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Organic Molecular Crystals

Their Electronic States

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Authors:
  1. Edgar A. Silinsh

    1. Institute of Physics and Energetics, Latvian SSR, Academy of Sciences, Riga-6, USSR

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Part of the book series: Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences (SSSOL, volume 16)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages II-XVII
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  2. Introduction: Characteristic Features of Organic Molecular Crystals

    • Edgar A. Silinsh
    Pages 1-46
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  3. Electronic States of an Ideal Molecular Crystal

    • Edgar A. Silinsh
    Pages 47-138
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  4. Role of Structural Defects in the Formation of Local Electronic States in Molecular Crystals

    • Edgar A. Silinsh
    Pages 139-222
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  5. Local Trapping Centers for Excitons in Molecular Crystals

    • Edgar A. Silinsh
    Pages 223-249
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  6. Local Trapping States for Charge Carriers in Molecular Crystals

    • Edgar A. Silinsh
    Pages 250-357
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  7. Summing Up and Looking Ahead

    • Edgar A. Silinsh
    Pages 358-359
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  8. Back Matter

    Pages 360-392
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About this book

This book is based on the results of many years of experimental work by the author and his colleagues, dealing with the electronic properties of organic crystals. E. Silinsh has played a leading role in pOinting out the importance of the polarization energy by an excess carrier, in determining not only the character of the carrier mobility in organic crystals, but in determining the band gap and the nature of the all-important trapping site in these crystals. The one-electron model of electronic conductivity that has been so successful in dealing with inorganic semiconductors is singular­ ly unsuccessful in rationalizing the unusual physical properties of organic crystals. A many-body theory is required, and the experimental manifestation of this is the central role played by the crystal polarization enerqies in transferring the results obtained with the isolated molecule, to the solid. The careful studies of E. Silinsh in this field have shown tn detail how this polarization energy develops around the excess carrier (and also the hole-electron pair) sitting on a molecular site in the crystal. As with all insulators, trapping sites playa dominant role in reducing the magnitude of ~he current that can theoretically pass through the organic crystal. It is usually the case that these trapping sites are energetically distributed within the forbidden band of the crystal. For many years, an exponential distribution has shown itself to be useful and reasonably correct: However,' E.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Physics and Energetics, Latvian SSR, Academy of Sciences, Riga-6, USSR

    Edgar A. Silinsh

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Organic Molecular Crystals

  • Book Subtitle: Their Electronic States

  • Authors: Edgar A. Silinsh

  • Series Title: Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81464-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-81466-2Published: 12 February 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-81464-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0171-1873

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-4179

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 392

  • Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations

  • Additional Information: Revised translation of the original Russian edition with the title: Elektronnye sostojanija organiceskich molekuljarnych kristallov

  • Topics: Condensed Matter Physics, Organic Chemistry

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