and plastic transistors plastic transistor are developing fast. There is also a keen interest in exploiting technologies at the molecular scale that might eventually replace silicon devices. This chapter provides some of the background physics and chemistry to the interdisciplinary subject of molecular electronics. A review of some of the possible application areas for organic materials is presented and some speculation is provided regarding future directions.