Publisher's Synopsis
Edited by world–renowned experts in the field, this handbook and reference takes readers through all important aspects –– from material synthesis to fundamentals, simulation, experiment, right up to the latest technologies. As such, it provides both new entrants to the field as well as veteran researchers with a hands–on account of the major progress in recent years, while equally addressing the challenges to be faced: cutting–edge organic synthesis, high resolution microscopy, single molecule spectroscopy, and the quantum physics and chemistry of molecules at interfaces.