Organic Electronics: A New Route to Low Resistance Contacts for Performance‐Enhanced Organic Electronic Devices (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 5/2014)

In the macroscopic world smart mechanical engineering is utilized to overcome potential steps. The Falkirk wheel lock system represents one of these ingenious solutions to connect waterways at different altitudes. In article 1300130, P. Schulz and co-workers employ molecular self-assembled monolayers to mitigate the energy barrier for electrons between high work function metals and n-type organic semiconductors on the nanoscale. Tailored dithiocarbamates serve as molecular gearing to align the respective energy levels at the organic/metal interface. The cover design is by Taek-Bong Kim.