Tailoring of organic molecules and polymers has enabled the recent development of multifunctional materials such as photorefractive polymers and organic electroluminescent materials. This talk will review: (i) the development of thermally stable photorefractive polymers with infrared and their application to imaging through scattering media using holographic time-gating techniques; (ii) the fabrication of photorefractive polymer-dispersed liquid crystals; (iii) the demonstration of ultra-bright electroluminescent devices using new Al-based cathodes; (iv) the fabrication of micro-pixel arrays of organic light-emitting devices for displays; (v) the demonstration of optically pumped organic laser structures based on conjugated polymers.