The field of organic electronics and photonics has enjoyed tremendous progress since the discoveries in the late seventies of conducting polymers and in the late eighties of efficient electroluminescent devices based on small organic molecules or polymers. The market for organic electronics-based products is now projected to reach over $30 billion by 2015.

Yet, there is still a lack of understanding of a number of basic processes and many advances are still to be realized. For instance, at this point in time, the prediction of the room-temperature charge carrier mobilities in organic crystals or amorphous films remains a challenge; the mechanism by which charges separate in organic solar cells is unclear; and the exploitations of many opportunities offered by nanoparticles in electronics or photonics have still to be developed.

The Gordon Research Conference on “Electronic Processes in Organic Materials” will provide an ideal setting to discuss in depth these and related topics with leading scientists from academia, government, and industry. Various sessions will be devoted to the chemistry, physics, biology, materials science, optical science, nanoscience, engineering, and device fabrication of electrically-active and optically-active organic materials.