Since the discovery of highly conducting polyacetylene by Shirakawa, MacDiarmid, and
Heeger1 in 1977, π-conjugated systems have attracted much attention as futuristic materials …

This article is concerned with well-defined, nanosized polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs) and their uses in organic electronic devices. Although PAHs are generally known to …

The past couple of years have witnessed a remarkable burst in the development of organic
field-effect transistors (OFETs), with a number of organic semiconductors surpassing the …

The cost‐effective production of flexible electronic components will profit considerably from
the development of solution‐processable, organic semiconductor materials. Particular …

This critical review provides an overview on the formation of π-stacks of functional dyes in
solution, aiming to acquaint young researchers with this topical research field and to …

The nanosegregated structures of columnar, smectic and bicontinuous cubic liquid crystals
can provide well-organized, nano-and sub-nanosized 1D, 2D and 3D channels capable of …

The remarkable development of organic thin film transistors (OTFTs) has led to their
emerging use in active matrix flat-panel displays, radio frequency identification cards, and …

Discotic liquid crystals (DLCs) have been exploited in opto-electronic devices for their
advantageous properties including long-range self-assembling, self-healing, ease of …

This critical review discusses specific chemical and physicochemical requirements which
must be met for organic compounds to be considered as promising materials for applications …

Fundamentally important as models for the study of energy and charge migration in self-
organized systems, discotic liquid crystals find functional application as one-dimensional …