Organic materials have recently appeared as components in photonic devices such as light-emitting diodes, integrated lasers, and photovoltaic cells. This volume presents 40 contributions from international scientists on the use of organic materials in applications integrating photonics and nanoscale technology. A sampling of topics includes energy transport in dendrimers, the nanoprecise self-assembly of electro- optic and electroluminescent molecular arrays, and cavity polaritons in organic materials. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Photonics concerns the generation, transport, processing and detection of light. It underlies a large amount of industrial activity, mainly devoted to information technology, telecommunications, environmental monitoring, biomedical science and instrumentation. The field has received a powerful impetus recently with the introduction of nanoscale concepts. Moreover, organic materials now appear as key components in photonic devices such as light-emitting diodes, integrated lasers, or photovoltaic cells. Organic molecular systems offer unique opportunities in nanophotonics since both top-down and bottom-up strategies can be pursued towards the nanoscale. This book gathers the proceedings of the NATO advanced research workshop on "Organic Nanophotonics", held in Aix-en-Provence, France, August 25-29, 2002. It constitutes a snapshot of the state of the art in the novel, emerging research area of nanophotonics based on organic molecules and materials.
