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ECE 634

Organic Electronics

Graduate

Winter 2026

Topics

  • and general device design rules.
  • Become familiar with relevant terminology, and be able to read and understand scientific literature in the field
  • NE476 only: Become familiar with basic device design parameters and conduct a simple design analysis of a certain organic electronic device.
  • ECE634 only: Become able to survey and analyze research papers on certain relevant topics in the field
  • Introduction to OLEDs: OLED Operation Mechanism, injection, transport and emission of light. Organic heterojunction. General comparison of inorganic versus organic devices
  • Electronic Structure of Organic Molecules Atomic and Molecular Orbitals, LCAO, Bonding and anti-bondig orbitals, Orbital hybridization, HOMO and LUMO levels, Conjugated Molecules
  • Photophysics of Organic Molecules Excited states: (Absorption and emission, Singlet and triplet states), Rates of electronic transitions, Transition moment, Frank Condon Principle, Radiative and non-radiative transitions, Excited state kinetics
  • Exciton Processes in Organic Solids The Solid State: (Bonding, states of matter, amorphous & crystalline states), Excitons, Forester and Dexter energy transfer, Exciton quenching processes
  • Electronic Conduction in Organic Solids Conductivity: (carrier concentration versus mobility), Carrier generation, Hopping transport, Mobility measurements, Traps.
  • Aspects of OLED Physics and Technology Charge injection from metal contacts, Charge transport and device characteristics, Exciton formation and luminescence, OLED Efficiency, Stability and aging, RGB patterning approaches.
  • Organic Light Harvesting Devices Photoreceptor Devices, Photodetector Devices, Photovoltaic Devices: General background, device operation mechanism and characteristics, important phenomena, current challenges, recent developments
  • Organic Electronic Materials & Organic TFTs Small molecule and polymer materials for OEs. Hole and electron transport. Molecular design rules for mobility and chemical stability. OTFT operation mechanism and characteristics, important phenomena, recent developments
  • Selected Topics in Organic Electronics (if time permits) Quantum-dot OLEDs. etc.
  • Week No. Main Subject/Topics Covered during Lecture
  • >>>Course introduction 01.Introduction to OLEDs 2 02.Electronic Structure of Organic Molecules
  • 03.Photophysics of Organic Molecules
  • 04.Excitonic Processes in Organic Solids >>> Quiz 1 6 05.Electronic Conduction in Organic Solids
  • 07.Organic Light Harvesting devices
  • NE476/ECE634 – Winter 2026 – Hany Aziz 4
  • Each student will choose and read a scientific paper in the area of organic electronics that focuses on improving the performance of a certain organic electronic device.

Readings

  • NE476/ECE634 – Winter 2026 – Hany Aziz 2
    unspecified
  • Electronic Processes of Organic Crystals and Polymers
    2nd edition · unspecified
  • Essentials of Molecular Photochemistry
    unspecified
  • Organic Semiconductors
    unspecified
  • Physics of Organic Semiconductors
    unspecified
  • Organic Electronics: Materials, Manufacturing, and Applications
    1st edition · unspecified
  • Electrical transport in solids : with particular reference to organic semiconductors
    1st edition · unspecified
  • No textbook required. Lecture notes and handouts will be provided.
    unspecified
Winter 2025 · Winter 2025 – Hany Aziz 1

Topics

  • Organic molecular orbitals, conjugation, HOMO and LUMO levels
  • Photophysics, excited states and radiative/non-radiative transitions
  • Excitons and energy transfer
  • Charge generation, hopping, mobility and traps
  • OLED injection, transport, luminescence, efficiency and ageing
  • Organic photoreceptors, photodetectors and photovoltaic devices
  • Organic semiconductor materials and thin-film transistors
  • Possible quantum-dot OLEDs and conducting polymers

Readings

  • Electronic Processes of Organic Crystals and Polymers
    Pope and Swenberg · 2nd · unspecified
    Oxford, 1999; general reference.
  • Essentials of Molecular Photochemistry
    Gilbert and Baggott · unspecified
    CRC Press, 1991; general reference.
  • Organic Semiconductors
    H. Meier · unspecified
    Verlag Chemie, 1974; general reference.
  • Physics of Organic Semiconductors
    Wolfgang Brütting · 1st · unspecified
    Wiley, 2005; general reference.
  • Organic Electronics: Materials, Manufacturing, and Applications
    Hagen Klauk · 1st · unspecified
    Wiley, 2006; general reference.
  • Electrical Transport in Solids: With Particular Reference to Organic Semiconductors
    Kao · 1st · unspecified
    Pergamon, 1981; general reference.
  • No textbook is required. Lecture notes and handouts are provided.
    unspecified
Winter 2023

Topics

  • and device design concepts.
  • Become familiar with relevant terminology, and be able to read and understand scientific literature in the field
  • NE476 only: Become familiar with basic device design parameters and implement a simple design of a certain organic electronic device.
  • ECE634 only: Become able to survey and analyze research papers on certain relevant topics in the field
  • Introduction to OLEDs: OLED Operation Mechanism, injection, transport and emission of light. Organic heterojunction. General comparison of inorganic versus organic devices
  • Electronic Structure of Organic Molecules Atomic and Molecular Orbitals, LCAO, Bonding and anti-bondig orbitals, Orbital hybridization, HOMO and LUMO levels, Conjugated Molecules
  • Photophysics of Organic Molecules Excited states: (Absorption and emission, Singlet and triplet states), Rates of electronic transitions, Transition moment, Frank Condon Principle, Radiative and non-radiative transitions, Excited state kinetics
  • Exciton Processes in Organic Solids The Solid State: (Bonding, states of matter, amorphous & crystalline states), Excitons, Forester and Dexter energy transfer, Exciton quenching processes
  • Electronic Conduction in Organic Solids Conductivity: (carrier concentration versus mobility), Carrier generation, Hopping transport, Mobility measurements, Traps.
  • Aspects of OLED Physics and Technology Charge injection from metal contacts, Charge transport and device characteristics, Exciton formation and luminescence, OLED Efficiency, Stability and aging, RGB patterning approaches.
  • Organic Light Harvesting Devices Photoreceptor Devices, Photodetector Devices, Photovoltaic Devices: General background, device operation mechanism and characteristics, important phenomena, current challenges, recent developments
  • Organic Electronic Materials & Organic TFTs Small molecule and polymer materials for OEs. Hole and electron transport. Molecular design rules for mobility and chemical stability. OTFT operation mechanism and characteristics, important phenomena, recent developments
  • Selected Topics in Organic Electronics (if time permits) Quantum-dot OLEDs. Conducting polymers. Printing-based fabrication. etc.
Winter 2022

Topics

  • OLEDs
  • Electronic structure of organic molecules
  • Molecular photophysics
  • Excitons and energy transfer
  • Charge conduction in organic solids
  • OLED technology
  • Organic light-harvesting devices
  • Organic materials and thin-film transistors

Readings

  • Electronic Processes of Organic Crystals and Polymers
    Pope and Swenberg · 2nd · recommended
    Oxford, 1999
  • Essentials of Molecular Photochemistry
    Gilbert and Baggott · recommended
    CRC Press, 1991
  • Organic Semiconductors
    H. Meier · recommended
    Verlag Chemie, 1974
  • Physics of Organic Semiconductors
    Wolfgang Brütting · 1st · recommended
    Wiley, 2005
  • Organic Electronics: Materials, Manufacturing, and Applications
    Hagen Klauk · 1st · recommended
    Wiley, 2006
  • Electrical Transport in Solids: With Particular Reference to Organic Semiconductors
    Kao · 1st · recommended
    Pergamon, 1981
  • Lecture notes and handouts are provided.
    unspecified
  • ECE 634 students review approved research papers; individual papers are selected during the course.
    unspecified
Winter 2021

Topics

  • and device design concepts.
  • Become familiar with relevant terminology, and be able to read and understand scientific literature in the field
  • NE479 only: Become familiar with basic device design parameters and implement a simple design of a certain organic electronic device.
  • ECE634 only: Become able to survey and analyze research papers on certain relevant topics in the field
  • Introduction to OLEDs: OLED Operation Mechanism, injection, transport and emission of light. Organic heterojunction. General comparison of inorganic versus organic devices
  • Electronic Structure of Organic Molecules Atomic and Molecular Orbitals, LCAO, Bonding and antibondig orbitals, Orbital hybridization, HOMO and LUMO levels, Conjugated Molecules
  • Photophysics of Organic Molecules Excited states: (Absorption and emission, Singlet and triplet states), Rates of electronic transitions, Transition moment, Frank Condon Principle, Radiative and non-radiative transitions, Excited state kinetics
  • Exciton Processes in Organic Solids The Solid State: (Bonding, states of matter, amorphous & crystalline states), Excitons, Forester and Dexter energy transfer, Exciton quenching processes
  • Electronic Conduction in Organic Solids Conductivity: (carrier concentration versus mobility), Carrier generation, Hopping transport, Mobility measurements, Traps.
  • Aspects of OLED Physics and Technology Charge injection from metal contacts, Charge transport and device characteristics, Exciton formation and luminescence, OLED Efficiency, Stability and aging, RGB patterning approaches.
  • Organic Light Harvesting Devices Photoreceptor Devices, Photodetector Devices, Photovoltaic Devices: General background, device operation mechanism and characteristics, important phenomena, current challenges, recent developments
  • Organic Electronic Materials & Organic TFTs Small molecule and polymer materials for OEs. Hole and electron transport. Molecular design rules for mobility and chemical stability. OTFT operation mechanism and characteristics, important phenomena, recent developments
  • Selected Topics in Organic Electronics (if time permits) Quantum-dot OLEDs. Conducting polymers. Printing-based fabrication. etc.
Winter 2020

Topics

  • and device design concepts.
  • Become familiar with relevant terminology, and be able to read and understand scientific literature in the field
  • NE479 only: Become familiar with basic device design parameters and implement a simple design of a certain organic electronic device.
  • ECE634 only: Become able to survey and analyze research papers on certain relevant topics in the field
  • Introduction to OLEDs: OLED Operation Mechanism, injection, transport and emission of light. Organic heterojunction. General comparison of inorganic versus organic devices
  • Electronic Structure of Organic Molecules Atomic and Molecular Orbitals, LCAO, Bonding and antibondig orbitals, Orbital hybridization, HOMO and LUMO levels, Conjugated Molecules
  • Photophysics of Organic Molecules Excited states: (Absorption and emission, Singlet and triplet states), Rates of electronic transitions, Transition moment, Frank Condon Principle, Radiative and non-radiative transitions, Excited state kinetics
  • Exciton Processes in Organic Solids The Solid State: (Bonding, states of matter, amorphous & crystalline states), Excitons, Forester and Dexter energy transfer, Exciton quenching processes
  • Electronic Conduction in Organic Solids Conductivity: (carrier concentration versus mobility), Carrier generation, Hopping transport, Mobility measurements, Traps.
  • Aspects of OLED Physics and Technology Charge injection from metal contacts, Charge transport and device characteristics, Exciton formation and luminescence, OLED Efficiency, Stability and aging, RGB patterning approaches.
  • Organic Light Harvesting Devices Photoreceptor Devices, Photodetector Devices, Photovoltaic Devices: General background, device operation mechanism and characteristics, important phenomena, current challenges, recent developments
  • Organic Electronic Materials & Organic TFTs Small molecule and polymer materials for OEs. Hole and electron transport. Molecular design rules for mobility and chemical stability. OTFT operation mechanism and characteristics, important phenomena, recent developments
  • Selected Topics in Organic Electronics (if time permits) Quantum-dot OLEDs. Conducting polymers. Printing-based fabrication. etc.
Winter 2018

Topics

  • Introduction to OLEDs: OLED Operation Mechanism, injection, transport and emission of light. Organic heteojunction. General comparison of inorganic versus organic devices
  • Electronic Structure of Organic Molecules Electronic structure of atoms, Atomic and Molecular Orbitals, LCAO, Bonding and antibonding orbitals, Orbital hybridization, HOMO and LUMO levels, Conjugated Molecules
  • Photophysics of Organic Molecules Excited states: (Absorption and emission, Singlet and triplet states), Rates of electronic transitions, Transition moment, Frank Condon Principle, Radiative and non-radiative transitions, Excited state kinetics
  • Exciton Processes in Organic Solids The Solid State: (Bonding, states of matter, amorphous & crystalline states), Excitons, Forester and Dexter energy transfer, Exciton quenching processes
  • Electronic Conduction in Organic Solids Conductivity: (carrier concentration versus mobility), Carrier generation, Hopping transport, Mobility measurements, Traps.
  • Aspects of OLED Physics and Technology Charge injection from metal contacts, Charge transport and device characteristics, Exciton formation and luminescence, Stability and aging, Contrast, RGP patterning approaches.
  • Organic Light Harvesting Devices Photoreceptor Devices, Photodetector Devices, Photovoltaic Devices: General background, device operation mechanism and characteristics, important phenomena, current challenges, recent developments
  • Organic Electronic Materials and Organic TFTs Small molecule and polymer materials for OEs. Hole and electron transport. Molecular design rules for mobility and chemical stability. OTFT operation mechanism and characteristics, important phenomena, challenges, recent developments
  • Selected Topics in Organic Electronics Quantum-dot OLEDs, Conducting polymers, etc.

Readings

  • Electronic Processes of Organic Crystals and Polymers
    2nd edition · unspecified
  • Essentials of Molecular Photochemistry
    unspecified
  • Organic Semiconductors
    unspecified
  • Physics of Organic Semiconductors
    unspecified
  • Organic Electronics: Materials, Manufacturing, and Applications
    1st edition · unspecified
  • Electrical transport in solids : with particular reference to organic semiconductors
    1st edition · unspecified
  • No textbook required. Lecture notes and handouts will be provided.
    unspecified
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