Studies of Organic Semiconductors for 40 Years—III

Abstract

In this article the author takes upon himself the task of unrolling a local history of organic semiconductors in GERMANY. In doing so, he is well aware of the fact that describing a national development can only highlight isolated spots which are detached from the universal context. A composition of these mosaic stones to reflect the international interrelations of scientific thinking and searching, consisting always of giving and taking at the same time, can only be achieved by a synopsis of all the contributions within this series. In this connection the critical review by Pope and Swenberg¹ is worth mentioning which has solved this task for the years until 1980 in an outstanding way; a compressed update of the same authors covers the time until 1983.² A data compilation of selected experimental results may be found in Reference [85K1].