New Frontiers in the Chemistry and Physics of Organic Electronic and Opto-Electronic Materials

The use of organic molecules and materials for advanced device applications such as organic light-emitting diodes has become a reality in recent years and has spurred research in this field to gain insight into the fundamental processes that determine the operation of these devices. The prospect of using organic materials in nanoscale electronic circuits, in solar cells, or as part of bioorganic sensors provides numerous interesting challenges to molecular and materials design and fundamental questions to generation and transport of charges and excitons.

This Gordon Research Conference will highlight the state-of-the-art in terms of our understanding of the fundamentals of organic electronics. Leading chemists, physicists, and materials scientists will address the key challenges in the field related to charge transport and photophysical processes in organic materials and will discuss how molecular architectures and materials design can provide new and enhanced functionalities. Next to state-of-the-art organic solar cells, light emitting diodes, and transistors several new areas such as bioorganic electronics and sensing and nanoscale organic electronics and photonics will be discussed.

The 2014 Gordon Research Conference on Electronic Processes in Organic Materials will provide an ideal setting to discuss in depth these and related topics with scientists from academia, government, and industry. Various sessions will be devoted to vigorous discussions about the issues outlined above. A Gordon Research Seminar (GRS), held immediately before the conference, will provide an excellent opportunity for young researchers to integrate into the program.