Organic Materials

A strong increase in research activity on organic thin films is to a large extent motivated by the perspectives of and in some cases already realised applications in various areas including electronics and optoelectronics.

Some typical applications for organic materials are shown below. It has also been recognised that the performance of devices is coupled to the structural characteristics. The understanding of growth is therefore mandatory to improve and control devices.

Organic molecular beam deposition (OMBD), i.e. evaporation of molecules usually in ultra-high vacuum (UHV), is the typical method of thin film preparation for small molecule organic semiconductors because they often exhibit only low solubility, while growth from solution (e.g. spin coating, inkjet printing, and spray coating) enjoys great popularity in particular for polymeric systems.