Self-organized Materials for Optoelectronics

Within the International Research Training Group (IRTG) scientists from University of Mainz (Germany) and Seoul National University and Hannam University (Korea) will join to work on new materials and basic science, critically needed for optoelectronics, e.g. displays and photovoltaic solar cells.

Within this framework it is our intention to concentrate especially on the aspect of self-organized structures for the desired optoelectronic functions. This is because the self-organization allows the formation and optimization of highly ordered and oriented structures to maximize the desired optoelectronic properties, not possible with randomly structured materials.
Therefore, a number of self-organization principles, including liquid crystalline phases and block copolymers, will be used to obtain the desired functions. In this regard, one critical element is the interfacial phenomena, which underlie the most relevant device characteristics.