Transparent Electronics

The challenge for producing "invisible" electronic
circuitry and opto-electronic devices is that the transistor
materials must be transparent to visible light yet have good
carrier mobilities. This requires a special class of materials
having "contra-indicated properties" because from the
band structure point of view, the combination of transparency and
conductivity is contradictory.
Structured to strike a balance between introductory and advanced
topics, this monograph juxtaposes fundamental science and
technology / application issues, and essential materials
characteristics versus device architecture and practical
applications. The first section is devoted to fundamental materials
compositions and their properties, including transparent conducting
oxides, transparent oxide semiconductors, p-type wide-band-gap
semiconductors, and single-wall carbon nanotubes. The second
section deals with transparent electronic devices including
thin-film transistors, photovoltaic cells, integrated electronic
circuits, displays, sensors, solar cells, and electro-optic
devices.
Describing scientific fundamentals and recent breakthroughs such
as the first "invisible" transistor, Transparent
Electronics: From Synthesis to Applications brings together
world renowned experts from both academia, national laboratories,
and industry.

Antonio Facchetti is a research professor in the Department of Chemistry and the Materials Research Center at Northwestern University in Evanston (USA). He obtained his Laurea degree in Chemistry cum laude and a PhD in Chemical Sciences from the University of Milan (Italy). Professor Facchetti then carried out postdoctoral research at the University of California-Berkeley with Profesor Andrew Streitwieser and at Northwestern University with Professor Tobin J. Marks and in 2002 he joined Northwestern University. Professor Facchetti is a co-founder of Polyera Corporation and has published about 110 research articles and holds 23 patents. His research interests include organic semiconducting and dielectric materials, conducting polymers, molecular electronics, organic second- and third-order nonlinear optical materials, and lanthanide complexes for magnetic resonance imaging.
Professor Tobin J. Marks is Vladimir N. Ipatieff Professor of Catalytic Chemistry and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering in the Department of Chemistry and the Materials Research Center, Northwestern University. He obtained his PhD from MIT (USA). Professor Marks has received 58 named lectureships and awards, including the ACS Awards in Polymeric Materials, in Organometallic Chemistry and in Inorganic Chemistry, in the Chemistry of Materials, the Cotton Medal, the Linus Pauling Medal, the Karl Ziegler Medal of the German Chemical Society and the Frankland Medal of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Professor Marks has published over 770 research articles and holds 70 patents. He is also on the editorial boards of 9 major journals and is consultant or advisory board member for 5 corporations and start-ups. His current research interests include electronic and photonic materials, CVD, homogeneous catalysis, organometallic chemistry, mind-boggling catalytic transformations, and metal ion biochemistry.