Organic Photonics and Electronics
Students will be able to understand the basic knowledge of organic photonics and electronics together with experimental skills. Target Students: Students interested in Chemistry, Materials Sciences, and Optoelectronics
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
Explain the principles of molecular design and organic synthesis relevant to optoelectronic materials, including purification techniques and structure-function relationships.
Perform photophysical analyses such as absorption, emission, kinetics, and delayed fluorescence, and interpret how environmental factors influence optical properties.
Describe the fundamental concepts of organic electronics, including charge transport, exciton dynamics, and energy conversion mechanisms.
Fabricate and characterize organic devices, including light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), transistors, solar cells, and lasers, using hands-on experimental techniques.
Analyze experimental data from photonic and electronic device measurements and relate findings to theoretical models and device performance.
Integrate interdisciplinary knowledge from chemistry, materials science, and physics to evaluate the design and function of organic optoelectronic systems.
Explore the exciting interdisciplinary world of organic photonic and electronic devices, with wide application in industry and research. Lectures and accompanying hands-on experiments develop understanding of fundamental concepts in synthesis and purification of organic optoelectronics. Perform a range of photophysical functional analyses. Discover and discuss device physics and fabrication of organic LEDs, transistors, solar cells, and lasers.
1. Molecular design and organic synthesis
2. Organic synthesis and purification
3. Basics of photochemistry
4. Photophysical analysis 1 (Absorption and emission)
5. Photophysical analysis 2 (Kinetics)
6. Photophysical analysis 3 (Delayed fluorescence)
7. Photophysical analysis 4 (Environmental effects)
8. Basics of organic electronics
9. Device fabrications
10. Organic light-emitting diodes
11. Organic transistors
12. Organic solar cell
13. Organic laser
Performance on experiments 50%, Experiment reports 50%
Undergraduate chemistry