Organic Molecular Solids

This is the first comprehensive textbook on the physical aspects of organic solids. All phenomena which are necessary in order to understand modern technical applications are being dealt with in a way which makes the concepts of the topics accessible for students. The chapters - from the basics, production and characterization of organic solids and layers to organic semiconductors, superconductors and opto-electronical applications - have been arranged in a logical and well thought-out order.

Professor Markus Schwoerer studied physics at the ETH Zurich, Switzerland, and at the University of Stuttgart, Germany, where he received his Ph.D. in 1967. In 1975, he accepted a professorship for experimental physics at the University of Bayreuth. He received the Annual Award for Chemistry from the Academy of Science at Gottingen in 1974. From 1996 to 1998, Professor Schwoerer was the President of the German Physical Society. His main research interest is the physics of organic solids.

Professor Hans Christoph Wolf studied physics, chemistry and biology in Freiburg and Tubingen, both Germany, where he received his Ph.D. in 1952. From 1952 to 1954, he held a post as a researcher in physical chemistry at the Technical University of Munich. After working for several years as an assistant professor, he was awarded a full professorship at the Third Physical Institute of the University of Stuttgart, of which he also became the director, and from which he retired in 1997. Professor Wolf received the Otto Hahn Award of the German Physical Society and the Society of German Chemists in 2000. He was a member of the editorial boards of numerous international journals and is one of the most renowned and established authors in the fields of atomic and quantum physics. His field of research is the physics of organic solids.

Introduction
What are Organic Solids?
What are the Special Characteristics of Organic Solids?
Goals and Future Outlook
Problems for Chapter 1
Literature
Forces and Structures
Forces
Inductive Forces
Van der Waals Forces
Repulsive Forces
Intermolecular Potentials
Coulomb Forces

Crystals of Nonpolar Molecules
Crystals of Molecules with Polar Substituents
Crystals with a Low Packing Density, Clathrates
Crystals of Molecules with Charge Transfer, Radical-ion Salts
Polymer Single Crystals: Diacetylenes
Thin Films
Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Crystals
Problems for Chapter 2
Literature
Purification of Materials, Crystal Growth and Preparation of Thin Films
Purification
Highest Purity
Crystal Growth
Mixed Crystals
Epitaxy, Ultrathin Films
Problems for Chapter 3
References
Impurities and Defects
Foreign Molecules, Impurities, and X traps
Structural Defects
Point Defects
Dislocations
Grain Boundaries
Dipolar Disorder
Characterisation and Analysis of Impurities
Characterisation of Defects
Literature

Introduction
Intramolecular Vibrations
Phonons
The Eigenvector
The Wavevector
The Frequencies (K)
Excitations
Experimental Methods
Inelastic Neutron Scattering
Raman Scattering and Infrared Absorption
The 12 External Phonons of the Naphthalene Crystal
Dispersion relations
Pressure and Temperature Dependencies
Analytic Formulation of the Lattice Dynamics in Molecular Crystals
Phonons in other Molecular Crystals
Hindered Rotation and Diffusion
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Benzene Crystals
Methyl Groups
Diffusion
Problems for Chapter 5
References
Electronic Excited States, Excitons, Energy Transfer
Introduction
Some historical remarks
Optical Excited States in Crystals
Davydov Splitting and Mini-Excitons
Frenkel Excitons
Excitonic States, Fundamental Equations
Polarisation and Band Structure
Coherence
Charge Transfer (CT) Excitons
Surface Excitons
Excimers
Exciton Processes, Energy Conduction
Sensitised Fluorescence
Delayed Fluorescence by Triplet Excitons
Excitonic Processes
Excitonic Processes in other Systems
Future Developments
Problems for Chapter 6
Literature
Structure and Dynamics of Triplet States
Introduction and Historical Remarks
Spin Quantisation in Triplet States
The Dipole-Dipole Interaction, Fine Structure
Zero Field (B0 = 0)
Zeeman Splitting (B0 = 0)
Powder Spectra
Mini-Excitons
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