CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Part 1 Nanoscale Interface -- CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO NANOSCALE INTERFACE -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Order Parameter and Organic Device Application -- 3. Nanoscale Interface for Organic Electronic Devices -- 4. Outlook -- References -- CHAPTER 2 ANALYSIS OF CONTACT RESISTANCE AND SPACE-CHARGE EFFECTS IN ORGANIC FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Contact Resistance Definition -- 3. Effect of Electric Field on Contact Resistance -- 4. Measurements of Contact Resistance -- 4.1. Transmission Line Method (TLM) -- 4.2. Other Electrical Measurements -- 4.3. Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy (KFM) -- 4.4. Time-Resolved Microscopic Second-Harmonic Generation (TRM-SHG) -- 5. Design of Contact Resistance -- 5.1. Influence of Device Setup -- 5.2. Where is the Limit for Contact Resistance? -- 6. Conclusions and Outlook -- References -- CHAPTER 3 INTERFACE CONTROL OF VERTICAL-TYPE ORGANIC TRANSISTORS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Vertical-Type Organic Transistors -- 3. Interface Control of Vertical-Type Organic Transistor -- 4. Organic Inverter Based on Vertical-Type Organic Transistors -- 5. Vertical-Type Organic Light-Emitting Transistor -- 6. Summary -- References -- CHAPTER 4 ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF SELF-ASSEMBLED VIOLOGEN DERIVATIVE AND ITS APPLICATION TO HYDROGEN PEROXIDE DETECTING SENSOR -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Principle of QCM Technique -- 2.1. Overview -- 2.2. Theory and Equivalent Circuit of QCM -- 2.3. Measurement Principle of Resonance Parameters -- 3. Experimental -- 3.1. Reagents -- 3.2. Electrode Modification -- 3.3. Apparatus and Measurement System -- 4. Results and Discussions -- 4.1. Verification of Self-Assembly by Resonant Frequency Shift -- 4.2. Redox Reaction and Electrochemical QCM Response -- 4.3. Electrochemistry of the Hb/Viologen-Modified Gold Electrode.

4.4. Catalytic Properties of the Sensor Towards H2O2 -- 4.5. Optimum Conditions of the Biosensor for Detecting H2O2 -- 4.6. Amperometric Response of the Biosensor -- 4.7. Stability of the Biosensor -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgment -- References -- CHAPTER 5 ZINC (II), IRIDIUM (III) AND TIN (IV) COMPLEXES FOR NANOSCALE OLED DEVICES -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Structure and Operation of OLED Device -- 1.2. Emission Mechanism of OLED Device -- 2. Ligands Coordinated to Ir(III), Zn(II) and Sn(IV) -- 3. Light Emitting Ir(III), Zn(II), and Sn(IV) Materials -- 3.1. Blue Emitting Materials -- 3.2. Green Emitting Materials -- 3.3. Red Emitting Materials -- 3.4. White Emitting Diodes by Ir(III), Zn(II) and Sn(IV) Complexes -- 4. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- CHAPTER 6 STRUCTURE OPTIMIZATION FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY WHITE ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES -- 1. Introduction -- 2. WOLEDs with Small Molecules Based on Dry-Process -- 2.1. Two Complementary Colors versus Three Primary Colors -- 2.2. All Fluorescent- versus All Phosphorescent versus Hybrid-WOLEDs -- 2.3. Excimer- versus Exciplex-WOLEDs -- 2.4. PIN- and Tandem-WOLEDs -- 2.5. Sensitizer- and Microcavity-WOLEDs -- 3. WOLEDs Based on Wet-Process -- 3.1. White Emission from Single Polymer -- 3.2. White Emission from Blended Red, Green, and Blue Emitters -- 3.2.1. Polymer/Polymer Blending -- 3.2.2. Polymer Host/Phosphorescent Small Molecular Dopants Blending -- 3.2.3. Small Molecular Host/Phosphorescent Small Molecular Dopants/Polymer Binder Blending -- 3.3. WOLEDs Based on Color Conversion Method -- 3.4. Wet-Coating Techniques for the Multilayer Formation -- 4. Conclusions and Outlook -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Part 2 Molecular Electronics -- CHAPTER 7 STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF ALKANETHIOL MOLECULAR JUNCTIONS -- 1. Introduction.

2. Fabrication of Molecular Devices -- 3. Theoretical Basis -- 3.1. Possible Conduction Mechanisms -- 3.2. Tunneling Models -- 4. Statistical Approach on Charge Transport Through Alkanethiols -- 4.1. Statistical Analysis of Electronic Properties of Alkanethiols in Metal-Molecule-Metal Junctions -- 4.2. Statistical Method for Determining Intrinsic Electronic Properties of Alkanethiols in Nanoscale Molecular Junctions -- 5. Analysis of Metal-Molecular Junctions by Multi-Barrier Tunneling Model -- 5.1. Statistical Analysis of Electronic Properties of Alkanethiols and Alkanedithols -- 5.2. Length-Dependent Decay Coefficients by Multi-Barrier Tunneling Model -- 6. Conclusions and Outlook -- Acknowledgment -- References -- CHAPTER 8 A HYSTERIC CURRENT/VOLTAGE RESPONSE OF REDOX-ACTIVE RUTHENIUM COMPLEX MOLECULES IN SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. A Redox-Active Ruthenium Complex as a Molecular Switch -- 1.2. Design of a Monolayer Non-Volatile Memory Device with a Ruthenium Complex -- 2. Materials and Surface Chemistry -- 2.1. Material Synthesis and Characterization -- 2.2. Surface Chemical Analysis -- 3. UHV-Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy -- 3.1. Current/Voltage Response of Single Ruthenium Complexes -- 3.2. A Proposed Model for Electron Trapping in RuII Terpyridine Complexes -- 4. A MMNVM Device of RuII Terpyridine Complexes -- 4.1. Fabrication of a Large-Area Molecular Device -- 4.2. Current/Voltage Response of a MMNVM Device with RuII Terpyridine Complexes -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- CHAPTER 9 CHARACTERISTICS OF CHARGE TRANSPORT AND ELECTRIC CONDUCTION IN VIOLOGEN SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Materials and Experiment -- 2.1. Materials -- 2.2. Experiment -- 2.2.1. Analysis of Self-Assembled Monolayers Using QCM and STM.

2.2.2. Cyclic Voltammetry Test and Charge Transport Measurement -- 2.2.3. Analysis of the Characteristics of Electric Conduction -- 3. Analysis of Self-Assembled Monolayers Using STM -- 4. Cyclic Voltammetry and Charge Transport -- 4.1. Oxidation and Reduction According to Changes in Electrolytes -- 4.2. Characteristics of Interfacial Charge Transport Caused by the Change in Mass -- 5. Electric Conductive Characteristics of Viologen Derivatives -- 6. Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- CHAPTER 10 TIME-AVERAGED DEUTERIUM NMR STUDIES OF THE DYNAMIC PROPERTIES FOR A LOW MOLAR MASS NEMATIC -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theory -- 3. The Experiments -- 4. Results and Discussion -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- CHAPTER 11 TRAINING AND FATIGUE OF CONDUCTING POLYMER ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Electrochemomechanical Deformation of Conducting Polymers -- 3. Stress-Strain Characteristics of Polymer Actuators -- 4. Energy Conversion Efficiency -- 5. Training of PPy Actuators Under high Tensile Loads -- 6. Training of PANi Film -- 7. Fatigue of Artificial Muscles -- 8. Prospect of Soft Actuators -- References -- Part 3 Polymer Electronics -- CHAPTER 12 SURFACE PLASMON EXCITATIONS AND EMISSION LIGHTS IN NANOSTRUCTURED ORGANIC FILMS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. SP Excitation and ATR Method -- 2.1. SP Excitation -- 2.2. Method of ATR, Scattered Light and Emission Light Measurements Utilizing SP Excitations -- 3. Evaluation of Organic Ultrathin Films on Metal Thin Films by ATR Method -- 3.1. Evaluation of Surface Roughness of Organic Ultrathin Films by Scattered Light Measurement -- 3.2. Evaluation of Orientations of Liquid Crystal Molecules in a Cell by ATR Method -- 3.3. Application of SP Excitations to Organic Photoelectric Cell -- 4. SP Emission Lights -- 4.1. Emission Lights from Organic Ultrathin Films.

4.2. SP Emission Lights due to Molecular Luminescence and Interaction -- 4.3. Application of SP Emission Lights to Organic Devices -- 4.4. Electrochemical SP Excitations and Emission Lights -- 4.5. Grating Coupling SP Excitations and SP Emission Lights -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- CHAPTER 13 MORPHOLOGY CONTROL OF NANOSTRUCTURED CONJUGATED POLYMER FILMS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Conjugated Polymer and Experimental Procedure -- 3. Uniform Film of PDOF-MEHPV by Electrophoretic Deposition -- 3.1. Optical Absorption Spectra of PDOF-MEHPV Films -- 3.2. Atomic Force Microscope Images of PDOF-MEHPV Films -- 4. Preparation of Flat and Dense Conjugated Polymer Films from Dilute Solution -- 4.1. Scanning Electron Micrographs of PDOF-MEHPV -- 4.2. Deposition of PDOF-MEHPV from Dilute Solution -- 4.3. PEDOT Coating Effect on Deposition -- 5. Fabrication of PDOF-MEHPV Light-Emitting Devices by Electrophoretic Deposition -- 5.1. Structure of PDOF-MEHPV Light-Emitting Devices -- 5.2. Chracterization of PDOF-MEHPV Light-Emitting Devices -- 6. Electric Current in PDOF-MEHPV Suspensions -- 7. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- CHAPTER 14 WAY OF ROLL-TO-ROLL PRINTED 13.56 MHzOPERATED RFID TAGS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Matrerials, Substrates and R2R Printer -- 2.1. Conducting Silver Ink -- 2.2. Dielectric Ink -- 2.3. Semiconductive Ink -- 2.4. Substrate -- 2.5. R2R Gravure -- 3. R2R Gravure Printed Circuits on PET Foils -- 3.1. R2R Gravure Printed p-Channel SWNT-TFTs for Circuit Design Simulations -- 3.2. 2R Gravure Printed Inverters -- 3.3. R2R Gravure Printed Ring Oscillators -- 3.4. R2R Gravure Printed D Flip-Flop -- 4. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- CHAPTER 15 PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION OF POLYMER THIN FILMS AND ITS APPLICATION TO ORGANIC DEVICES -- 1. Introduction -- 2. PVD of Polymer Thin Films.

3. Direct Evaporation of Polymers.