OPTICS, TRANSPORT AND DEVICES: SOME THEORETICAL MODELING
Mark Ratner, Alex Burin, and Geoffrey Hutchison
Department of Chemistry and Materials Research Center
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113
ABSTRACT:
Work from Tobin Marks’ laboratory has produced a series of striking advances in the
preparation, measurement, development and application of molecular strategies for electronic
and optical electronic device applications. Several of the key processes (self-assembled
electroactive layers, optimized molecular chromophores, tuning of charge flow) require
theoretical modeling. This talk will focus on the interaction among formal modeling, numerical
calculation, molecular behavior and device performance. Particular topics will include tunable
two-photon responses, injection at interfaces, light emitting efficiencies and their control.