Handbook of Oligo- and Polythiophenes

This first concise handbook on this important new class of organic conducting materials gives a broad survey over this emerging field of research.
The physical background is covered as well as the synthesis, electronic and nonlinear optical properties and applications of these advanced materials. This information will be of high value for graduate students, researchers and practitioners working in the interdisciplinary field of materials science, polymer and organic chemistry and applied physics.

Content:
Chapter 1 The Chemistry of Conducting Polythiophenes: from Synthesis to Self?Assembly to Intelligent Materials (pages 1–44): Richard D. McCullough
Chapter 2 Electronic Properties of Polythiophenes (pages 45–87): Shu Hotta and Kohzo Ito
Chapter 3 The Synthesis of Oligothiophenes (pages 89–181): Peter Bauerle
Chapter 4 Structure and Properties of Oligothiophenes in the Solid State: Single Crystals and Thin Films (pages 183–282): Denis Fichou and Christiane Ziegler
Chapter 5 Charge Transport in Semiconducting Oligothiophenes (pages 283–316): Gilles Horowitz and Phillippe Delannoy
Chapter 6 Geometric and Electronic Structure and Optical Response of Oligo? and Polythiophenes: Relation to Their Use in Electro?optic and Photonic Devices (pages 317–360): J. Cornil, D. Beljonne, V. Parente, R. Lazzaroni and J. L. Bredas
Chapter 7 Electronic Excited States of Conjugated Oligothiophenes (pages 361–404): Carlo Taliani and Wolfram Gebauer
Chapter 8 Electro?optical Polythiophene Devices (pages 405–458): Magnus Granstrom, Mark G. Harrison and Richard H. Friend
Chapter 9 Oligo? and Polythiophene Field Effect Transistors (pages 459–489): H. E. Katz, A. Dodabalapur and Z. Bao
Chapter 10 Application of Electrically Conductive Polythiophenes (pages 491–524): Gerhard Kossmehl and Gunnar Engelmann