Functional supramolecular architectures. Volume 1, For organic electronics and nanotechnology /

A comprehensive overview of functional nanosystems based on organic and polymeric materials and their impact on current and future research and technology in the highly interdisciplinary field of materials science. As such, this handbook covers synthesis and fabrication methods, as well as propertie...

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Other Authors: Samorì, Paolo (Editor), Cacialli, Franco (Editor), Angione, Maria D. (Contributor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Weinheim, Germany : Wiley-VCH, 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • Functional Supramolecular Architectures: For Organic Electronics and Nanotechnology; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; Volume 1; Part One: Modeling and Theory; 1 Charge Transport in Organic Semiconductors: A Multiscale Modeling; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Organic Single Crystals; 1.2.1 Molecular Parameters for Charge Transport; 1.2.2 Influence of Intermolecular Vibrations; 1.2.3 Charge Mobility Values; 1.3 Tetrathiafulvalene Derivatives; 1.4 Polythiophene Derivatives; 1.5 Phthalocyanine Stacks; 1.5.1 Structural Properties; 1.5.2 Charge Transport Properties; 1.6 Polymer Dielectrics
  • 1.6.1 Electrostatic Disorder1.6.2 Charge Mobility Values; 1.7 Outlook; References; 2 Monte Carlo Studies of Phase Transitions and Cooperative Motion in Langmuir Monolayers with Internal Dipoles; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Computational Details; 2.3 Results and Discussion; 2.3.1 Uncharged System; 2.3.2 Charged System; 2.4 Summary; References; 3 Molecules on Gold Surfaces: What They Do and How They Go Around to Do It; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 A Simple Description of the Geometrical Structure of Metals; 3.3 A Simple Description of the Geometrical Structure of Molecules
  • 3.4 Electronegativity Governs Chemical Interactions: Charge Equilibration, QEq, Models3.5 A Simple Description of the Interaction between Metal Surfaces and Molecules; 3.6 Presence of an External Electric Potential or Field; 3.7 Generality of the Model and Its Transferability; 3.8 Thiolates on Gold; 3.9 Adsorption of a Large Molecule: C60; 3.10 Simple Packing Problems; 3.11 The Presence of an Electrostatic Potential; 3.12 Challenges and Conclusion; References; Part Two: Supramolecular Synthetic Chemistry; 4 Conjugated Polymer Sensors: Design, Principles, and Biological Applications
  • 4.1 Introduction4.1.1 Amplification; 4.1.2 Role of Dimensionality and Sensory Mechanism; 4.2 Water Solubility; 4.2.1 Conjugated Polyelectrolytes; 4.2.2 Nonspecific Binding; 4.2.3 Nonionic Water-Soluble Polymers; 4.3 Protein Detection; 4.3.1 Introduction; 4.3.2 Protease Detection; 4.3.3 Kinase and Phosphatase Detection; 4.3.4 Lectin Detection; 4.3.5 Other Protein Detection; 4.3.6 Protein Conformation Detection; 4.4 DNA Detection; 4.4.1 Polythiophene-Based DNA Detection; 4.4.2 FRET-Based DNA Detection; 4.5 Bacteria Detection; 4.5.1 Introduction; 4.5.2 Mannose-Containing Polymers
  • 4.5.3 Detection of Bacterial Excretion Products4.6 Electron-Deficient Polymers; 4.6.1 Fluorinated PPEs; 4.7 Aggregation-Based Detection; 4.7.1 Introduction; 4.7.2 Detection via Polymer Quenching; 4.7.3 Detection via Low-Energy Emission; 4.8 Temperature-Responsive Fluorescent Polymers; 4.8.1 Introduction; 4.8.2 Examples; 4.9 Nonhomogeneous Detection Schemes; 4.9.1 Introduction; 4.9.2 CPs Adsorbed on Surfaces; 4.9.3 CP Particles from Collapsed Polymer Chains; 4.10 Mechanism of Energy Transfer; 4.10.1 Theory; 4.10.2 Modifications to Förster Theory