Tailored Molecules for Advanced Nanomaterials and Devices: Blue & NIR-Emission, Light Absorption and Surface Protection

Optoelectronics and nanoscience take great advantage from the ability of organic, organometallic and hybrid compounds to fulfill specific needs and requirements. Organic and organometallic frameworks can be easily and judiciously engineered in order to tune the optical absorption and emission features, the electronic energy levels, the sterical hindrances and the solid state aggregation. Once a molecular framework is identified as the suitable candidate for a given application, different techniques would enable its exploitation in the form of thin/ultrathin film nanomaterial. Physical vapor deposition (PVD) is an extremely versatile technique which allows for the epitaxial growth of hybrid thin films. PVD benefits from the precise control on the deposition parameters (temperature, rate, thickness control down to few Angstrom) and contaminant-free environment (suiting high-end optoelectronics), likewise comensurate nanostructures can be prepared on given templating substrates.