The first book devoted to a systematic consideration of electronic excitations and electronic energy transfer in organic
crystalline multilayers and organics based nanostructures(quantum wells, quantum wires,
quantum dots, microcavities). The ingenious combination of organic with inorganic materials in one and the
same hybrid structure is shown to give qualitatively new opto-electronic phenomena, potentially important for
applications in nonlinear optics, light emitting devices, photovoltaic cells, lasers and so on. The book will be useful not only
for physicists but also for chemists and biologists.To help the nonspecialist reader,
three Chapters which contain a tutorial and updated introduction to the physics of electronic excitations in organic
and inorganic solids have been included.
* hybrid Frenkel-Wannier-Mott excitons
* microcavities with crystalline and disordered organics
* electronic excitation at donor-acceptor interfaces
* cold photoconductivity at donor-acceptor interface
* cummulative photovoltage
* Feorster transfer energy in microcavity
* New concepts for LEDs

Physics of Thin Films is one of the longest running continuing series in thin film science, consisting of 25 volumes since 1963. The series contains quality studies of the properties of various thin films materials and systems. In order to be able to reflect the development of today's science and to cover all modern aspects of thin films, the series, starting with Volume 20, has moved beyond the basic physics of thin films. It now addresses the most important aspects of both inorganic and organic thin films, in both their theoretical and their technological aspects.
Starting with Volume 30, the title of the series, Thin Films, is being changed to Thin Films and Nanostructures. We feel that this new title
reflects more accurately the rapidly growing inclusion of research and
development efforts on nanostructures, especially in relation to novel
solid-state device formats