Organic Electronics: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Semiconductor technologies that drive electronic appliances and devices such as computers, tablets, TV displays, and cell phones have been evolving rapidly. The pursuit of lightweight, thinner, high-image-resolution, energy-saving displays and devices has encouraged scientists around the world to find new materials and combinations. In this respect, organic semiconductors have been extensively studied in the last two decades because of their low processing requirements, versatility, flexibility, and environment-friendly characteristics.

In the last decade, there has been a tremendously growing effort aimed at integrating organic materials into electronic devices such as organic field effect transistors (OFETs), organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), organic solar cells (OSCs), sensors, etc.

Today, OLED displays can be found everywhere—for example, in smartphones, TVs, smartwatches, monitors, cars, or digital cameras. However, as technology advances, the need for better OLED materials which help to improve energy efficiency and resolution of OLED displays is growing. Academic research has demonstrated many improvements regarding the efficiency of blue, red, green OLEDs using phosphorescent or thermally activated delayed (TADF) materials.

We invite colleagues whose work is primarily interdisciplinary and focused on materials and phenomena related to organic devices, such as organic light emitting diodes, thin film transistors, photovoltaic cells, etc., to contribute to this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.

Dr. Dalius Gudeika
Guest Editor

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