Molecular Electronics: From Principles to Practice (Wiley Series in Materials for Electronic & Optoelectronic Applications) - Softcover

Petty, Michael C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470013087 ISBN 13: 9780470013083

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 2007

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Michael C. Petty, Professor of Engineering and Co-Director of Centre for Molecular and Nanoscale Electronics, University of Durham, UK
Michael Petty graduated from the University of Sussex with a BSc (First Class Honours) in Electronics. He subsequently obtained his PhD from Imperial College, University of London for work on the electrical and optical properties of semiconducting inorganic thin films. More recently, his research activities have expanded to encompass thin films, in particular Langmuir-Blodgett films, of organic materials. He has a special interest in the application of such thin layers to electronic and opto-electronic devices. Professor Petty has lectured extensively worldwide and published over 250 papers in these subjects. In 1994, he was awarded the DSc degree from the University of Sussex.
Professor Petty is the UK editor of the Elsevier Journal of Materials Science and Engineering C and Co-Director of the Durham Centre for Molecular and Nanoscale Electronics. He was Chairman of the School of Engineering at Durham University from Jan 1997 to Aug 2000.

From the Back Cover

Molecular electronics is a fast moving and exciting subject that exploits the electronic and optoelectronic properties of organic and biological materials. Areas of application and potential application range from chemical and biochemical sensors to plastic light emitting displays.

Molecular Electronics: From Principles to Practice provides an introduction to the interdisciplinary subject of molecular electronics with detailed examples of applications. The topics covered include:   

• Scope of Molecular Electronics
• Materials’ Foundations
• Electrical Conductivity
• Optical Phenomena
• Electroactive Organic Compounds
• Tools for Molecular Electronics
• Thin Film Processing and Device Fabrication
• Liquid Crystals and Devices
• Plastic Electronics
• Chemical Sensors and Actuators
• Molecular-Scale Electronics
• Bioelectronics

This book is aimed at final year science or engineering undergraduate students. It will also be accessible to readers from a wide range of backgrounds (from physicists, chemists, biologists, electrical engineers to materials scientists) in both industry and academia.  

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470013087
• ISBN 13: 9780470013083
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544