DPG Physics School 2007
supported by the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus - Foundation

Charge Transport in Organic Materials: From Single Molecules to Devices

Matthias Hettler, FZ Karlsruhe; Jens Pflaum, U Stuttgart and Christian Lennartz, BASF

Electronic transport phenomena in organic materials have received considerable attention during the last years due to the emerging field of Organic Electronics. Technical applications of organic thin film devices and the potential use of molecules in integrated electronic circuits have been successfully demonstrated. Despite many research activities studying the various aspects of charge transport in single molecules and molecular aggregates the fundamental conduction mechanisms as well as the effects limiting the electronic performance are still under discussion.
The goal of this summer school is to highlight the current state of investigations on the charge transport in organic materials and to provide an up-to-date overview on the key aspects of molecular electronics from individual molecules and single crystals to devices based on thin films. This school will present the research activities on the transport phenomena over the past decade from an experimental and theoretical point of view. The latest results in device preparation and application will be highlighted together with a critical discussion of future prospects, e.g. devices based on single molecules or organic photovoltaic cells.
The school targets advanced students, doctoral candidates, and post-docs in physics, chemistry and electrical engineering

• Markus Schwoerer, University of Bayreuth
  Introduction into the field of organic electronics
• Heinz Bässler, University of Marburg
  Transport in organic single crystals and amorphous materials
• Yasuhiko Shirota, Osaka University
  Chemical design towards defined molecular functionality
• Peter A. Bobbert, Eindhoven University of Technology
  Theory of transport in crystalline organic media
• Jenny Nelson, Imperial College
  Theory of transport in amorphous organic media
• Herre van der Zant, Delft University of Technology
  Transport across single molecules: An approach by break-junction technique
• Thomas Wandlowski, Research Centre Jülich
  Transport studies on single molecules by scanning probe techniques
• Juan Carlos Cuevas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
  Theory of single molecule conductance (DFT)
• Maarten Wegewijs, RWTH Aachen
  Theory of single molecule conductance (non-DFT)
• Eberhard Umbach, University of Würzburg
  Organic thin film growth on weakly and strongly Interacting surfaces
• Antoine Kahn, Princeton University
  Interface energetics
• Wolfgang Kowalsky, Technical University of Braunschweig
  Organic Light Emitting Diodes
• Veit Wagner, International University of Bremen
  Organic Field Effect Transistors
• Gernot Paasch, IFW Dresden
  Theory and simulation of organic devices
• Stephen Forrest, University of Michigan
  Organic Photovoltaic Devices: Realization and Performance
• Karl Leo, Technical University of Dresden
  Doping of Organic Semiconductors
• Paolo Lugli, TU Munich
  Innovative device concepts for future applications
• Jean-Luc Brédas, Georgia Tech
  Evening lecture: From principles to molecules

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