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SUMMARY:Processing of Macromolecular Complex Architectures
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Natalie Stingelin\, Imperial College\nIt would not be an
  understatement to conclude that the field of organic functional materials
  has witnessed over the last two decades major developments\, resulting in
  a drastically expanded library of functionalities and vastly improved cha
 racteristics and performance of\, e.g. electronic\, photonic and/or magnet
 ic devices based on soft (macromolecular) matter. While initial progress w
 as mostly due to synthetic efforts in the form of the creation of new mole
 cular species\, enhanced regularity and/or purity\, more recently\, it has
  been new advances in the physico-chemical aspects of functional organics 
 – notably the better and expanded control of their molecular order and s
 olid state microstructure – that contributed to their increased attracti
 on and further development. Here we show on the example of organic semicon
 ductors and novel inorganic/organic molecular hybrids that a fundamental u
 nderstanding of these physico-chemical issues is critical to   realize t
 he full intrinsic potential that functional organic matter possess. Thereb
 y\, an intimately integrated approach is required involving synthesis\, pr
 ocessing and device design as we will demonstrate on the example of photo-
 charge generation in neat semiconductors\, the phase behaviour of organic 
 donor:acceptor blends for use in photovoltaic cells as well as simple solu
 tion-processed photonic structures including dielectric mirrors and wave g
 uides.
LOCATION:MXF 1 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MXF%201
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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