1940年代以来,半导体工业对无机材料进行了广泛的研究,但对有机材料尚很少了解。有机分子的种类比无机材料多得多,而具有特殊性质的新分子比新的半导体容易产生。现今,虽然大多数电子或光学器件仍是由无机材料制成,但有机材料已开始在电子学中起着愈来愈大的作用:如液晶制成的显示器,能响应化学反应电活性的金属有机化合物制成的传感器和光敏聚合物制成的光盘。用有机材料制造电子器件的研究正在形成一门新的学科——分子电子学。分子电子学研究者认为,所研制的有机材料可以取代现今固体电子学所具有的某些信息处理功 Since the 1940s, the semiconductor industry has conducted extensive research on inorganic materials, but little is known about organic materials. There are far more types of organic molecules than inorganic materials, and new molecules with special properties are easier to produce than new semiconductors. Today, although most electronic or optical devices are still made of inorganic materials, organic materials have begun to play an increasingly important role in electronics such as displays made of liquid crystal, metals that respond chemically to electroactive metals Sensors made of organic compounds and discs made of photopolymer. Research on electronic devices made of organic materials is forming a new discipline - molecular electronics. Molecular electronics researchers believe that organic materials developed can replace some of today’s solid-state electronics have the information processing power