Organic Light Emitting Transistors: Fundamentals, Materials and Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Electronic Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 9861
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Organic semiconductor-based devices such as organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), solar cells, memories, and organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) are expected to simplify manufacturing and enable novel functionalities with respect to devices based on conventional materials.
In particular, organic light-emitting transistors (OLETs) are increasingly gaining interest due to their two-fold functionality of behaving as thin-film transistors and being capable of generating, sensing, and controlling light under appropriate bias conditions. Intrinsically very different from well-known diode counterpart (OLEDs) in terms of structures and functioning (transistor vs. diode), OLETs are simpler and cheaper to fabricate, potentially less power-consuming and can be easily integrated in complex architectures.
Organic light-emitting transistors still represent a rather unexplored class of devices, thus offering the possibility of investigating several key aspects and fundamental physical phenomena, as well as moving towards the improvement of the performances. This certainly requires a cross-disciplinary effort in terms of materials study and device development.
We invite contributions from the latest research and innovations in the field of organic light-emitting transistors. The Special Issue will cover (but not be limited to) the following topics in the field of organic light emitting transistor:
- Fundamentals and novel materials;
- Field-effect charge transport, light emission, and sensing mechanisms;
- State-of-the-art light emitting and sensing devices;
- Simulations;
- Novel approaches to improve light management;
- Stress, lifetime, and encapsulation;
- Novel applications.
It is our pleasure to invite you to submit review articles, original papers, and communications for this Special Issue “Organic Light-Emitting Transistors: Fundamentals, Materials, and Applications”.
Prof. Caterina SoldanoGuest Editor
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Keywords
- Organic electronics
- Organic light-emitting transistors (OLETs)
- Organic semiconductors
- Organic materials
- Light emission
- Light sensing
- Field-effect charge transport
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