Advanced Materials for Organic Semiconductors and Their Applications

Dear Colleagues,

π-conjugated materials have demonstrated wonderful potential in various range of applications, including electronic, bioelectronic, photonic, and spintronic, etc. The synthesis of novel new building blocks for π-conjugated materials is key to establishing fundamental structure−property relationships, but also to tailor-made advanced organic and hybrid materials with specific outstanding properties for desired applications. One specific advantage inherent to π-conjugated materials is that the molecular design and chemical structure of the building block both provide a way to rationally control the optical, electronic, and electrical properties, but also the supramolecular organization within the crystal, which controls the properties of the materials in the solid state. This Special Issue of Materials calls for research papers, reviews, and short communications relating to the latest developments and future directions of the interdisciplinary subject of new π-conjugated materials as follows: small molecules and polymers, for organic electronics: from design, synthesis to processing, characterization, and device physics.

Subjects covered include the following:

• Design and synthesis of new building block for π-conjugated materials.
• Organic semiconductors for OFET application.
• organic luminescent materials for OLEDs.
• Supramolecular engineering of organic semiconductors: growth and processing strategies.
• Crystal engineering, controlling crystallinity, and understanding structure–property function relationships.
• Design and application of new dopants.
• Proof of principle demonstrations of new organic device designs.
• Interface engineering in organic electronic devices.
• Flexible and bendable organic optoelectronic devices.
• Multi-functional transistors, such as phototransistors and gas sensors.
• Organic bioelectronic devices for sensing and treatment.
• Device physics of organic electronic devices.
• Charge transport models for organic semiconductors.
• Integrated circuits based on organic semiconductor transistors.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Abderrahim Yassar
Guest Editor

Dr. Shiwei Ren
Guest Editor Assistant

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• π-conjugated materials
• structure−property relationships
• optical properties
• electronic properties
• organic optoelectronic devices
• transistors
• gas sensors