Alberto Salleo

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• Tuning polymer-backbone coplanarity and conformational order to achieve high-performance printed all-polymer solar cells. Nature communications Wu, Y., Yuan, Y., Sorbelli, D., Cheng, C., Michalek, L., Cheng, H. W., Jindal, V., Zhang, S., LeCroy, G., Gomez, E. D., Milner, S. T., Salleo, A., Galli, G., Asbury, J. B., Toney, M. F., Bao, Z. 2024; 15 (1): 2170

  Abstract

  All-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs) offer improved morphological and mechanical stability compared with those containing small-molecule-acceptors (SMAs). They can be processed with a broader range of conditions, making them desirable for printing techniques. In this study, we report a high-performance polymer acceptor design based on bithiazole linker (PY-BTz) that are on par with SMAs. We demonstrate that bithiazole induces a more coplanar and ordered conformation compared to bithiophene due to the synergistic effect of non-covalent backbone planarization and reduced steric encumbrances. As a result, PY-BTz shows a significantly higher efficiency of 16.4% in comparison to the polymer acceptors based on commonly used thiophene-based linkers (i.e., PY-2T, 9.8%). Detailed analyses reveal that this improvement is associated with enhanced conjugation along the backbone and closer interchain π-stacking, resulting in higher charge mobilities, suppressed charge recombination, and reduced energetic disorder. Remarkably, an efficiency of 14.7% is realized for all-PSCs that are solution-sheared in ambient conditions, which is among the highest for devices prepared under conditions relevant to scalable printing techniques. This work uncovers a strategy for promoting backbone conjugation and planarization in emerging polymer acceptors that can lead to superior all-PSCs.

  View details for DOI 10.1038/s41467-024-46493-4

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• Charge Carrier Induced Structural Ordering And Disordering in Organic Mixed Ionic Electronic Conductors. Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) Quill, T. J., LeCroy, G., Marks, A., Hesse, S. A., Thiburce, Q., McCulloch, I., Tassone, C. J., Takacs, C. J., Giovannitti, A., Salleo, A. 2024: e2310157

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  Operational stability underpins the successful application of organic mixed ionic-electronic conductors (OMIECs) in a wide range of fields, including biosensing, neuromorphic computing, and wearable electronics. In this work, we investigate both the operation and stability of a p-type OMIEC material of various molecular weights. Electrochemical transistor measurements reveal that device operation is very stable for at least 300 charging/discharging cycles independent of molecular weight, provided the charge density is kept below the threshold where strong charge-charge interactions become likely. When electrochemically charged to higher charge densities, we observe an increase in device hysteresis and a decrease in conductivity due to a drop in the hole mobility arising from long-range microstructural disruptions. By employing operando X-ray scattering techniques, we find two regimes of polaron-induced structural changes: 1) polaron-induced structural ordering at low carrier densities, and 2) irreversible structural disordering that disrupts charge transport at high carrier densities, where charge-charge interactions are significant. These operando measurements also reveal that the transfer curve hysteresis at high carrier densities is accompanied by an analogous structural hysteresis, providing a microstructural basis for such instabilities. This work provides a mechanistic understanding of the structural dynamics and material instabilities of OMIEC materials during device operation. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.202310157

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• Tuning the Mobility of Indacenodithiophene-Based Conjugated Polymers via Coplanar Backbone Engineering CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS Ji, X., Cheng, H., Schuster, N. J., LeCroy, G. S., Zhang, S., Wu, Y., Michalek, L., Nguyen, B. T., Chiong, J. A., Schrock, M., Tomo, Y., Rech, J., Salleo, A., Gam, S., Lee, G., Tok, J., Bao, Z. 2023; 36 (1): 256-265

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c02006

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• The impact of hydrogen peroxide production in OECTs for <i>in vitro</i> applications JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C Lubrano, C., Bettucci, O., Dijk, G., Salleo, A., Giovannitti, A., Santoro, F. 2023

  View details for DOI 10.1039/d3tc02849f

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• On the Potential of Optical Nanoantennas for Visibly Transparent Solar Cells ACS PHOTONICS Qarony, W., Hossain, M., Tamang, A., Jovanov, V., Shahiduzzaman, M., Ahamed, M., Pala, R. A., Salleo, A., Tsang, Y., Knipp, D. 2023; 10 (12): 4205-4214

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acsphotonics.3c00932

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• Polaron absorption in aligned conjugated polymer films: breakdown of adiabatic treatments and going beyond the conventional mid-gap state model. Materials horizons LeCroy, G., Ghosh, R., Untilova, V., Guio, L., Stone, K. H., Brinkmann, M., Luscombe, C., Spano, F. C., Salleo, A. 2023

  Abstract

  This study provides the first experimental polarized intermolecular and intramolecular optical absorption components of field-induced polarons in regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl), rr-P3HT, a polymer semiconductor. Highly aligned rr-P3HT thin films were prepared by a high temperature shear-alignment process that orients polymer backbones along the shearing direction. rr-P3HT in-plane molecular orientation was measured by electron diffraction, and out-of-plane orientation was measured through series of synchrotron X-ray scattering techniques. Then, with molecular orientation quantified, polarized charge modulation spectroscopy was used to probe mid-IR polaron absorption in the ℏω = 0.075 - 0.75 eV range and unambiguously assign intermolecular and intramolecular optical absorption components of hole polarons in rr-P3HT. This data represents the first experimental quantification of these polarized components and allowed long-standing theoretical predictions to be compared to experimental results. The experimental data is discrepant with predictions of polaron absorption based on an adiabatic framework that works under the Born-Oppenheimer approximation, but the data is entirely consistent with a more recent nonadiabatic treatment of absorption based on a modified Holstein Hamiltonian. This nonadiabatic treatment was used to show that both intermolecular and intramolecular polaron coherence break down at length scales significantly smaller than estimated structural coherence in either direction. This strongly suggests that polaron delocalization is fundamentally limited by energetic disorder in rr-P3HT.

  View details for DOI 10.1039/d3mh01278f

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• Origins of hydrogen peroxide selectivity during oxygen reduction on organic mixed ionic-electronic conducting polymers ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Duran, A., Liang, A., Denti, I., Yu, H., Pearce, D., Marks, A., Penn, E., Treiber, J., Weaver, K., Turaski, L., Maria, I. P., Griggs, S., Chen, X., Salleo, A., Chueh, W. C., Nelson, J., Giovannitti, A., Mefford, J. 2023

  View details for DOI 10.1039/d3ee02102e

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• On the Importance of Chemical Precision in Organic Electronics: Fullerene Intercalation in Perfectly Alternating Conjugated Polymers ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS Vanderspikken, J., Liu, Z., Wu, X., Beckers, O., Moro, S., Quill, T., Liu, Q., Goossens, A., Marks, A., Weaver, K., Hamid, M., Goderis, B., Nies, E., Lemaur, V., Beljonne, D., Salleo, A., Lutsen, L., Vandewal, K., Van Mele, B., Costantini, G., Van den Brande, N., Maes, W. 2023

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adfm.202309403

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• Controlling swelling in mixed transport polymers through alkyl side-chain physical cross-linking. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Siemons, N., Pearce, D., Yu, H., Tuladhar, S. M., LeCroy, G. S., Sheelamanthula, R., Hallani, R. K., Salleo, A., McCulloch, I., Giovannitti, A., Frost, J. M., Nelson, J. 2023; 120 (35): e2306272120

  Abstract

  Semiconducting conjugated polymers bearing glycol side chains can simultaneously transport both electronic and ionic charges with high charge mobilities, making them ideal electrode materials for a range of bioelectronic devices. However, heavily glycolated conjugated polymer films have been observed to swell irreversibly when subjected to an electrochemical bias in an aqueous electrolyte. The excessive swelling can lead to the degradation of their microstructure, and subsequently reduced device performance. An effective strategy to control polymer film swelling is to copolymerize glycolated repeat units with a fraction of monomers bearing alkyl side chains, although the microscopic mechanism that constrains swelling is unknown. Here we investigate, experimentally and computationally, a series of archetypal mixed transporting copolymers with varying ratios of glycolated and alkylated repeat units. Experimentally we observe that exchanging 10% of the glycol side chains for alkyl leads to significantly reduced film swelling and an increase in electrochemical stability. Through molecular dynamics simulation of the amorphous phase of the materials, we observe the formation of polymer networks mediated by alkyl side-chain interactions. When in the presence of water, the network becomes increasingly connected, counteracting the volumetric expansion of the polymer film.

  View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.2306272120

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• Structural Study of Hydrated Organic Mixed Ionic Electronic Conductors Using Cryogenic 4D-STEM. Microscopy and microanalysis : the official journal of Microscopy Society of America, Microbeam Analysis Society, Microscopical Society of Canada Tsarfati, Y., Bustillo, K. C., Savitzky, B. H., Ophus, C., McCulloch, I., Salleo, A., Minor, A. M. 2023; 29 (Supplement_1): 264-265

  View details for DOI 10.1093/micmic/ozad067.119

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• Volumetric Electron Transfer from Metabolites to Chemically Doped Polymer Electrodes ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS Tan, S., Lee, G., Rozylowicz, K., Marks, A., Salleo, A. 2023

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adfm.202214906

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• Multiparametric Sensing of Outer Membrane Vesicle-Derived Supported Lipid Bilayers Demonstrates the Specificity of Bacteriophage Interactions. ACS biomaterials science & engineering Bali, K., McCoy, R., Lu, Z., Treiber, J., Savva, A., Kaminski, C. F., Salmond, G., Salleo, A., Mela, I., Monson, R., Owens, R. M. 2023

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  The use of bacteriophages, viruses that specifically infect bacteria, as antibiotics has become an area of great interest in recent years as the effectiveness of conventional antibiotics recedes. The detection of phage interactions with specific bacteria in a rapid and quantitative way is key for identifying phages of interest for novel antimicrobials. Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) derived from Gram-negative bacteria can be used to make supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) and therefore in vitro membrane models that contain naturally occurring components of the bacterial outer membrane. In this study, we employed Escherichia coli OMV derived SLBs and use both fluorescent imaging and mechanical sensing techniques to show their interactions with T4 phage. We also integrate these bilayers with microelectrode arrays (MEAs) functionalized with the conducting polymer PEDOT:PSS and show that the pore forming interactions of the phages with the SLBs can be monitored using electrical impedance spectroscopy. To highlight our ability to detect specific phage interactions, we also generate SLBs using OMVs derived from Citrobacter rodentium, which is resistant to T4 phage infection, and identify their lack of interaction with the phage. The work presented here shows how interactions occurring between the phages and these complex SLB systems can be monitored using a range of experimental techniques. We believe this approach can be used to identify phages that work against bacterial strains of interest, as well as more generally to monitor any pore forming structure (such as defensins) interacting with bacterial outer membranes, and thus aid in the development of next generation antimicrobials.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.3c00021

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• Role of aggregates and microstructure of mixed-ionic-electronic-conductors on charge transport in electrochemical transistors. Materials horizons LeCroy, G., Cendra, C., Quill, T. J., Moser, M., Hallani, R., Ponder, J. F., Stone, K., Kang, S. D., Liang, A. Y., Thiburce, Q., McCulloch, I., Spano, F. C., Giovannitti, A., Salleo, A. 2023

  Abstract

  Synthetic efforts have delivered a library of organic mixed ionic-electronic conductors (OMIECs) with high performance in electrochemical transistors. The most promising materials are redox-active conjugated polymers with hydrophilic side chains that reach high transconductances in aqueous electrolytes due to volumetric electrochemical charging. Current approaches to improve transconductance and device stability focus mostly on materials chemistry including backbone and side chain design. However, other parameters such as the initial microstructure and microstructural rearrangements during electrochemical charging are equally important and are influenced by backbone and side chain chemistry. In this study, we employ a polymer system to investigate the fundamental electrochemical charging mechanisms of OMIECs. We couple in situ electronic charge transport measurements and spectroelectrochemistry with ex situ X-ray scattering electrochemical charging experiments and find that polymer chains planarize during electrochemical charging. Our work shows that the most effective conductivity modulation is related to electrochemical accessibility of well-ordered, interconnected aggregates that host high mobility electronic charge carriers. Electrochemical stress cycling induces microstructural changes, but we find that these aggregates can largely maintain order, providing insights on the structural stability and reversibility of electrochemical charging in these systems. This work shows the importance of material design for creating OMIECs that undergo structural rearrangements to accommodate ions and electronic charge carriers during which percolating networks are formed for efficient electronic charge transport.

  View details for DOI 10.1039/d3mh00017f

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• Tailoring the Surface Chemistry of PEDOT:PSS to Promote Supported Lipid Bilayer Formation MACROMOLECULAR MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING Kallitsis, K., Pappa, A., Lu, Z., Alvarez-Fernandez, A., Charalambous, I., Schack, S., Traberg, W. C., Thiburce, Q., Bali, K., Christie, G., Guldin, S., Daniel, S., Salleo, A., Owens, R. M. 2023

  View details for DOI 10.1002/mame.202300038

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• Linking Phase Behavior to Performance Parameters in Non-Fullerene Acceptor Solar Cells ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS Cheng, C., Wong, S., LeCroy, G., Schneider, S., Gomez, E., Toney, M. F., Salleo, A. 2023

  View details for DOI 10.1002/aenm.202204297

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• An ordered, self-assembled nanocomposite with efficient electronic and ionic transport. Nature materials Quill, T. J., LeCroy, G., Halat, D. M., Sheelamanthula, R., Marks, A., Grundy, L. S., McCulloch, I., Reimer, J. A., Balsara, N. P., Giovannitti, A., Salleo, A., Takacs, C. J. 2023

  Abstract

  Mixed conductors-materials that can efficiently conduct both ionic and electronic species-are an important class of functional solids. Here we demonstrate an organic nanocomposite that spontaneously forms when mixing an organic semiconductor with an ionic liquid and exhibits efficient room-temperature mixed conduction. We use a polymer known to form a semicrystalline microstructure to template ion intercalation into the side-chain domains of the crystallites, which leaves electronic transport pathways intact. Thus, the resulting material is ordered, exhibiting alternating layers of rigid semiconducting sheets and soft ion-conducting layers. This unique dual-network microstructure leads to a dynamic ionic/electronic nanocomposite with liquid-like ionic transport and highly mobile electronic charges. Using a combination of operando X-ray scattering and in situ spectroscopy, we confirm the ordered structure of the nanocomposite and uncover the mechanisms that give rise to efficient electron transport. These results provide fundamental insights into charge transport in organic semiconductors, as well as suggesting a pathway towards future improvements in these nanocomposites.

  View details for DOI 10.1038/s41563-023-01476-6

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• Influence of Side Chain Interdigitation on Strain and Charge Mobility of Planar Indacenodithiophene Copolymers. ACS polymers Au Sommerville, P. J., Balzer, A. H., Lecroy, G., Guio, L., Wang, Y., Onorato, J. W., Kukhta, N. A., Gu, X., Salleo, A., Stingelin, N., Luscombe, C. K. 2023; 3 (1): 59-69

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  Indacenodithiophene (IDT) copolymers are a class of conjugated polymers that have limited long-range order and high hole mobilities, which makes them promising candidates for use in deformable electronic devices. Key to their high hole mobilities is the coplanar monomer repeat units within the backbone. Poly(indacenodithiophene-benzothiadiazole) (PIDTC16-BT) and poly(indacenodithiophene-thiapyrollodione) (PIDTC16-TPDC1) are two IDT copolymers with planar backbones, but they are brittle at low molecular weight and have unsuitably high elastic moduli. Substitution of the hexadecane (C16) side chains of the IDT monomer with isocane (C20) side chains was performed to generate a new BT-containing IDT copolymer: PIDTC20-BT. Substitution of the methyl (C1) side chain on the TPD monomer for an octyl (C8) and 6-ethylundecane (C13B) afford two new TPD-containing IDT copolymers named PIDTC16-TPDC8 and PIDTC16-TPDC13B, respectively. Both PIDTC16-TPDC8 and PIDTC16-TPDC13B are relatively well deformable, have a low yield strain, and display significantly reduced elastic moduli. These mechanical properties manifest themselves because the lengthened side chains extending from the TPD-monomer inhibit precise intermolecular ordering. In PIDTC16-BT, PIDTC20-BT and PIDTC16-TPDC1 side chain ordering can occur because the side chains are only present on the IDT subunit, but this results in brittle thin films. In contrast, PIDTC16-TPDC8 and PIDTC16-TPDC13B have disordered side chains, which seems to lead to low hole mobilities. These results suggest that disrupting the interdigitation in IDT copolymers through comonomer side chain extension leads to more ductile thin films with lower elastic moduli, but decreased hole mobility because of altered local order in the respective thin films. Our work, thus, highlights the trade-off between molecular packing structure for deformable electronic materials and provides guidance for designing new conjugated polymers for stretchable electronics.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acspolymersau.2c00034

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• Closing the loop between microstructure and charge transport in conjugated polymers by combining microscopy and simulation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Balhorn, L., MacPherson, Q., Bustillo, K. C., Takacs, C. J., Spakowitz, A. J., Salleo, A. 2022; 119 (46): e2204346119

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  A grand challenge in materials science is to identify the impact of molecular composition and structure across a range of length scales on macroscopic properties. We demonstrate a unified experimental-theoretical framework that coordinates experimental measurements of mesoscale structure with molecular-level physical modeling to bridge multiple scales of physical behavior. Here we apply this framework to understand charge transport in a semiconducting polymer. Spatially-resolved nanodiffraction in a transmission electron microscope is combined with a self-consistent framework of the polymer chain statistics to yield a detailed picture of the polymer microstructure ranging from the molecular to device relevant scale. Using these data as inputs for charge transport calculations, the combined multiscale approach highlights the underrepresented role of defects in existing transport models. Short-range transport is shown to be more chaotic than is often pictured, with the drift velocity accounting for a small portion of overall charge motion. Local transport is sensitive to the alignment and geometry of polymer chains. At longer length scales, large domains and gradual grain boundaries funnel charges preferentially to certain regions, creating inhomogeneous charge distributions. While alignment generally improves mobility, these funneling effects negatively impact mobility. The microstructure is modified in silico to explore possible design rules, showing chain stiffness and alignment to be beneficial while local homogeneity has no positive effect. This combined approach creates a flexible and extensible pipeline for analyzing multiscale functional properties and a general strategy for extending the accesible length scales of experimental and theoretical probes by harnessing their combined strengths.

  View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.2204346119

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• Influence of Side Chain Interdigitation on Strain and Charge Mobility of Planar Indacenodithiophene Copolymers ACS POLYMERS AU Sommerville, P. W., Balzer, A. H., Lecroy, G., Guio, L., Wang, Y., Onorato, J. W., Kukhta, N. A., Gu, X., Salleo, A., Stingelin, N., Luscombe, C. K. 2022

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acspolymersau.2c00034

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• Wafer-scale microfabrication of flexible organic electrochemical transistors FLEXIBLE AND PRINTED ELECTRONICS Thiburce, Q., Melosh, N., Salleo, A. 2022; 7 (3)

  View details for DOI 10.1088/2058-8585/ac808a

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• Impact of Side Chain Hydrophilicity on Packing, Swelling and Ion Interactions in Oxy-bithiophene Semiconductors. Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) Siemons, N., Pearce, D., Cendra, C., Yu, H., Tuladhar, S. M., Hallani, R. K., Sheelamanthula, R., LeCroy, G. S., Siemons, L., White, A. J., Mcculloch, I., Salleo, A., Frost, J. M., Giovannitti, A., Nelson, J. 2022: e2204258

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  Exchanging hydrophobic alkyl-based side chains to hydrophilic glycol-based side chains is a widely adopted method for improving mixed-transport device performance, despite the impact on solid state packing and polymer-electrolyte interactions being poorly understood. Presented here is a Molecular Dynamics (MD) force field for modelling alkoxylated and glycolated polythiophenes. The force field is validated against known packing motifs for their monomer crystals. MD simulations, coupled with X-ray Diffraction (XRD), show that alkoxylated polythiophenes will pack with a 'tilted stack' and straight interdigitating side chains, whilst their glycolated counterpart will pack with a 'deflected stack' and an s-bend side chain configuration. MD simulations reveal water penetration pathways into the alkoxylated and glycolated crystals - through the pi-stack and through the lamellar stack respectively. Finally, the two distinct ways tri-ethylene glycol polymers can bind to cations are revealed, showing the formation of a meta-stable single bound state, or an energetically deep double bound state, both with a strong side chain length dependance. The minimum energy pathways for the formation of the chelates are identified, showing the physical process through which cations can bind to one or two side chains of a glycolated polythiophene, with consequences for ion transport in bithiophene semiconductors. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.202204258

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• Simultaneous Performance and Stability Improvement of a p-Type Organic Electrochemical Transistor through Additives CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS Castillo, T., Moser, M., Cendra, C., Nayak, P., Salleo, A., McCulloch, I., Inal, S. 2022

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c00632

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• Conjugated polymers for microwave applications: untethered sensing platforms and multifunctional devices. Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) Tan, S. T., Giovannitti, A., Marks, A., Moser, M., Quill, T. J., McCulloch, I., Salleo, A., Bonacchini, G. E. 2022: e2202994

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  In the past two decades, organic electronic materials have enabled and accelerated a large and diverse set of technologies, from energy harvesting devices and electro-mechanical actuators, to flexible and printed (opto)electronic circuitry. Among organic (semi)conductors, mixed ionic-electron conductors (OMIECs) are now at the center of renewed interest in organic electronics, as they are key drivers of recent developments in the fields of bioelectronics, energy storage, and neuromorphic computing. However, due to the relatively slow switching dynamics of organic electronics, their application in microwave technology, until recently, has been overlooked. Nonetheless, other unique properties of OMIECs, such as their substantial electrochemical tunability, charge modulation range and processability, make this field of use ripe with opportunities. In this work, we demonstrate the use of a series of solution-processed intrinsic OMIECs to actively tune the properties of metamaterial-inspired microwave devices, including an untethered bioelectrochemical sensing platform that requires no external power, and a tunable resonating structure with independent amplitude- and frequency-modulation. These devices showcase the considerable potential of OMIEC-based metadevices in autonomous bioelectronics and reconfigurable microwave optics. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.202202994

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• Tuning Organic Electrochemical Transistor Threshold Voltage using Chemically Doped Polymer Gates. Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) Tan, S. T., Lee, G., Denti, I., LeCroy, G., Rozylowicz, K., Marks, A., Griggs, S., McCulloch, I., Giovannitti, A., Salleo, A. 2022: e2202359

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  Organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) have shown promise as transducers and amplifiers of minute electronic potentials due to their large transconductances. Tuning OECT threshold voltage is important to achieve low-powered devices with amplification properties within the desired operational voltage range. However, traditional design approaches have struggled to decouple channel and materials properties from threshold voltage, thereby compromising on several other OECT performance metrics such as electrochemical stability, transconductance, and dynamic range. In this work, we utilize simple solution processing methods to chemically dope polymer gate electrodes, thereby controlling their work function, which in turn tunes the operation voltage range of OECTs without perturbing their channel properties. Chemical doping of initially air-sensitive polymer electrodes further improves their electrochemical stability in ambient conditions. Thus, we demonstrate, for the first time, OECTs which are simultaneously low-powered and electrochemically resistant to oxidative side reactions at ambient conditions. This approach shows that threshold voltage, which was once interwoven with other OECT properties, can in fact be an independent design parameter, expanding the design space of OECTs. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.202202359

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• Enhancing and Extinguishing the Different Emission Features of 2D (EA(1-)(x)FA(x))(4)Pb3Br10 Perovskite Films ADVANCED OPTICAL MATERIALS Kennard, R. M., Dahlman, C. J., Morgan, E. E., Chung, J., Cotts, B. L., Kincaid, J. A., DeCrescent, R. A., Stone, K. H., Panuganti, S., Mohtashami, Y., Mao, L., Schaller, R. D., Salleo, A., Kanatzidis, M. G., Schuller, J. A., Seshadri, R., Chabinyc, M. L. 2022

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adom.202200547

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• Efficient Electronic Tunneling Governs Transport in Conducting Polymer-Insulator Blends. Journal of the American Chemical Society Keene, S. T., Michaels, W., Melianas, A., Quill, T. J., Fuller, E. J., Giovannitti, A., McCulloch, I., Talin, A. A., Tassone, C. J., Qin, J., Troisi, A., Salleo, A. 2022

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  Electronic transport models for conducting polymers (CPs) and blends focus on the arrangement of conjugated chains, while the contributions of the nominally insulating components to transport are largely ignored. In this work, an archetypal CP blend is used to demonstrate that the chemical structure of the non-conductive component has a substantial effect on charge carrier mobility. Upon diluting a CP with excess insulator, blends with as high as 97.4 wt % insulator can display carrier mobilities comparable to some pure CPs such as polyaniline and low regioregularity P3HT. In this work, we develop a single, multiscale transport model based on the microstructure of the CP blends, which describes the transport properties for all dilutions tested. The results show that the high carrier mobility of primarily insulator blends results from the inclusion of aromatic rings, which facilitate long-range tunneling (up to ca. 3 nm) between isolated CP chains. This tunneling mechanism calls into question the current paradigm used to design CPs, where the solubilizing or ionically conducting component is considered electronically inert. Indeed, optimizing the participation of the nominally insulating component in electronic transport may lead to enhanced electronic mobility and overall better performance in CPs.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/jacs.2c02139

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• Critical analysis of self-doping and water-soluble n-type organic semiconductors: structures and mechanisms JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C Cowen, L. M., Gilhooly-Finn, P. A., Giovannitti, A., LeCroy, G., Demetriou, H., Neal, W., Dong, Y., Westwood, M., Luong, S., Fenwick, O., Salleo, A., Heutz, S., Nielsen, C. B., Schroeder, B. C. 2022

  View details for DOI 10.1039/d2tc01108e

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• Understanding electrochemical properties of supported lipid bilayers interfaced with organic electronic devices JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C Lu, Z., van Niekerk, D., Savva, A., Kallitsis, K., Thiburce, Q., Salleo, A., Pappa, A., Owens, R. M. 2022

  View details for DOI 10.1039/d2tc00826b

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• Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conduction, a Multifunctional Property in Organic Conductors. Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) Tan, S. T., Gumyusenge, A., Quill, T. J., LeCroy, G. S., Bonacchini, G. E., Denti, I., Salleo, A. 2022: e2110406

  Abstract

  Organic mixed ionic-electronic conductors (OMIECs) have gained recent interest and rapid development due to their versatility in diverse applications ranging from sensing, actuation and computation to energy harvesting/storage, and information transfer. Their multifunctional properties arise from their ability to simultaneously participate in redox reactions as well as modulation of ionic and electronic charge density throughout the bulk of the material. Most importantly, the ability to access charge states with deep modulation through a large extent of its density of states and physical volume of the material enables OMIEC-based devices to display exciting new characteristics and opens up new degrees of freedom in device design. Leveraging the infinite possibilities of the organic synthetic toolbox, this perspective highlights several chemical and structural design approaches to modify OMIECs' properties important in device applications such as electronic and ionic conductivity, color, modulus, etc. Additionally, the ability for OMIECs to respond to external stimuli and transduce signals to myriad types of outputs has accelerated their development in smart systems. This perspective further illustrates how various stimuli such as electrical, chemical, and optical inputs fundamentally change OMIECs' properties dynamically and how these changes can be utilized in device applications.

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• Beyond Tristimulus Color Vision with Perovskite-Based Multispectral Sensors. ACS applied materials & interfaces Qarony, W., Khan, H. A., Hossain, M. I., Kozawa, M., Salleo, A., Hardeberg, J. Y., Fujiwara, H., Tsang, Y. H., Knipp, D. 2022

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  In this study, optical multispectral sensors based on perovskite semiconductors have been proposed, simulated, and characterized. The perovskite material system combined with the 3D vertical integration of the sensor channels allow for realizing sensors with high sensitivities and a high spectral resolution. The sensors can be applied in several emerging areas, including biomedical imaging, surveillance, complex motion planning of autonomous robots or vehicles, artificial intelligence, and agricultural applications. The sensor elements can be vertically integrated on a readout electronic to realize sensor arrays and multispectral digital cameras. In this study, three- and six-channel vertically stacked perovskite sensors are optically designed, electromagnetically simulated, and colorimetrically characterized to evaluate the color reproduction. The proposed sensors allow for the implementation of snapshot cameras with high sensitivity. The proposed sensor is compared to other sensor technologies in terms of sensitivity and selectivity.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acsami.1c25095

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• High-Performance Humidity Sensing in pi-Conjugated Molecular Assemblies through the Engineering of Electron/Proton Transport and Device Interfaces. Journal of the American Chemical Society Turetta, N., Stoeckel, M., Furlan de Oliveira, R., Devaux, F., Greco, A., Cendra, C., Gullace, S., Gicevicius, M., Chattopadhyay, B., Liu, J., Schweicher, G., Sirringhaus, H., Salleo, A., Bonn, M., Backus, E. H., Geerts, Y. H., Samori, P. 2022

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  The development of systems capable of responding to environmental changes, such as humidity, requires the design and assembly of highly sensitive and efficiently transducing elements. Such a challenge can be mastered only by disentangling the role played by each component of the responsive system, thus ultimately achieving high performance by optimizing the synergistic contribution of all functional elements. Here, we designed and synthesized a novel [1]benzothieno[3,2-b][1]benzothiophene derivative equipped with hydrophilic oligoethylene glycol lateral chains (OEG-BTBT) that can electrically transduce subtle changes in ambient humidity with high current ratios (>104) at low voltages (2 V), reaching state-of-the-art performance. Multiscale structural, spectroscopical, and electrical characterizations were employed to elucidate the role of each device constituent, viz., the active material's BTBT core and OEG side chains, and the device interfaces. While the BTBT molecular core promotes the self-assembly of (semi)conducting crystalline films, its OEG side chains are prone to adsorb ambient moisture. These chains act as hotspots for hydrogen bonding with atmospheric water molecules that locally dissociate when a bias voltage is applied, resulting in a mixed electronic/protonic long-range conduction throughout the film. Due to the OEG-BTBT molecules' orientation with respect to the surface and structural defects within the film, water molecules can access the humidity-sensitive sites of the SiO2 substrate surface, whose hydrophilicity can be tuned for an improved device response. The synergistic chemical engineering of materials and interfaces is thus key for designing highly sensitive humidity-responsive electrical devices whose mechanism relies on the interplay of electron and proton transport.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/jacs.1c10119

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• Impedance sensing of antibiotic interactions with a pathogenic E. coli outer membrane supported bilayer. Biosensors & bioelectronics Ghosh, S., Mohamed, Z., Shin, J., Bint E Naser, S. F., Bali, K., Dorr, T., Owens, R. M., Salleo, A., Daniel, S. 2022; 204: 114045

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  Antibiotic resistance is a growing global health concern due to the decreasing number of antibiotics available for therapeutic use as more drug-resistant bacteria develop. Changes in the membrane properties of Gram-negative bacteria can influence their response to antibiotics and give rise to resistance. Thus, understanding the interactions between the bacterial membrane and antibiotics is important for elucidating microbial membrane properties to use for designing novel antimicrobial drugs. To study bacterial membrane-antibiotic interactions, we created a surface-supported planar bacterial outer membrane model on an optically-transparent, conducting polymer surface (poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS)). This model enables membrane characterization using fluorescence microscopy and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The membrane platform is fabricated using outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) isolated from clinically relevant Gram-negative bacteria, enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. This approach enables us to mimic the native components of the bacterial membrane by incorporating native lipids, membrane proteins, and lipopolysaccharides. Using EIS, we determined membrane impedance and captured membrane-antibiotic interactions using the antibiotics polymyxin B, bacitracin, and meropenem. This sensor platform incorporates aspects of the biological complexity found in bacterial outer membranes and, by doing so, offers a powerful, biomimetic approach to the study of antimicrobial drug interactions.

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.bios.2022.114045

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• Nanoscopic Electrolyte-Gated Vertical Organic Transistors with Low Operation Voltage and Five Orders of Magnitude Switching Range for Neuromorphic Systems. Nano letters Eckel, C., Lenz, J., Melianas, A., Salleo, A., Weitz, R. T. 1800

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  Electrolyte-gated organic transistors (EGOTs) are promising candidates as a new class of neuromorphic devices in hardware-based artificial neural networks that can outperform their complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) counterparts regarding processing speed and energy consumption. Several ways in which to implement such networks exist, two prominent methods of which can be implemented by nanoscopic vertical EGOTs, as we show here. First, nanoscopic vertical electrolyte-gated transistors with a donor-acceptor diketopyrrolopyrrole-terthiophene polymer as an active material can be used to reversibly switch the channel conductivity over five orders of magnitude (3.8 nS to 392 muS) and perform switching at low operation voltages down to -1 mV. Second, nanoscopic EGOTs can also mimic fundamental synaptic functions, and we show an interconnection of up to three transistors, highlighting the possibility to emulate biological nerve cells.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c03832

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• Quantifying Polaron Mole Fractions and Interpreting Spectral Changes in Molecularly Doped Conjugated Polymers ADVANCED ELECTRONIC MATERIALS Moule, A. J., Gonel, G., Murrey, T. L., Ghosh, R., Saska, J., Shevchenko, N. E., Denti, I., Fergerson, A. S., Talbot, R. M., Yacoub, N. L., Mascal, M., Salleo, A., Spano, F. C. 2021

  View details for DOI 10.1002/aelm.202100888

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• Conjugated polymers with controllable interfacial order and energetics enable tunable heterojunctions in organic and colloidal quantum dot photovoltaics JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A Zhong, Y., Kirmani, A. R., Lan, X., Carpenter, J., Chew, A., Awartani, O., Yu, L., Niazi, M. R., Voznyy, O., Hu, H., Ndjawa, G., Tietze, M. L., Salleo, A., Ade, H., Sargent, E. H., Amassian, A. 2021

  View details for DOI 10.1039/d1ta09544g

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• Organic neuromorphic electronics for sensorimotor integration and learning in robotics. Science advances Krauhausen, I., Koutsouras, D. A., Melianas, A., Keene, S. T., Lieberth, K., Ledanseur, H., Sheelamanthula, R., Giovannitti, A., Torricelli, F., Mcculloch, I., Blom, P. W., Salleo, A., van de Burgt, Y., Gkoupidenis, P. 2021; 7 (50): eabl5068

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  View details for DOI 10.1126/sciadv.abl5068

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• High-Speed Ionic Synaptic Memory Based on 2D Titanium Carbide MXene ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS Melianas, A., Kang, M., VahidMohammadi, A., Quill, T., Tian, W., Gogotsi, Y., Salleo, A., Hamedi, M. 2021

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adfm.202109970

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• Detection of Ganglioside-Specific Toxin Binding with Biomembrane-Based Bioelectronic Sensors. ACS applied bio materials Bint E Naser, S. F., Su, H., Liu, H. Y., Manzer, Z. A., Chao, Z., Roy, A., Pappa, A. M., Salleo, A., Owens, R. M., Daniel, S. 2021; 4 (11): 7942-7950

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  Gangliosides, glycolipids that are abundant in the plasma membrane outer leaflet, play an integral role in cellular recognition, adhesion, and infection by interacting with different endogenous molecules, viruses, and toxins. Model membrane systems, such as ganglioside-enriched supported lipid bilayers (SLBs), present a useful tool for sensing, characterizing, and quantifying such interactions. In this work, we report the formation of ganglioside GM1-rich SLBs on conducting polymer electrodes using a solvent-assisted lipid bilayer assembly method to investigate changes in membrane electrical properties upon binding of the B subunit of cholera toxin. The sensing capabilities of our platform were investigated by varying both the receptor and the toxin concentrations in the system as well as using a complex sample (milk contaminated with the toxin) and monitoring the changes in the electrical properties of the membrane. Our work highlights the potential of such conducting polymer-supported biomembrane-based platforms for detecting the toxins within a complex environment, studying ganglioside-specific biomolecular interactions with toxins and screening inhibitory molecules to prevent these interactions.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acsabm.1c00878

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• Detection of Ganglioside-Specific Toxin Binding with Biomembrane-Based Bioelectronic Sensors ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS Naser, S. E., Su, H., Liu, H., Manzer, Z. A., Chao, Z., Roy, A., Pappa, A., Salleo, A., Owens, R. M., Daniel, S. 2021; 4 (11): 7942-7950

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acsabm.1c00878

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• Reversible photochromic and photoluminescence in iodide perovskites THIN SOLID FILMS Qarony, W., Hossain, M., Hossain, M., Zeng, L., Ma, S., Yu, K., Salleo, A., Knipp, D., Yip, C., Tsang, Y. 2021; 737

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.tsf.2021.138950

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• Improving molecular alignment and charge percolation in semiconducting polymer films with highly localized electronic states through tailored thermal annealing JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C Luzio, A., Martin, J., Cheng, C. H., Stingelin, N., Toney, M. F., Salleo, A., Caironi, M. 2021

  View details for DOI 10.1039/d1tc03907e

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• Functional Infectious Nanoparticle Detector: Finding Viruses by Detecting Their Host Entry Functions Using Organic Bioelectronic Devices. ACS nano Tang, T., Savva, A., Traberg, W. C., Xu, C., Thiburce, Q., Liu, H., Pappa, A., Martinelli, E., Withers, A., Cornelius, M., Salleo, A., Owens, R. M., Daniel, S. 2021

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  Emerging viruses will continue to be a threat to human health and wellbeing into the foreseeable future. The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the necessity for rapid viral sensing and inhibitor screening in mitigating viral spread and impact. Here, we present a platform that uses a label-free electronic readout as well as a dual capability of optical (fluorescence) readout to sense the ability of a virus to bind and fuse with a host cell membrane, thereby sensing viral entry. This approach introduces a hitherto unseen level of specificity by distinguishing fusion-competent viruses from fusion-incompetent viruses. The ability to discern between competent and incompetent viruses means that this device could also be used for applications beyond detection, such as screening antiviral compounds for their ability to block virus entry mechanisms. Using optical means, we first demonstrate the ability to recapitulate the entry processes of influenza virus using a biomembrane containing the viral receptor that has been functionalized on a transparent organic bioelectronic device. Next, we detect virus membrane fusion, using the same, label-free devices. Using both reconstituted and native cell membranes as materials to functionalize organic bioelectronic devices, configured as electrodes and transistors, we measure changes in membrane properties when virus fusion is triggered by a pH drop, inducing hemagglutinin to undergo a conformational change that leads to membrane fusion.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acsnano.1c06813

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• Unraveling the Unconventional Order of a High-Mobility Indacenodithiophene-Benzothiadiazole Copolymer. ACS macro letters Cendra, C., Balhorn, L., Zhang, W., O'Hara, K., Bruening, K., Tassone, C. J., Steinrück, H. G., Liang, M., Toney, M. F., McCulloch, I., Chabinyc, M. L., Salleo, A., Takacs, C. J. 2021; 10 (10): 1306-1314

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  A new class of donor-acceptor (D-A) copolymers found to produce high charge carrier mobilities competitive with amorphous silicon (>1 cm2 V-1 s-1) exhibit the puzzling microstructure of substantial local order, however lacking long-range order and crystallinity previously deemed necessary for achieving high mobility. Here, we demonstrate the application of low-dose transmission electron microscopy to image and quantify the nanoscale and mesoscale organization of an archetypal D-A copolymer across areas comparable to electronic devices (≈9 μm2). The local structure is spatially resolved by mapping the backbone (001) spacing reflection, revealing nanocrystallites of aligned polymer chains throughout nearly the entire film. Analysis of the nanoscale structure of its ordered domains suggests significant short- and medium-range order and preferential grain boundary orientations. Moreover, we provide insights into the rich, interconnected mesoscale organization of this new family of D-A copolymers by analysis of the local orientational spatial autocorrelations.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acsmacrolett.1c00547

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• Unraveling the Unconventional Order of a High-Mobility Indacenodithiophene-Benzothiadiazole Copolymer ACS MACRO LETTERS Cendra, C., Balhorn, L., Zhang, W., O'Hara, K., Bruening, K., Tassone, C. J., Steinrueck, H., Liang, M., Toney, M. F., McCulloch, I., Chabinyc, M. L., Salleo, A., Takacs, C. J. 2021; 10 (10): 1306-1314

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acsmacrolett.1c00547

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• Redox-Active Polymers Designed for the Circular Economy of Energy Storage Devices ACS ENERGY LETTERS Tan, S., Quill, T. J., Moser, M., LeCroy, G., Chen, X., Wu, Y., Takacs, C. J., Salleo, A., Giovannitti, A. 2021; 6 (10): 3450-3457

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acsenergylett.1c01625

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• Growth-Controlled Broad Emission in Phase-Pure Two-Dimensional Hybrid Perovskite Films CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS Kennard, R. M., Dahlman, C. J., Chung, J., Cotts, B. L., Mikhailovsky, A. A., Mao, L., DeCrescent, R. A., Stone, K. H., Venkatesan, N. R., Mohtashami, Y., Assadi, S., Salleo, A., Schuller, J. A., Seshadri, R., Chabinyc, M. L. 2021; 33 (18): 7290-7300

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c01641

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• Ion Pair Uptake in Ion Gel Devices Based on Organic Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conductors ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS Quill, T. J., LeCroy, G., Melianas, A., Rawlings, D., Thiburce, Q., Sheelamanthula, R., Cheng, C., Tuchman, Y., Keene, S. T., McCulloch, I., Segalman, R. A., Chabinyc, M. L., Salleo, A. 2021

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adfm.202104301

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• Band-Gap-Engineered Transparent Perovskite Solar Modules to Combine Photovoltaics with Photosynthesis. ACS applied materials & interfaces Weng, S., Tamang, A., Salleo, A., Fujiwara, H., Nakamura, M., Zhang, Y., Knipp, D. 2021

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  A hybrid energy harvesting system that simultaneously generates electrical energy and chemical energy with an increased overall energy conversion efficiency is designed. A photovoltaic system together with photosynthesis-executing plants forms the system. The photosynthesis-executing plants are placed directly behind or under the solar cells, but the presence of the solar cells does not affect the photosynthesis process of the plant. The spectral characteristics of the solar cells are tuned to allow for optimal plant growth. To achieve the required spectral absorption, the solar cells are tailored by using a high-band-gap (1.95 eV) mixed-halide perovskite. A guide on how to achieve an efficient hybrid energy-harvesting system is introduced. Furthermore, the suggested solar module enables a simple manufacturing process, which is consistent with the fabrication of most thin-film solar modules.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acsami.1c08367

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• Operation mechanism of organic electrochemical transistors as redox chemical transducers JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C Tan, S., Keene, S., Giovannitti, A., Melianas, A., Moser, M., McCulloch, I., Salleo, A. 2021

  View details for DOI 10.1039/d1tc02224e

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• Electronic Doping and Enhancement of n-Channel Polycrystalline OFET Performance through Gate Oxide Modifications with Aminosilanes ADVANCED MATERIALS INTERFACES Shin, N., Schellhammer, K., Lee, M., Zessin, J., Hambsch, M., Salleo, A., Ortmann, F., Mannsfeld, S. B. 2021

  View details for DOI 10.1002/admi.202100320

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• A Stacked Hybrid Organic/Inorganic Electrochemical Random-Access Memory for Scalable Implementation ADVANCED ELECTRONIC MATERIALS Tuchman, Y., Quill, T. J., LeCroy, G., Salleo, A. 2021

  View details for DOI 10.1002/aelm.202100426

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• Controlling Electrochemically Induced Volume Changes in Conjugated Polymers by Chemical Design: from Theory to Devices ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS Moser, M., Gladisch, J., Ghosh, S., Hidalgo, T., Ponder, J. F., Sheelamanthula, R., Thiburce, Q., Gasparini, N., Wadsworth, A., Salleo, A., Inal, S., Berggren, M., Zozoulenko, I., Stavrinidou, E., McCulloch, I. 2021

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adfm.202100723

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• Dynamic lattice distortions driven by surface trapping in semiconductor nanocrystals. Nature communications Guzelturk, B., Cotts, B. L., Jasrasaria, D., Philbin, J. P., Hanifi, D. A., Koscher, B. A., Balan, A. D., Curling, E., Zajac, M., Park, S., Yazdani, N., Nyby, C., Kamysbayev, V., Fischer, S., Nett, Z., Shen, X., Kozina, M. E., Lin, M., Reid, A. H., Weathersby, S. P., Schaller, R. D., Wood, V., Wang, X., Dionne, J. A., Talapin, D. V., Alivisatos, A. P., Salleo, A., Rabani, E., Lindenberg, A. M. 2021; 12 (1): 1860

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  Nonradiative processes limit optoelectronic functionality of nanocrystals and curb their device performance. Nevertheless, the dynamic structural origins of nonradiative relaxations in such materials are not understood. Here, femtosecond electron diffraction measurements corroborated by atomistic simulations uncover transient lattice deformations accompanying radiationless electronic processes in colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals. Investigation of the excitation energy dependence in a core/shell system shows that hot carriers created by a photon energy considerably larger than the bandgap induce structural distortions at nanocrystal surfaces on few picosecond timescales associated with the localization of trapped holes. On the other hand, carriers created by a photon energy close to the bandgap of the core in the same system result in transient lattice heating that occurs on a much longer 200 picosecond timescale, dominated by an Auger heating mechanism. Elucidation of the structural deformations associated with the surface trapping of hot holes provides atomic-scale insights into the mechanisms deteriorating optoelectronic performance and a pathway towards minimizing these losses in nanocrystal devices.

  View details for DOI 10.1038/s41467-021-22116-0

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• High-Gain Chemically Gated Organic Electrochemical Transistor ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS Tan, S., Giovannitti, A., Melianas, A., Moser, M., Cotts, B. L., Singh, D., McCulloch, I., Salleo, A. 2021

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adfm.202010868

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• Electrolyte-gated transistors for enhanced performance bioelectronics. Nature reviews. Methods primers Torricelli, F., Adrahtas, D. Z., Bao, Z., Berggren, M., Biscarini, F., Bonfiglio, A., Bortolotti, C. A., Frisbie, C. D., Macchia, E., Malliaras, G. G., McCulloch, I., Moser, M., Nguyen, T., Owens, R. M., Salleo, A., Spanu, A., Torsi, L. 2021; 1

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  Electrolyte-gated transistors (EGTs), capable of transducing biological and biochemical inputs into amplified electronic signals and stably operating in aqueous environments, have emerged as fundamental building blocks in bioelectronics. In this Primer, the different EGT architectures are described with the fundamental mechanisms underpinning their functional operation, providing insight into key experiments including necessary data analysis and validation. Several organic and inorganic materials used in the EGT structures and the different fabrication approaches for an optimal experimental design are presented and compared. The functional bio-layers and/or biosystems integrated into or interfaced to EGTs, including self-organization and self-assembly strategies, are reviewed. Relevant and promising applications are discussed, including two-dimensional and three-dimensional cell monitoring, ultra-sensitive biosensors, electrophysiology, synaptic and neuromorphic bio-interfaces, prosthetics and robotics. Advantages, limitations and possible optimizations are also surveyed. Finally, current issues and future directions for further developments and applications are discussed.

  View details for DOI 10.1038/s43586-021-00065-8

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• Materials Strategies for Organic Neuromorphic Devices ANNUAL REVIEW OF MATERIALS RESEARCH, VOL 51, 2021 Gumyusenge, A., Melianas, A., Keene, S. T., Salleo, A., Clarke, D. R. 2021; 51: 47-71

  View details for DOI 10.1146/annurev-matsci-080619-111402

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• Altered heparan sulfate metabolism during development triggers dopamine-dependent autistic-behaviours in models of lysosomal storage disorders. Nature communications De Risi, M., Tufano, M., Alvino, F. G., Ferraro, M. G., Torromino, G., Gigante, Y., Monfregola, J., Marrocco, E., Pulcrano, S., Tunisi, L., Lubrano, C., Papy-Garcia, D., Tuchman, Y., Salleo, A., Santoro, F., Bellenchi, G. C., Cristino, L., Ballabio, A., Fraldi, A., De Leonibus, E. 2021; 12 (1): 3495

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  Lysosomal storage disorders characterized by altered metabolism of heparan sulfate, including Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) III and MPS-II, exhibit lysosomal dysfunctions leading to neurodegeneration and dementia in children. In lysosomal storage disorders, dementia is preceded by severe and therapy-resistant autistic-like symptoms of unknown cause. Using mouse and cellular models of MPS-IIIA, we discovered that autistic-like behaviours are due to increased proliferation of mesencephalic dopamine neurons originating during embryogenesis, which is not due to lysosomal dysfunction, but to altered HS function. Hyperdopaminergia and autistic-like behaviours are corrected by the dopamine D1-like receptor antagonist SCH-23390, providing a potential alternative strategy to the D2-like antagonist haloperidol that has only minimal therapeutic effects in MPS-IIIA. These findings identify embryonic dopaminergic neurodevelopmental defects due to altered function of HS leading to autistic-like behaviours in MPS-II and MPS-IIIA and support evidence showing that altered HS-related gene function is causative of autism.

  View details for DOI 10.1038/s41467-021-23903-5

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• In situ Parallel Training of Analog Neural Network Using Electrochemical Random-Access Memory. Frontiers in neuroscience Li, Y., Xiao, T. P., Bennett, C. H., Isele, E., Melianas, A., Tao, H., Marinella, M. J., Salleo, A., Fuller, E. J., Talin, A. A. 2021; 15: 636127

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  In-memory computing based on non-volatile resistive memory can significantly improve the energy efficiency of artificial neural networks. However, accurate in situ training has been challenging due to the nonlinear and stochastic switching of the resistive memory elements. One promising analog memory is the electrochemical random-access memory (ECRAM), also known as the redox transistor. Its low write currents and linear switching properties across hundreds of analog states enable accurate and massively parallel updates of a full crossbar array, which yield rapid and energy-efficient training. While simulations predict that ECRAM based neural networks achieve high training accuracy at significantly higher energy efficiency than digital implementations, these predictions have not been experimentally achieved. In this work, we train a 3 * 3 array of ECRAM devices that learns to discriminate several elementary logic gates (AND, OR, NAND). We record the evolution of the network's synaptic weights during parallel in situ (on-line) training, with outer product updates. Due to linear and reproducible device switching characteristics, our crossbar simulations not only accurately simulate the epochs to convergence, but also quantitatively capture the evolution of weights in individual devices. The implementation of the first in situ parallel training together with strong agreement with simulation results provides a significant advance toward developing ECRAM into larger crossbar arrays for artificial neural network accelerators, which could enable orders of magnitude improvements in energy efficiency of deep neural networks.

  View details for DOI 10.3389/fnins.2021.636127

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• How is flexible electronics advancing neuroscience research? Biomaterials Chen, Y., Rommelfanger, N. J., Mahdi, A. I., Wu, X., Keene, S. T., Obaid, A., Salleo, A., Wang, H., Hong, G. 2020; 268: 120559

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  Innovative neurotechnology must be leveraged to experimentally answer the multitude of pressing questions in modern neuroscience. Driven by the desire to address the existing neuroscience problems with newly engineered tools, we discuss in this review the benefits of flexible electronics for neuroscience studies. We first introduce the concept and define the properties of flexible and stretchable electronics. We then categorize the four dimensions where flexible electronics meets the demands of modern neuroscience: chronic stability, interfacing multiple structures, multi-modal compatibility, and neuron-type-specific recording. Specifically, with the bending stiffness now approaching that of neural tissue, implanted flexible electronic devices produce little shear motion, minimizing chronic immune responses and enabling recording and stimulation for months, and even years. The unique mechanical properties of flexible electronics also allow for intimate conformation to the brain, the spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and the retina. Moreover, flexible electronics enables optogenetic stimulation, microfluidic drug delivery, and neural activity imaging during electrical stimulation and recording. Finally, flexible electronics can enable neuron-type identification through analysis of high-fidelity recorded action potentials facilitated by its seamless integration with the neural circuitry. We argue that flexible electronics will play an increasingly important role in neuroscience studies and neurological therapies via the fabrication of neuromorphic devices on flexible substrates and the development of enhanced methods of neuronal interpenetration.

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.120559

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• Brush-Painted Solar Cells from Pre-Crystallized Components in a Nonhalogenated Solvent System Prepared by a Simple Stirring Technique MACROMOLECULES Nguyen, N. A., Himmelberger, S., Salleo, A., Mackay, M. E. 2020; 53 (19): 8276–85

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00908

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• Perovskite Color Detectors: Approaching the Efficiency Limit. ACS applied materials & interfaces Hossain, M. I., Khan, H. A., Kozawa, M., Qarony, W., Salleo, A., Hardeberg, J. Y., Fujiwara, H., Tsang, Y. H., Knipp, D. 2020

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  Color image sensing by a smartphone or digital camera employs sensor elements with an array of color filters for capturing basic blue, green, and red color information. However, the normalized optical efficiency of such color filter-based sensor elements is limited to only one-third. Optical detectors based on perovskites are described, which can overcome this limitation. An efficient color sensor design has been proposed in this study that uses a vertically stacked arrangement of perovskite diodes. As compared to the conventional color filter-based sensors, the proposed sensor structure can potentially reach normalized optical efficiency approaching 100%. In addition, the proposed sensor design does not exhibit color aliasing or color Moire effects, which is one of the main limitations for the filter-based sensors. Furthermore, up to our knowledge, for the first time, it could be theoretically shown that both vertically arranged sensor and conventional color filter-based sensor provide almost comparable color errors. The optical properties of the perovskite materials are determined by optical measurements in combination with an energy shift model. The optics of the stacked perovskite sensors is investigated by threedimensional finite-difference timedomain simulations. Finally, colorimetric characterization was carried out to determine the color error of the sensors.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acsami.0c12851

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• Reversible Doping and Photo Patterning of Polymer Nanowires ADVANCED ELECTRONIC MATERIALS Bedolla-Valdez, Z. I., Xiao, R., Cendra, C., Fergerson, A. S., Chen, Z., Gonel, G., Salleo, A., Yu, D., Moule, A. J. 2020

  View details for DOI 10.1002/aelm.202000469

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• Towards biomimetic electronics that emulate cells MRS COMMUNICATIONS Lubrano, C., Matrone, G., Forro, C., Jahed, Z., Offenhaeusser, A., Salleo, A., Cui, B., Santoro, F. 2020; 10 (3): 398–412

  View details for DOI 10.1557/mrc.2020.56

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• Combining Photosynthesis and Photovoltaics: A Hybrid Energy-Harvesting System Using Optical Antennas. ACS applied materials & interfaces Tamang, A., Parsons, R., Lertchaiwarakul, C., Palanchoke, U., Kojima, H., Salleo, A., Nakamura, M., Knipp, D. 2020

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  A hybrid energy-harvesting system is proposed that combines photosynthesis and photovoltaics. First, the light passes through a spectrally selective solar cell, which absorbs almost all green light but absorbs almost no blue and red light. The blue and red light are absorbed by a photosynthesis executing plant. The solar cell is tailored in such a way that the photosynthetic process is almost unaffected by the generation of electrical energy. The spectrally selective solar cell consists of an array of inorganic optical antennas. By combining a spectrally selective solar cell and a photosynthetic executing plant, a hybrid energy system is formed, which absorbs almost 100% of the visible light, while the energy conversion efficiency of the solar cell reaches up to 50% of their nonspectrally selective counterparts. Guidelines are provided on how to realize both the highly efficient spectrally selective solar cells and hybrid energy-harvesting systems. The proposed solution allows for the realization of new greenhouses or gardens covered with spectrally selective transparent solar cells that produce chemical energy in the form of fruits and vegetables and electrical energy.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acsami.0c09007

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• Side Chain Redistribution as a Strategy to Boost Organic Electrochemical Transistor Performance and Stability. Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) Moser, M., Hidalgo, T. C., Surgailis, J., Gladisch, J., Ghosh, S., Sheelamanthula, R., Thiburce, Q., Giovannitti, A., Salleo, A., Gasparini, N., Wadsworth, A., Zozoulenko, I., Berggren, M., Stavrinidou, E., Inal, S., McCulloch, I. 2020: e2002748

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  A series of glycolated polythiophenes for use in organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) is designed and synthesized, differing in the distribution of their ethylene glycol chains that are tethered to the conjugated backbone. While side chain redistribution does not have a significant impact on the optoelectronic properties of the polymers, this molecular engineering strategy strongly impacts the water uptake achieved in the polymers. By careful optimization of the water uptake in the polymer films, OECTs with unprecedented steady-state performances in terms of [muC* ] and current retentions up to 98% over 700 electrochemical switching cycles are developed.

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.202002748

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• Organic neuromorphic devices: Past, present, and future challenges MRS BULLETIN Tuchman, Y., Mangoma, T. N., Gkoupidenis, P., van de Burgt, Y., John, R., Mathews, N., Shaheen, S. E., Daly, R., Malliaras, G. G., Salleo, A. 2020; 45 (8): 619–30

  View details for DOI 10.1557/mrs.2020.196

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• Roadmap on emerging hardware and technology for machine learning. Nanotechnology Xia, Q., Berggren, K. K., Likharev, K., Strukov, D. B., Jiang, H., Mikolajick, T., Querlioz, D., Salinga, M., Erickson, J., Pi, S., Xiong, F., Lin, P., Li, C., Xiong, S., Hoskins, B., Daniels, M., Madhavan, A., Liddle, J., McClelland, J., Yang, Y., Rupp, J., Nonnenmann, S., Gong, N., Cheng, K. T., Lastras Montano, M. A., Talin, A. A., Salleo, A., Shastri, B. J., Ferreira de Lima, T., Tait, A. N., Shen, Y., Meng, H., Roques-Carmes, C., Cheng, Z., Bhaskaran, H., Jariwala, D., Wang, H., Segall, K., Shainline, J., Yang, J. J., Roy, K., Datta, S., Raychowdhury, A. 2020

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  Recent progress in artificial intelligence is largely attributed to the rapid development of machine learning, especially in the algorithm and neural network models. However, it is the performance of the hardware, in particular the energy efficiency of a computing system that sets the fundamental limit of the capability of machine learning. Data-centric computing requires a revolution in hardware systems, since traditional digital computers based on transistors and the von Neumann architecture were not purposely designed for neuromorphic computing. A hardware platform based on emerging devices and new architecture is the hope for future computing with dramatically improved throughput and energy efficiency. Building such a system, nevertheless, faces a number of challenges, ranging from materials selection, device optimization, circuit fabrication, and system integration, to name a few. The aim of this Roadmap is to present a snapshot of emerging hardware technologies that are potentially beneficial for machine learning, providing the Nanotechnology readers with a perspective of challenges and opportunities in this burgeoning field.

  View details for DOI 10.1088/1361-6528/aba70f

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• On the growth, structure and dynamics of P3EHT crystals JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C Faria, G. C., Duong, D. T., da Cunha, G., Selter, P., Strasso, L., Davidson, E. C., Segalman, R. A., Hansen, M., deAzevedo, E., Salleo, A. 2020; 8 (24): 8155–70

  View details for DOI 10.1039/d0tc00704h

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• Vertically Stacked Perovskite Detectors for Color Sensing and Color Vision ADVANCED MATERIALS INTERFACES Qarony, W., Kozawa, M., Khan, H., Hossain, M., Salleo, A., Tsang, Y., Hardeberg, J., Fujiwara, H., Knipp, D. 2020

  View details for DOI 10.1002/admi.202000459

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• Optical and Electronic Ion Channel Monitoring from Native Human Membranes. ACS nano Pappa, A., Liu, H., Traberg-Christensen, W., Thiburce, Q., Savva, A., Pavia, A., Salleo, A., Daniel, S., Owens, R. M. 2020

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  Transmembrane proteins represent a major target for modulating cell activity, both in terms of therapeutics drugs and for pathogen interactions. Work on screening such therapeutics or identifying toxins has been severely limited by the lack of available methods that would give high content information on functionality (ideally multimodal) and that are suitable for high-throughput. Here, we have demonstrated a platform that is capable of multimodal (optical and electronic) screening of ligand gated ion-channel activity in human-derived membranes. The TREK-1 ion-channel was expressed within supported lipid bilayers, formed via vesicle fusion of blebs obtained from the HEK cell line overexpressing TREK-1. The resulting reconstituted native membranes were confirmed via fluorescence recovery after photobleaching to form mobile bilayers on top of films of the polymeric electroactive transducer poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrenesulfonate (PEDOT:PSS). PEDOT:PSS electrodes were then used for quantitative electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements of ligand-mediated TREK-1 interactions with two compounds, spadin and arachidonic acid, known to suppress and activate TREK-1 channels, respectively. PEDOT:PSS-based organic electrochemical transistors were then used for combined optical and electronic measurements of TREK-1 functionality. The technology demonstrated here is highly promising for future high-throughput screening of transmembrane protein modulators owing to the robust nature of the membrane integrated device and the highly quantitative electrical signals obtained. This is in contrast with live-cell-based electrophysiology assays (e.g., patch clamp) which compare poorly in terms of cost, usability, and compatibility with optical transduction.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acsnano.0c01330

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• Surfactant-Mediated Growth and Patterning of Atomically Thin Transition Metal Dichalcogenides. ACS nano Li, X., Kahn, E., Chen, G., Sang, X., Lei, J., Passarello, D., Oyedele, A. D., Zakhidov, D., Chen, K., Chen, Y., Hsieh, S., Fujisawa, K., Unocic, R. R., Xiao, K., Salleo, A., Toney, M. F., Chen, C., Kaxiras, E., Terrones, M., Yakobson, B. I., Harutyunyan, A. R. 2020

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  The role of additives in facilitating the growth of conventional semiconducting thin films is well-established. Apparently, their presence is also decisive in the growth of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), yet their role remains ambiguous. In this work, we show that the use of sodium bromide enables synthesis of TMD monolayers via a surfactant-mediated growth mechanism, without introducing liquefaction of metal oxide precursors. We discovered that sodium ions provided by sodium bromide chemically passivate edges of growing molybdenum disulfide crystals, relaxing in-plane strains to suppress 3D islanding and promote monolayer growth. To exploit this growth model, molybdenum disulfide monolayers were directly grown into desired patterns using predeposited sodium bromide as a removable template. The surfactant-mediated growth not only extends the families of metal oxide precursors but also offers a way for lithography-free patterning of TMD monolayers on various surfaces to facilitate fabrication of atomically thin electronic devices.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acsnano.0c00132

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• Enhancement-Mode PEDOT:PSS Organic Electrochemical Transistors Using Molecular De-Doping. Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) Keene, S. T., van der Pol, T. P., Zakhidov, D., Weijtens, C. H., Janssen, R. A., Salleo, A., van de Burgt, Y. 2020: e2000270

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  Organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) show great promise for flexible, low-cost, and low-voltage sensors for aqueous solutions. The majority of OECT devices are made using the polymer blend poly(ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS), in which PEDOT is intrinsically doped due to inclusion of PSS. Because of this intrinsic doping, PEDOT:PSS OECTs generally operate in depletion mode, which results in a higher power consumption and limits stability. Here, a straightforward method to de-dope PEDOT:PSS using commercially available amine-based molecular de-dopants to achieve stable enhancement-mode OECTs is presented. The enhancement-mode OECTs show mobilities near that of pristine PEDOT:PSS (2 cm2 V-1 s-1 ) with stable operation over 1000 on/off cycles. The electron and proton exchange among PEDOT, PSS, and the molecular de-dopants are characterized to reveal the underlying chemical mechanism of the threshold voltage shift to negative voltages. Finally, the effect of the de-doping on the microstructure of the spin-cast PEDOT:PSS films is investigated.

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• Influence of Perovskite Interface Morphology on the Photon Management in Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells. ACS applied materials & interfaces Qarony, W., Hossain, M. I., Jovanov, V., Salleo, A., Knipp, D., Tsang, Y. H. 2020

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  Perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells are considered as one of the cost-effective solutions for determining high energy conversion efficiencies. Efficient photon management allows improving light incoupling in solar cells by reducing optical losses. The optics relies upon the interface morphology, and consequently, the growth mechanism of the top cell on the bottom cell is crucial for the implementation of efficient perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells. To describe the interface morphologies of perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells, a three-dimensional surface algorithm is used that allows investigating the perovskite solar cells deposited on the textured crystalline silicon solar cells. We distinguish between two extreme cases in which the film grows only in the direction of the substrate normal or in the direction of the local surface normal. The growth mode has significant influence on the film roughness, the effective thickness of the film, the optics of the solar cell, and the photovoltaic parameters. The optics is investigated by finite-differencetime-domain simulations. The influence of the interface morphology on the photovoltaic parameters is discussed, and guidelines are provided to reach high short-circuit current density and energy conversion efficiency.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acsami.9b21985

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• Energetic Control of Redox-Active Polymers toward Safe Organic Bioelectronic Materials. Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) Giovannitti, A., Rashid, R. B., Thiburce, Q., Paulsen, B. D., Cendra, C., Thorley, K., Moia, D., Mefford, J. T., Hanifi, D., Weiyuan, D., Moser, M., Salleo, A., Nelson, J., McCulloch, I., Rivnay, J. 2020: e1908047

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  Avoiding faradaic side reactions during the operation of electrochemical devices is important to enhance the device stability, to achieve low power consumption, and to prevent the formation of reactive side-products. This is particularly important for bioelectronic devices, which are designed to operate in biological systems. While redox-active materials based on conducting and semiconducting polymers represent an exciting class of materials for bioelectronic devices, they are susceptible to electrochemical side-reactions with molecular oxygen during device operation. Here, electrochemical side reactions with molecular oxygen are shown to occur during organic electrochemical transistor (OECT) operation using high-performance, state-of-the-art OECT materials. Depending on the choice of the active material, such reactions yield hydrogen peroxide (H2 O2 ), a reactive side-product, which may be harmful to the local biological environment and may also accelerate device degradation. A design strategy is reported for the development of redox-active organic semiconductors based on donor-acceptor copolymers that prevents the formation of H2 O2 during device operation. This study elucidates the previously overlooked side-reactions between redox-active conjugated polymers and molecular oxygen in electrochemical devices for bioelectronics, which is critical for the operation of electrolyte-gated devices in application-relevant environments.

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• Non-resonant metal-oxide metasurfaces for efficient perovskite solar cells SOLAR ENERGY Hossain, M. I., Yumnam, N., Qarony, W., Salleo, A., Wagner, V., Knipp, D., Tsang, Y. H. 2020; 198: 570–77

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.solener.2020.01.082

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• Reversible Electrochemical Phase Change in Monolayer to Bulk-like MoTe2 by Ionic Liquid Gating. ACS nano Zakhidov, D., Rehn, D. A., Reed, E. J., Salleo, A. 2020

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  Transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) exist in various crystal structures with semiconducting, semi-metallic, and metallic properties. The dynamic control of these phases is of immediate interest for next-generation electronics such as phase change memories. Of the binary Mo and W-based TMDs, MoTe2 is attractive for electronic applications because it has the lowest energy difference (40 meV) between the semiconducting (2H) and semi-metallic (1T') phases, allowing for MoTe2 phase change by electrostatic doping. Here, we report phase change between the 2H and 1T' polymorphs of MoTe2 in thicknesses ranging from the monolayer to bulk-like case (73 nm) using an ionic liquid electrolyte at room temperature and in air. We find consistent evidence of a partially reversible 2H-1T' transition using in situ Raman spectroscopy where the phase change occurs in the topmost layers of the MoTe2 flake. We find a thickness-dependent transition voltage where higher voltages are necessary to drive the phase change for thicker flakes. We also show evidence of electrochemical activity during the gating process by observation of Te metal formation. This finding suggests the formation of Te vacancies which have been reported to lower the energy difference between the 2H and 1T' phases, potentially aiding the phase change process. Our discovery that the phase change can be achieved on the surface layer of bulk-like materials reveals that this electrochemical mechanism does not require isolation of a single layer and the effect may be more broadly applicable than previously thought.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acsnano.9b07095

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• Balancing Ionic and Electronic Conduction for High-Performance Organic Electrochemical Transistors ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS Savva, A., Hallani, R., Cendra, C., Surgailis, J., Hidalgo, T. C., Wustoni, S., Sheelamanthula, R., Chen, X., Kirkus, M., Giovannitti, A., Salleo, A., McCulloch, I., Inal, S. 2020

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adfm.201907657

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• Modification of Indacenodithiophene-Based Polymers and Its Impact on Charge Carrier Mobility in Organic Thin-Film Transistors. Journal of the American Chemical Society Wadsworth, A., Chen, H., Thorley, K. J., Cendra, C., Nikolka, M., Bristow, H., Moser, M., Salleo, A., Anthopoulos, T. D., Sirringhaus, H., McCulloch, I. 2020

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  The polymer indacenodithiophene-co-benzothiadiazole (IDT-BT) has been thoroughly studied for its use in p-type organic thin-film transistors over the course of the past decade. While a variety of modifications have been made to its structure, few analogues have been able to match or surpass the hole mobility that can be obtained by IDT-BT. Here, we discuss the rationale behind the chemical modifications that have been utilized and suggest design principles toward high-mobility indacenodithiophene-based polymers. It is clear that planarizing intramolecular interactions, which exist between the peripheral thiophene of the IDT unit and the benzothiadiazole, are imperative for achieving high hole mobilities in this relatively amorphous polymer. Moreover, despite the less ordered backbones of the extended fused-ring cores that have recently been utilized (TIF-BT and TBIDT-BT), high mobilities were still attained in these polymers owing to additional interchain charge transfer. Thus, maintaining the beneficial thiophene-benzothiadiazole intramolecular interactions, while further extending the IDT core to promote interchain charge transfer, is a logical strategy toward high-mobility p-type polymers.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/jacs.9b09374

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• Uncovering the Effects of Metal Contacts on Monolayer MoS2. ACS nano Schauble, K. n., Zakhidov, D. n., Yalon, E. n., Deshmukh, S. n., Grady, R. W., Cooley, K. A., McClellan, C. J., Vaziri, S. n., Passarello, D. n., Mohney, S. E., Toney, M. F., Sood, A. K., Salleo, A. n., Pop, E. n. 2020

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  Metal contacts are a key limiter to the electronic performance of two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor devices. Here, we present a comprehensive study of contact interfaces between seven metals (Y, Sc, Ag, Al, Ti, Au, Ni, with work functions from 3.1 to 5.2 eV) and monolayer MoS2 grown by chemical vapor deposition. We evaporate thin metal films onto MoS2 and study the interfaces by Raman spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and electrical characterization. We uncover that (1) ultrathin oxidized Al dopes MoS2n-type (>2 × 1012 cm-2) without degrading its mobility, (2) Ag, Au, and Ni deposition causes varying levels of damage to MoS2 (e.g. broadening Raman E' peak from <3 to >6 cm-1), and (3) Ti, Sc, and Y react with MoS2. Reactive metals must be avoided in contacts to monolayer MoS2, but control studies reveal the reaction is mostly limited to the top layer of multilayer films. Finally, we find that (4) thin metals do not significantly strain MoS2, as confirmed by X-ray diffraction. These are important findings for metal contacts to MoS2 and broadly applicable to many other 2D semiconductors.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acsnano.0c03515

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• A biohybrid synapse with neurotransmitter-mediated plasticity. Nature materials Keene, S. T., Lubrano, C. n., Kazemzadeh, S. n., Melianas, A. n., Tuchman, Y. n., Polino, G. n., Scognamiglio, P. n., Cinà, L. n., Salleo, A. n., van de Burgt, Y. n., Santoro, F. n. 2020

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  Brain-inspired computing paradigms have led to substantial advances in the automation of visual and linguistic tasks by emulating the distributed information processing of biological systems1. The similarity between artificial neural networks (ANNs) and biological systems has inspired ANN implementation in biomedical interfaces including prosthetics2 and brain-machine interfaces3. While promising, these implementations rely on software to run ANN algorithms. Ultimately, it is desirable to build hardware ANNs4,5 that can both directly interface with living tissue and adapt based on biofeedback6,7. The first essential step towards biologically integrated neuromorphic systems is to achieve synaptic conditioning based on biochemical signalling activity. Here, we directly couple an organic neuromorphic device with dopaminergic cells to constitute a biohybrid synapse with neurotransmitter-mediated synaptic plasticity. By mimicking the dopamine recycling machinery of the synaptic cleft, we demonstrate both long-term conditioning and recovery of the synaptic weight, paving the way towards combining artificial neuromorphic systems with biological neural networks.

  View details for DOI 10.1038/s41563-020-0703-y

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• Self-Assembly of Mammalian-Cell Membranes on Bioelectronic Devices with Functional Transmembrane Proteins. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids Liu, H. Y., Pappa, A. M., Pavia, A. n., Pitsalidis, C. n., Thiburce, Q. n., Salleo, A. n., Owens, R. M., Daniel, S. n. 2020

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  Transmembrane proteins (TMPs) regulate processes occurring at the cell surface and are essential gatekeepers of information flow across the membrane. TMPs are difficult to study, given the complex environment of the membrane and its influence on protein conformation, mobility, biomolecule interaction, and activity. For the first time, we create mammalian biomembranes supported on a transparent, electrically conducting polymer surface, which enables dual electrical and optical monitoring of TMP function in its native membrane environment. Mammalian plasma membrane vesicles containing ATP-gated P2X2 ion channels self-assemble on a biocompatible polymer cushion that transduces the changes in ion flux during ATP exposure. This platform maintains the complexity of the native plasma membrane, the fluidity of its constituents, and protein orientation critical to ion channel function. We demonstrate the dual-modality readout using microscopy to characterize protein mobility by single-particle tracking and sensing of ATP gating of P2X2 using electrical impedance spectroscopy. This measurement of TMP activity important for pain sensing, neurological activity, and sensory activity raises new possibilities for drug screening and biosensing applications.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c00804

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• Engineering Optically Switchable Transistors with Improved Performance by Controlling Interactions of Diarylethenes in Polymer Matrices. Journal of the American Chemical Society Hou, L. n., Leydecker, T. n., Zhang, X. n., Rekab, W. n., Herder, M. n., Cendra, C. n., Hecht, S. n., McCulloch, I. n., Salleo, A. n., Orgiu, E. n., Samorì, P. n. 2020; 142 (25): 11050–59

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  The integration of photochromic molecules into semiconducting polymer matrices via blending has recently attracted a great deal of attention, as it provides the means to reversibly modulate the output signal of electronic devices by using light as a remote control. However, the structural and electronic interactions between photochromic molecules and semiconducting polymers are far from being fully understood. Here we perform a comparative investigation by combining two photochromic diarylethene moieties possessing similar energy levels yet different propensity to aggregate with five prototypical polymer semiconductors exhibiting different energy levels and structural order, ranging from amorphous to semicrystalline. Our in-depth photochemical, structural, morphological, and electrical characterization reveals that the photoresponsive behavior of thin-film transistors including polymer/diarylethenes blends as the active layer is governed by a complex interplay between the relative position of the energy levels and the polymer matrix microstructure. By matching the energy levels and optimizing the molecular packing, high-performance optically switchable organic thin-film transistors were fabricated. These findings represent a major step forward in the fabrication of light-responsive organic devices.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/jacs.0c02961

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• Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics of Colloidal Gold Nanocrystals Monitored by Ultrafast Electron Diffraction and Optical Scattering Microscopy. ACS nano Guzelturk, B. n., Utterback, J. K., Coropceanu, I. n., Kamysbayev, V. n., Janke, E. M., Zajac, M. n., Yazdani, N. n., Cotts, B. L., Park, S. n., Sood, A. n., Lin, M. F., Reid, A. H., Kozina, M. E., Shen, X. n., Weathersby, S. P., Wood, V. n., Salleo, A. n., Wang, X. n., Talapin, D. V., Ginsberg, N. S., Lindenberg, A. M. 2020

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  Metal nanocrystals exhibit important optoelectronic and photocatalytic functionalities in response to light. These dynamic energy conversion processes have been commonly studied by transient optical probes to date, but an understanding of the atomistic response following photoexcitation has remained elusive. Here, we use femtosecond resolution electron diffraction to investigate transient lattice responses in optically excited colloidal gold nanocrystals, revealing the effects of nanocrystal size and surface ligands on the electron-phonon coupling and thermal relaxation dynamics. First, we uncover a strong size effect on the electron-phonon coupling, which arises from reduced dielectric screening at the nanocrystal surfaces and prevails independent of the optical excitation mechanism (i.e., inter- and intraband). Second, we find that surface ligands act as a tuning parameter for hot carrier cooling. Particularly, gold nanocrystals with thiol-based ligands show significantly slower carrier cooling as compared to amine-based ligands under intraband optical excitation due to electronic coupling at the nanocrystal/ligand interfaces. Finally, we spatiotemporally resolve thermal transport and heat dissipation in photoexcited nanocrystal films by combining electron diffraction with stroboscopic elastic scattering microscopy. Taken together, we resolve the distinct thermal relaxation time scales ranging from 1 ps to 100 ns associated with the multiple interfaces through which heat flows at the nanoscale. Our findings provide insights into optimization of gold nanocrystals and their thin films for photocatalysis and thermoelectric applications.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acsnano.0c00673

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• Charge transport in high-mobility conjugated polymers and molecular semiconductors. Nature materials Fratini, S. n., Nikolka, M. n., Salleo, A. n., Schweicher, G. n., Sirringhaus, H. n. 2020

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  Conjugated polymers and molecular semiconductors are emerging as a viable semiconductor technology in industries such as displays, electronics, renewable energy, sensing and healthcare. A key enabling factor has been significant scientific progress in improving their charge transport properties and carrier mobilities, which has been made possible by a better understanding of the molecular structure-property relationships and the underpinning charge transport physics. Here we aim to present a coherent review of how we understand charge transport in these high-mobility van der Waals bonded semiconductors. Specific questions of interest include estimates for intrinsic limits to the carrier mobilities that might ultimately be achievable; a discussion of the coupling between charge and structural dynamics; the importance of molecular conformations and mesoscale structural features; how the transport physics of conjugated polymers and small molecule semiconductors are related; and how the incorporation of counterions in doped films-as used, for example, in bioelectronics and thermoelectric devices-affects the electronic structure and charge transport properties.

  View details for DOI 10.1038/s41563-020-0647-2

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• Mid-infrared emission and absorption from GeSn/Ge core-shell nanowires with nanophotonic light extraction Peng, S., Braun, M., Meng, A., Shang, Z., Salleo, A., McIntyre, P. C., IEEE IEEE. 2020

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• Tuning the bandgap of Cs2AgBiBr6 through dilute tin alloying CHEMICAL SCIENCE Lindquist, K. P., Mack, S. A., Slavney, A. H., Leppert, L., Gold-Parker, A., Stebbins, J. F., Salleo, A., Toney, M. F., Neaton, J. B., Karunadasa, H. I. 2019; 10 (45): 10620–28

  View details for DOI 10.1039/c9sc02581b

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• Tuning the bandgap of Cs2AgBiBr6 through dilute tin alloying. Chemical science Lindquist, K. P., Mack, S. A., Slavney, A. H., Leppert, L., Gold-Parker, A., Stebbins, J. F., Salleo, A., Toney, M. F., Neaton, J. B., Karunadasa, H. I. 2019; 10 (45): 10620-10628

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  The promise of lead halide hybrid perovskites for optoelectronic applications makes finding less-toxic alternatives a priority. The double perovskite Cs2AgBiBr6 (1) represents one such alternative, offering long carrier lifetimes and greater stability under ambient conditions. However, the large and indirect 1.95 eV bandgap hinders its potential as a solar absorber. Here we report that alloying crystals of 1 with up to 1 atom% Sn results in a bandgap reduction of up to ca. 0.5 eV while maintaining low toxicity. Crystals can be alloyed with up to 1 atom% Sn and the predominant substitution pathway appears to be a ∼2 : 1 substitution of Sn2+ and Sn4+ for Ag+ and Bi3+, respectively, with Ag+ vacancies providing charge compensation. Spincoated films of 1 accommodate a higher Sn loading, up to 4 atom% Sn, where we see mostly Sn2+ substitution for both Ag+ and Bi3+. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations ascribe the bandgap redshift to the introduction of Sn impurity bands below the conduction band minimum of the host lattice. Using optical absorption spectroscopy, photothermal deflection spectroscopy, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, 119Sn NMR, redox titration, single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction, multiple elemental analysis and imaging techniques, and DFT calculations, we provide a detailed analysis of the Sn content and oxidation state, dominant substitution sites, and charge-compensating defects in Sn-alloyed Cs2AgBiBr6 (1:Sn) crystals and films. An understanding of heterovalent alloying in halide double perovskites opens the door to a wider breadth of potential alloying agents for manipulating their band structures in a predictable manner.

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• Phototuning Selectively Hole and Electron Transport in Optically Switchable Ambipolar Transistors ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS Rekab, W., Leydecker, T., Hou, L., Chen, H., Kirkus, M., Cendra, C., Herder, M., Hecht, S., Salleo, A., McCulloch, I., Orgiu, E., Samori, P. 2019

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adfm.201908944

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• Impact of Liquid-Crystalline Chain Alignment on Charge Transport in Conducting Polymers MACROMOLECULES Rudnicki, P. E., MacPherson, Q., Balhorn, L., Feng, B., Qin, J., Salleo, A., Spakowitz, A. J. 2019; 52 (22): 8932–39

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b01729

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• The Role of Morphology in Optically Switchable Transistors Based on a Photochromic Molecule/p-Type Polymer Semiconductor Blend ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS Carroli, M., Duong, D. T., Buchaca-Domingo, E., Liscio, A., Borjesson, K., Herder, M., Palermo, V., Hecht, S., Stingelin, N., Salleo, A., Orgiu, E., Samori, P. 2019

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adfm.201907507

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• Organic Transistors Incorporating Lipid Monolayers for Drug Interaction Studies ADVANCED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES Cavassin, P., Pappa, A., Pitsalidis, C., Barbosa, H. P., Colucci, R., Saez, J., Tuchman, Y., Salleo, A., Faria, G. C., Owens, R. M. 2019

  View details for DOI 10.1002/admt.201900680

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• Anisotropic Polaron Delocalization in Conjugated Homopolymers and Donor-Acceptor Copolymers CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS Ghosh, R., Luscombe, C. K., Hambsch, M., Mannsfeld, S. B., Salleo, A., Spano, F. C. 2019; 31 (17): 7033–45

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b01704

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• Enhancing the energy conversion efficiency of low mobility solar cells by a 3D device architecture JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C Qarony, W., Hossain, M., Tamang, A., Jovanov, V., Salleo, A., Knipp, D., Tsang, Y. 2019; 7 (33): 10289–96

  View details for DOI 10.1039/c9tc02358e

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• Color Sensing by Optical Antennas: Approaching the Quantum Efficiency Limit ACS PHOTONICS Tamang, A., Parsons, R., Palanchoke, U., Stiebig, H., Wagner, V., Salleo, A., Knipp, D. 2019; 6 (8): 2041–48

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acsphotonics.9b00490

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• Parallel programming of an ionic floating-gate memory array for scalable neuromorphic computing SCIENCE Fuller, E. J., Keene, S. T., Melianas, A., Wang, Z., Agarwal, S., Li, Y., Tuchman, Y., James, C. D., Marinella, M. J., Yang, J., Salleo, A., Talin, A. 2019; 364 (6440): 570-+

  View details for DOI 10.1126/science.aaw5581

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• High-mobility, trap-free charge transport in conjugated polymer diodes NATURE COMMUNICATIONS Nikolka, M., Broch, K., Armitage, J., Hanifi, D., Nowack, P. J., Venkateshvaran, D., Sadhanala, A., Saska, J., Mascal, M., Jung, S., Lee, J., McCulloch, I., Salleo, A., Sirringhaus, H. 2019; 10

  View details for DOI 10.1038/s41467-019-10188-y

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• The role of the third component in ternary organic solar cells NATURE REVIEWS MATERIALS Gasparini, N., Salleo, A., McCulloch, I., Baran, D. 2019; 4 (4): 229–42

  View details for DOI 10.1038/s41578-019-0093-4

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• Increased charge carrier mobility and molecular packing of a solution sheared diketopyrrolopyrrole-based donor-acceptor copolymer by alkyl side chain modification JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C Hambsch, M., Erdmann, T., Chew, A. R., Bernstorff, S., Salleo, A., Kiriy, A., Voit, B., Mannsfeld, S. B. 2019; 7 (12): 3665–74

  View details for DOI 10.1039/c8tc06255b

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• Rough versus planar interfaces: How to maximize the short circuit current of perovskite single and tandem solar cells MATERIALS TODAY ENERGY Qarony, W., Hossain, M., Salleo, A., Knipp, D., Tsang, Y. 2019; 11: 106–13

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.mtener.2018.10.001

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• Influence of Water on the Performance of Organic Electrochemical Transistors CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS Savva, A., Cendra, C., Giugni, A., Torre, B., Surgailis, J., Ohayon, D., Giovannitti, A., McCulloch, I., Di Fabrizio, E., Salleo, A., Rivnay, J., Inal, S. 2019; 31 (3): 927–37

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b04335

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• Role of the Anion on the Transport and Structure of Organic Mixed Conductors ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS Cendra, C., Giovannitti, A., Savva, A., Venkatraman, V., McCulloch, I., Salleo, A., Inal, S., Rivnay, J. 2019; 29 (5)

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adfm.201807034

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• Mechanisms for Enhanced State Retention and Stability in Redox-Gated Organic Neuromorphic Devices ADVANCED ELECTRONIC MATERIALS Keene, S., Melianas, A., van de Burgt, Y., Salleo, A. 2019; 5 (2)

  View details for DOI 10.1002/aelm.201800686

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• Additive solution deposition of multi-layered semiconducting polymer films for design of sophisticated device architectures JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C Murrey, T. L., Guo, K., Mulvey, J. T., Lee, O. A., Cendra, C., Bedolla-Valdez, Z. I., Salleo, A., Moulin, J., Hong, K., Moule, A. J. 2019; 7 (4): 953–60

  View details for DOI 10.1039/c8tc05652h

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• Multifunctional, Room-Temperature Processable, Heterogeneous Organic Passivation Layer for Oxide Semiconductor Thin-Film Transistors. ACS applied materials & interfaces Tak, Y. J., Keene, S. T., Kang, B. H., Kim, W. G., Kim, S. J., Salleo, A. n., Kim, H. J. 2019

  Abstract

  In recent decades, oxide thin-film transistors (TFTs) have attracted a great deal of attention as a promising technology in terms of next-generation electronics due to their outstanding electrical performance. However, achieving robust electrical characteristics under various environments is a crucial challenge for successful realization of oxide-based electronic applications. To resolve the limitation, we propose a highly flexible and reliable heterogeneous organic passivation layer composed of stacked parylene-C and diketopyrrolopyrrole-polymer films for improving stability of oxide TFTs under various environments and mechanical stress. The presented multifunctional heterogeneous organic (MHO) passivation leads to high-performance oxide TFTs by: (1) improving their electrical characteristics, (2) protecting them from external reactive molecules, and (3) blocking light exposure to the oxide layer. As a result, oxide TFTs with MHO passivation exhibit outstanding stability in ambient air as well as under light illumination: the threshold voltage shift of the device is almost 0 V under severe negative bias illumination stress condition (white light of 5700 lx, gate voltage of -20 V, and drain voltage of 10.1 V for 20 000 s). Furthermore, since the MHO passivation layer exhibits high mechanical stability at a bending radius of ≤5 mm and can be deposited at room temperature, this technique is expected to be useful in the fabrication of flexible/wearable devices.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acsami.9b16898

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• Wearable Organic Electrochemical Transistor Patch for Multiplexed Sensing of Calcium and Ammonium Ions from Human Perspiration. Advanced healthcare materials Keene, S. T., Fogarty, D. n., Cooke, R. n., Casadevall, C. D., Salleo, A. n., Parlak, O. n. 2019: e1901321

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  Wearable health monitoring has garnered considerable interest from the healthcare industry as an evolutionary alternative to standard practices with the ability to provide rapid, off-site diagnosis and patient-monitoring. In particular, sweat-based wearable biosensors offer a noninvasive route to continuously monitor a variety of biomarkers for a range of physiological conditions. Both the accessibility and wealth of information of sweat make it an ideal target for noninvasive devices that can aid in early diagnosis of disease or to monitor athletic performance. Here, the integration of ammonium (NH4+ ) and calcium (Ca2+ ) ion-selective membranes with a poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate)-based (PEDOT:PSS) organic electrochemical transistor (OECT) for multiplexed sensing of NH4+ and Ca2+ in sweat with high sensitivity and selectivity is reported for the first time. The presented wearable sweat sensor is designed by combining a flexible and stretchable styrene-ethylene-butene-styrene substrate with a laser-patterned microcapillary channel array for direct sweat acquisition and delivery to the ion-selective OECT. The resulting dermal sensor exhibits a wide working range between 0.01 × 10-3 and 100 × 10-3 m, well within the physiological levels of NH4+ and Ca2+ in sweat. The integrated devices are successfully implemented with both ex situ measurements and on human subjects with real-time analysis using a wearable sensor assembly.

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adhm.201901321

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• The Effect of Ring Expansion in Thienobenzo[b]indacenodithiophene Polymers for Organic Field-Effect Transistors. Journal of the American Chemical Society Chen, H. n., Wadsworth, A. n., Ma, C. n., Nanni, A. n., Zhang, W. n., Nikolka, M. n., Luci, A. M., Perdigão, L. M., Thorley, K. J., Cendra, C. n., Larson, B. n., Rumbles, G. n., Anthopoulos, T. D., Salleo, A. n., Costantini, G. n., Sirringhaus, H. n., McCulloch, I. n. 2019

  Abstract

  A fused donor, thienobenzo[b]indacenodithiophene (TBIDT), was designed and synthesized using a novel acid-promoted cascade ring closure strategy, and then copolymerized with a benzothiadiazole (BT) monomer. The backbone of TBIDT is an expansion of the well-known indacenodithiophene (IDT) unit and was expected to enhance the charge carrier mobility by improving backbone planarity and facilitating short contacts between polymer chains. However, the optimized field-effect transistors demonstrated an average saturation hole mobility of 0.9 cm2 V-1 s-1, lower than the performance of IDT-BT (∼1.5 cm2 V-1 s-1). Mobilities extracted from time-resolved microwave conductivity measurements were consistent with the trend in hole mobilities in organic field-effect transistor devices. Scanning tunneling microscopy measurements and computational modeling illustrated that TBIDT-BT exhibits a less ordered microstructure in comparison to IDT-BT. This reveals that a regular side-chain packing density, independent of conformational isomers, is critical to avoid local free volume due to irregular packing, which can host trapping impurities. DFT calculations indicated that TBIDT-BT, despite containing a larger, planar unit, showed less stabilization of planar backbone geometries in comparison to IDT-BT. This is due to the reduced electrostatic stabilizing interactions between the peripheral thiophene of the fused core and the BT unit, resulting in a reduction of the barrier to rotation around the single bond. These insights provide a greater understanding of the general structure-property relationships required for semiconducting polymer repeat units to ensure optimal backbone planarization, as illustrated with IDT-type units, guiding the design of novel semiconducting polymers with extended fused backbones for high-performance field-effect transistors.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/jacs.9b09367

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• Parallel programming of an ionic floating-gate memory array for scalable neuromorphic computing. Science (New York, N.Y.) Fuller, E. J., Keene, S. T., Melianas, A. n., Wang, Z. n., Agarwal, S. n., Li, Y. n., Tuchman, Y. n., James, C. D., Marinella, M. J., Yang, J. J., Salleo, A. n., Talin, A. A. 2019

  Abstract

  Neuromorphic computers could overcome efficiency bottlenecks inherent to conventional computing through parallel programming and read out of artificial neural network weights in a crossbar memory array. However, selective and linear weight updates and <10 nanoampere read currents are required for learning that surpasses conventional computing efficiency. We introduce an ionic floating-gate memory (IFG) array based upon a polymer redox transistor connected to a conductive-bridge memory (CBM). Selective and linear programming of a transistor array is executed in parallel by overcoming the bridging voltage threshold of the CBMs. Synaptic weight read-out with currents <10 nanoampere is achieved by diluting the conductive polymer in an insulating channel to decrease the conductance. The redox transistors endure >1 billion 'read-write' operations and support >1 megahertz 'read-write' frequencies.

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• Redefining near-unity luminescence in quantum dots with photothermal threshold quantum yield. Science (New York, N.Y.) Hanifi, D. A., Bronstein, N. D., Koscher, B. A., Nett, Z., Swabeck, J. K., Takano, K., Schwartzberg, A. M., Maserati, L., Vandewal, K., van de Burgt, Y., Salleo, A., Alivisatos, A. P. 2019; 363 (6432): 1199–1202

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  A variety of optical applications rely on the absorption and reemission of light. The quantum yield of this process often plays an essential role. When the quantum yield deviates from unity by significantly less than 1%, applications such as luminescent concentrators and optical refrigerators become possible. To evaluate such high performance, we develop a measurement technique for luminescence efficiency with sufficient accuracy below one part per thousand. Photothermal threshold quantum yield is based on the quantization of light to minimize overall measurement uncertainty. This technique is used to guide a procedure capable of making ensembles of near-unity emitting cadmium selenide/cadmium sulfide (CdSe/CdS) core-shell quantum dots. We obtain a photothermal threshold quantum yield luminescence efficiency of 99.6 ± 0.2%, indicating nearly complete suppression of nonradiative decay channels.

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• Diffraction imaging of nanocrystalline structures in organic semiconductor molecular thin films. Nature materials Panova, O. n., Ophus, C. n., Takacs, C. J., Bustillo, K. C., Balhorn, L. n., Salleo, A. n., Balsara, N. n., Minor, A. M. 2019

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  The properties of organic solids depend on their structure and morphology, yet direct imaging using conventional electron microscopy methods is hampered by the complex internal structure of these materials and their sensitivity to electron beams. Here, we manage to observe the nanocrystalline structure of two organic molecular thin-film systems using transmission electron microscopy by employing a scanning nanodiffraction method that allows for full access to reciprocal space over the size of a spatially localized probe (~2 nm). The morphologies revealed by this technique vary from grains with pronounced segmentation of the structure-characterized by sharp grain boundaries and overlapping domains-to liquid-crystal structures with crystalline orientations varying smoothly over all possible rotations that contain disclinations representing singularities in the director field. The results show how structure-property relationships can be visualized in organic systems using techniques previously only available for hard materials such as metals and ceramics.

  View details for DOI 10.1038/s41563-019-0387-3

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• High-mobility, trap-free charge transport in conjugated polymer diodes. Nature communications Nikolka, M. n., Broch, K. n., Armitage, J. n., Hanifi, D. n., Nowack, P. J., Venkateshvaran, D. n., Sadhanala, A. n., Saska, J. n., Mascal, M. n., Jung, S. H., Lee, J. K., McCulloch, I. n., Salleo, A. n., Sirringhaus, H. n. 2019; 10 (1): 2122

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  Charge transport in conjugated polymer semiconductors has traditionally been thought to be limited to a low-mobility regime by pronounced energetic disorder. Much progress has recently been made in advancing carrier mobilities in field-effect transistors through developing low-disorder conjugated polymers. However, in diodes these polymers have to date not shown much improved mobilities, presumably reflecting the fact that in diodes lower carrier concentrations are available to fill up residual tail states in the density of states. Here, we show that the bulk charge transport in low-disorder polymers is limited by water-induced trap states and that their concentration can be dramatically reduced through incorporating small molecular additives into the polymer film. Upon incorporation of the additives we achieve space-charge limited current characteristics that resemble molecular single crystals such as rubrene with high, trap-free SCLC mobilities up to 0.2 cm2/Vs and a width of the residual tail state distribution comparable to kBT.

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• Optics of Perovskite Solar Cell Front Contacts. ACS applied materials & interfaces Hossain, M. I., Hongsingthong, A. n., Qarony, W. n., Sichanugrist, P. n., Konagai, M. n., Salleo, A. n., Knipp, D. n., Tsang, Y. H. 2019; 11 (16): 14693–701

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  The front contact has a major impact on the electrical and optical properties of perovskite solar cells. The front contact is part of the junction of the solar cell and must provide lateral charge transport to the terminals and should allow for an efficient light incoupling, while having low optical losses. The complex requirements of the perovskite solar front contact will be described and the optics of the front contact will be investigated. It will be shown that the front contact has a distinct influence on the short-circuit current and energy conversion efficiency. Metal oxide films were investigated as potential front contacts. The incoupling of light in the solar cell is investigated by three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain optical simulations and optical measurements of experimentally realized self-textured zinc oxide films. The zinc oxide films were prepared by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition at low temperatures. Furthermore, the influence of free carrier absorption of metal oxide films on the optics of low bandgap and/or tandem solar cells is investigated. Guidelines are provided on how to choose the doping concentration and thickness of the metal oxide films. Finally, it will be shown that by selecting an optimal front contact design the short-circuit current and energy conversion efficiency can be increased by at least 15%.

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• The Mechanism of Dedoping PEDOT:PSS by Aliphatic Polyamines. The journal of physical chemistry. C, Nanomaterials and interfaces van der Pol, T. P., Keene, S. T., Saes, B. W., Meskers, S. C., Salleo, A. n., van de Burgt, Y. n., Janssen, R. A. 2019; 123 (39): 24328–37

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  Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) blended with polystyrenesulfonate and poly(styrenesulfonic acid), PEDOT:PSS, has found widespread use in organic electronics. Although PEDOT:PSS is commonly used in its doped electrically conducting state, the ability to efficiently convert PEDOT:PSS to its undoped nonconducting state is of interest for a wide variety of applications ranging from biosensors to organic neuromorphic devices. Exposure to aliphatic monoamines, acting as an electron donor and Brønsted-Lowry base, has been reported to be partly successful, but monoamines are unable to fully dedope PEDOT:PSS. Remarkably, some-but not all-polyamines can dedope PEDOT:PSS very efficiently to very low conductivity levels, but the exact chemical mechanism involved is not understood. Here, we study the dedoping efficacy of 21 different aliphatic amines. We identify the presence of two or more primary amines, which can participate in an intramolecular reaction, as the key structural motif that endows polyamines with high PEDOT:PSS dedoping strength. A multistep reaction mechanism, involving sequential electron transfer and deprotonation steps, is proposed that consistently explains the experimental results. Finally, we provide a simple method to convert the commonly used aqueous PEDOT:PSS dispersion into a precursor formulation that forms fully dedoped PEDOT:PSS films after spin coating and subsequent thermal annealing.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b07718

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• High-Throughput Open-Air Plasma Activation of Metal-Oxide Thin Films with Low Thermal Budget ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES Tak, Y., Hilt, F., Keene, S., Kim, W., Dauskardt, R. H., Salleo, A., Kim, H. 2018; 10 (43): 37223–32

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  Sputter-processed oxide films are typically annealed at high temperature (activation process) to achieve stable electrical characteristics through the formation of strong metal-oxide chemical bonds. For instance, indium-gallium-zinc oxide (IGZO) films typically need a thermal treatment at 300 °C for ≥1 h as an activation process. We propose an open-air plasma treatment (OPT) to rapidly and effectively activate sputter-processed IGZO films. The OPT effectively induces metal-oxide chemical bonds in IGZO films at temperatures as low as 240 °C, with a dwell time on the order of a second. Furthermore, by controlling the plasma-processing conditions (scan speed, distance a between plasma nozzle and samples, and gas flow rate), the electrical characteristics and the microstructure of the IGZO films can be easily tuned. Finally, OPT can be utilized to implement a selective activation process. Plasma-treated IGZO thin-film transistors (TFTs) exhibit comparable electrical characteristics to those of conventionally thermal treated IGZO TFTs. Through in-depth optical, chemical, and physical characterizations, we confirm that OPT simultaneously dissociates weak chemical bonds by UV radiation and ion bombardment and re-establishes the metal-oxide network by radical reaction and OPT-induced heat.

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• Unraveling the Effect of Conformational and Electronic Disorder in the Charge Transport Processes of Semiconducting Polymers ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS Chew, A. R., Ghosh, R., Pakhnyuk, V., Onorato, J., Davidson, E. C., Segalman, R. A., Luscombe, C. K., Spano, F. C., Salleo, A. 2018; 28 (41)

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adfm.201804142

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• Progress in Poly (3-Hexylthiophene) Organic Solar Cells and the Influence of Its Molecular Weight on Device Performance ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS Wadsworth, A., Hamid, Z., Bidwell, M., Ashraf, R. S., Khan, J. I., Anjum, D. H., Cendra, C., Yan, J., Rezasoltani, E., Guilbert, A. Y., Azzouzi, M., Gasparini, N., Bannock, J. H., Baran, D., Wu, H., de Mello, J. C., Brabec, C. J., Salleo, A., Nelson, J., Laquai, F., McCulloch, I. 2018; 8 (28)

  View details for DOI 10.1002/aenm.201801001

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• Biomimetic Electronic Devices for Measuring Bacterial Membrane Disruption ADVANCED MATERIALS Pitsalidis, C., Pappa, A., Porel, M., Artim, C. M., Faria, G. C., Duong, D. D., Alabi, C. A., Daniel, S., Salleo, A., Owens, R. M. 2018; 30 (39): e1803130

  Abstract

  Antibiotic discovery has experienced a severe slowdown in terms of discovery of new candidates. In vitro screening methods using phospholipids to model the bacterial membrane provide a route to identify molecules that specifically disrupt bacterial membranes causing cell death. Thanks to the electrically insulating properties of the major component of the cell membrane, phospholipids, electronic devices are highly suitable transducers of membrane disruption. The organic electrochemical transistor (OECT) is a highly sensitive ion-to-electron converter. Here, the OECT is used as a transducer of the permeability of a lipid monolayer (ML) at a liquid:liquid interface, designed to read out changes in ion flux caused by compounds that interact with, and disrupt, lipid assembly. This concept is illustrated using the well-documented antibiotic Polymixin B and the highly sensitive quantitation of permeability of the lipid ML induced by two novel recently described antibacterial amine-based oligothioetheramides is shown, highlighting molecular scale differences in their disruption capabilities. It is anticipated that this platform has the potential to play a role in front-line antimicrobial compound design and characterization thanks to the compatibility of semiconductor microfabrication technology with high-throughput readouts.

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• Spectral Signatures and Spatial Coherence of Bound and Unbound Polarons in P3HT Films: Theory Versus Experiment JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C Ghosh, R., Chew, A. R., Onorato, J., Pakhnyuk, V., Luscombe, C. K., Salleo, A., Spano, F. C. 2018; 122 (31): 18048–60

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b03873

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• Approaching Perfect Light Incoupling in Perovskite and Silicon Thin Film Solar Cells by Moth Eye Surface Textures ADVANCED THEORY AND SIMULATIONS Qarony, W., Hossain, M., Dewan, R., Fischer, S., Meyer-Rochow, V., Salleo, A., Knipp, D., Tsang, Y. 2018; 1 (8)

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adts.201800030

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• Polymorphism controls the degree of charge transfer in a molecularly doped semiconducting polymer MATERIALS HORIZONS Jacobs, I. E., Cendra, C., Harrelson, T. F., Valdez, Z., Faller, R., Salleo, A., Moule, A. J. 2018; 5 (4): 655–60

  View details for DOI 10.1039/c8mh00223a

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• A Universal Platform for Fabricating Organic Electrochemical Devices ADVANCED ELECTRONIC MATERIALS Duong, D. T., Tuchman, Y., Chakthranont, P., Cavassin, P., Colucci, R., Jaramillo, T. F., Salleo, A., Faria, G. C. 2018; 4 (7)

  View details for DOI 10.1002/aelm.201800090

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• Molecularly selective nanoporous membrane-based wearable organic electrochemical device for noninvasive cortisol sensing. Science advances Parlak, O., Keene, S. T., Marais, A., Curto, V. F., Salleo, A. 2018; 4 (7): eaar2904

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  Wearable biosensors have emerged as an alternative evolutionary development in the field of healthcare technology due to their potential to change conventional medical diagnostics and health monitoring. However, a number of critical technological challenges including selectivity, stability of (bio)recognition, efficient sample handling, invasiveness, and mechanical compliance to increase user comfort must still be overcome to successfully bring devices closer to commercial applications. We introduce the integration of an electrochemical transistor and a tailor-made synthetic and biomimetic polymeric membrane, which acts as a molecular memory layer facilitating the stable and selective molecular recognition of the human stress hormone cortisol. The sensor and a laser-patterned microcapillary channel array are integrated in a wearable sweat diagnostics platform, providing accurate sweat acquisition and precise sample delivery to the sensor interface. The integrated devices were successfully used with both ex situ methods using skin-like microfluidics and on human subjects with on-body real-sample analysis using a wearable sensor assembly.

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• Optimized pulsed write schemes improve linearity and write speed for low-power organic neuromorphic devices JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS Keene, S. T., Melianas, A., Fuller, E. J., van de Burgt, Y., Talin, A., Salleo, A. 2018; 51 (22)

  View details for DOI 10.1088/1361-6463/aabe70

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• Copper interstitial recombination centers in Cu3N PHYSICAL REVIEW B Yee, Y., Inoue, H., Hultqvist, A., Hanifi, D., Salleo, A., Magyari-Kope, B., Nishi, Y., Bent, S. F., Clemens, B. M. 2018; 97 (24)

  View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.97.245201

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• Improving Quantum Yield of Upconverting Nanoparticles in Aqueous Media via Emission Sensitization NANO LETTERS Wisser, M. D., Fischer, S., Siefe, C., Alivisatos, A., Salleo, A., Dionne, J. A. 2018; 18 (4): 2689–95

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  We demonstrate a facile method to improve upconversion quantum yields in Yb,Er-based nanoparticles via emission dye-sensitization. Using the commercially available dye ATTO 542, chosen for its high radiative rate and significant spectral overlap with the green emission of Er3+, we decorate the surfaces of sub-25 nm hexagonal-phase Na(Y/Gd/Lu)0.8F4:Yb0.18Er0.02 upconverting nanoparticles with varying dye concentrations. Upconversion photoluminescence and absorption spectroscopy provide experimental confirmation of energy transfer to and emission from the dye molecules. Upconversion quantum yield is observed to increase with dye sensitization, with the highest enhancement measured for the smallest particles investigated (10.9 nm in diameter); specifically, these dye-decorated particles are more than 2× brighter than are unmodified, organic-soluble nanoparticles and more than 10× brighter than are water-soluble nanoparticles. We also observe 3× lifetime reductions with dye adsorption, confirming the quantum yield enhancement to result from the high radiative rate of the dye. The approach detailed in this work is widely implementable, renders the nanoparticles water-soluble, and most significantly improves sub-15 nm nanoparticles, making our method especially attractive for biological imaging applications.

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• Chemically Responsive Elastomers Exhibiting Unity-Order Refractive Index Modulation. Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) Wu, D. M., Solomon, M. L., Naik, G. V., Garcia-Etxarri, A., Lawrence, M., Salleo, A., Dionne, J. A. 2018; 30 (7)

  Abstract

  Chameleons are masters of light, expertly changing their color, pattern, and reflectivity in response to their environment. Engineered materials that share this tunability can be transformative, enabling active camouflage, tunable holograms, and novel colorimetric medical sensors. While progress has been made in creating artificial chameleon skin, existing schemes often require external power, are not continuously tunable, and may prove too stiff or bulky for applications. Here, a chemically tunable, large-area metamaterial is demonstrated that accesses a wide range of colors and refractive indices. An ordered monolayer of nanoresonators is fabricated, then its optical response is dynamically tuned by infiltrating its polymer substrate with solvents. The material shows a strong magnetic response with a dependence on resonator spacing that leads to a highly tunable effective permittivity, permeability, and refractive index spanning negative and positive values. The unity-order index tuning exceeds that of traditional electro-optic and photochromic materials and is robust to cycling, providing a path toward programmable optical elements and responsive light routing.

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• Organic electrochemical transistors NATURE REVIEWS MATERIALS Rivnay, J., Inal, S., Salleo, A., Owens, R. M., Berggren, M., Malliaras, G. G. 2018; 3 (2)

  View details for DOI 10.1038/natrevmats.2017.86

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• Fused electron deficient semiconducting polymers for air stable electron transport NATURE COMMUNICATIONS Onwubiko, A., Yue, W., Jellett, C., Xiao, M., Chen, H., Ravva, M., Hanifi, D. A., Knall, A., Purushothaman, B., Nikolka, M., Flores, J., Salleo, A., Bredas, J., Sirringhaus, H., Hayoz, P., McCulloch, I. 2018; 9: 416

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  Conventional semiconducting polymer synthesis typically involves transition metal-mediated coupling reactions that link aromatic units with single bonds along the backbone. Rotation around these bonds contributes to conformational and energetic disorder and therefore potentially limits charge delocalisation, whereas the use of transition metals presents difficulties for sustainability and application in biological environments. Here we show that a simple aldol condensation reaction can prepare polymers where double bonds lock-in a rigid backbone conformation, thus eliminating free rotation along the conjugated backbone. This polymerisation route requires neither organometallic monomers nor transition metal catalysts and offers a reliable design strategy to facilitate delocalisation of frontier molecular orbitals, elimination of energetic disorder arising from rotational torsion and allowing closer interchain electronic coupling. These characteristics are desirable for high charge carrier mobilities. Our polymers with a high electron affinity display long wavelength NIR absorption with air stable electron transport in solution processed organic thin film transistors.

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• Organic Electronics for Neuromorphic Computing NATURE ELECTRONICS Burgt, Y. v., Melianas, A., Keene, S. T., Malliaras, G., Salleo, A. 2018; 1 (7): 386-397

  View details for DOI 10.1038/s41928-018-0103-3

• Organic Electronics for Point-of-Care Metabolite Monitoring. Trends in biotechnology Pappa, A. M., Parlak, O., Scheiblin, G., Mailley, P., Salleo, A., Owens, R. M. 2018; 36 (1): 45-59

  Abstract

  In this review we focus on demonstrating how organic electronic materials can solve key problems in biosensing thanks to their unique material properties and implementation in innovative device configurations. We highlight specific examples where these materials solve multiple issues related to complex sensing environments, and we benchmark these examples by comparing them to state-of-the-art commercially available sensing using alternative technologies. We have categorized our examples by sample type, focusing on sensing from body fluids in vitro and on wearable sensors, which have attracted significant interest owing to their integration with everyday life activities. We finish by describing a future trend for in vivo, implantable sensors, which aims to build on current progress from sensing in biological fluids ex vivo.

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.tibtech.2017.10.022

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• Organic Electronics for Point-of-Care Metabolite Monitoring TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY Pappa, A., Parlak, O., Scheiblin, G., Mailley, P., Salleo, A., Owens, R. M. 2018; 36 (1): 45–59

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.tibtech.2017.10.022

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• Sequential Doping Reveals the Importance of Amorphous Chain Rigidity in Charge Transport of Semi-Crystalline Polymers. The journal of physical chemistry letters Chew, A. R., Ghosh, R., Shang, Z., Spano, F. C., Salleo, A. 2017; 8 (20): 4974-4980

  Abstract

  Sequential doping is a promising new doping technique for semicrystalline polymers that has been shown to produce doped films with higher conductivity and more uniform morphology than conventional doping processes, and where the dopant placement in the film can be controlled. As a relatively new technique, however, much work is needed to understand the resulting polymer-dopant interactions upon sequential doping. A combination of infrared spectroscopy and theoretical simulations shows that the dopants selectively placed in the amorphous regions in the film via sequential doping result in highly localized polarons. We find that the presence of dopants within the amorphous regions of the film leads to an increase in conjugation length of the amorphous chains upon doping, increasing film connectivity and hence improving the overall conductivity of the film compared with the conventional doping processes.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01989

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• Structural Effects of Gating Poly(3-hexylthiophene) through an Ionic Liquid ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS Guardado, J. O., Salleo, A. 2017; 27 (32)

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adfm.201701791

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• Improving the electrical performance of solution processed oligothiophene thin-film transistors via structural similarity blending JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C Leydecker, T., Favaretto, L., Duc Trong Duong, Zappala, G., Borjesson, K., Licciardello, A., Salleo, A., Melucci, M., Orgiu, E., Samori, P. 2017; 5 (21): 5048–54

  View details for DOI 10.1039/c7tc00748e

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• On the transient response of organic electrochemical transistors ORGANIC ELECTRONICS Faria, G. C., Duong, D. T., Salleo, A. 2017; 45: 215-221

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.orgel.2017.03.021

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• Long-Term Structural Evolution of an Intercalated Layered Semiconductor ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS Chew, A. R., Fonseca, J. J., Dubon, O. D., Salleo, A. 2017; 27 (14)

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adfm.201605038

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• Negative Isotope Effect on Field-Effect Hole Transport in Fully Substituted C-13-Rubrene ADVANCED ELECTRONIC MATERIALS Ren, X., Bruzek, M. J., Hanifi, D. A., Schulzetenberg, A., Wu, Y., Kim, C., Zhang, Z., Johns, J. E., Salleo, A., Fratini, S., Troisi, A., Douglas, C. J., Frisbie, C. D. 2017; 3 (4)

  View details for DOI 10.1002/aelm.201700018

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• Hierarchical Aerographite nano-microtubular tetrapodal networks based electrodes as lightweight supercapacitor NANO ENERGY Parlak, O., Mishra, Y. K., Grigoriev, A., Mecklenburg, M., Luo, W., Keene, S., Salleo, A., Schulte, K., Ahuja, R., Adelung, R., Turner, A. P., Tiwari, A. 2017; 34: 570-577

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.nanoen.2017.03.004

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• Reducing the efficiency-stability-cost gap of organic photovoltaics with highly efficient and stable small molecule acceptor ternary solar cells. Nature materials Baran, D., Ashraf, R. S., Hanifi, D. A., Abdelsamie, M., Gasparini, N., Röhr, J. A., Holliday, S., Wadsworth, A., Lockett, S., Neophytou, M., Emmott, C. J., Nelson, J., Brabec, C. J., Amassian, A., Salleo, A., Kirchartz, T., Durrant, J. R., McCulloch, I. 2017; 16 (3): 363-369

  Abstract

  Technological deployment of organic photovoltaic modules requires improvements in device light-conversion efficiency and stability while keeping material costs low. Here we demonstrate highly efficient and stable solar cells using a ternary approach, wherein two non-fullerene acceptors are combined with both a scalable and affordable donor polymer, poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT), and a high-efficiency, low-bandgap polymer in a single-layer bulk-heterojunction device. The addition of a strongly absorbing small molecule acceptor into a P3HT-based non-fullerene blend increases the device efficiency up to 7.7 ± 0.1% without any solvent additives. The improvement is assigned to changes in microstructure that reduce charge recombination and increase the photovoltage, and to improved light harvesting across the visible region. The stability of P3HT-based devices in ambient conditions is also significantly improved relative to polymer:fullerene devices. Combined with a low-bandgap donor polymer (PBDTTT-EFT, also known as PCE10), the two mixed acceptors also lead to solar cells with 11.0 ± 0.4% efficiency and a high open-circuit voltage of 1.03 ± 0.01 V.

  View details for DOI 10.1038/nmat4797

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• A non-volatile organic electrochemical device as a low-voltage artificial synapse for neuromorphic computing. Nature materials van de Burgt, Y., Lubberman, E., Fuller, E. J., Keene, S. T., Faria, G. C., Agarwal, S., Marinella, M. J., Alec Talin, A., Salleo, A. 2017

  Abstract

  The brain is capable of massively parallel information processing while consuming only ∼1-100 fJ per synaptic event. Inspired by the efficiency of the brain, CMOS-based neural architectures and memristors are being developed for pattern recognition and machine learning. However, the volatility, design complexity and high supply voltages for CMOS architectures, and the stochastic and energy-costly switching of memristors complicate the path to achieve the interconnectivity, information density, and energy efficiency of the brain using either approach. Here we describe an electrochemical neuromorphic organic device (ENODe) operating with a fundamentally different mechanism from existing memristors. ENODe switches at low voltage and energy (<10 pJ for 10(3) μm(2) devices), displays >500 distinct, non-volatile conductance states within a ∼1 V range, and achieves high classification accuracy when implemented in neural network simulations. Plastic ENODes are also fabricated on flexible substrates enabling the integration of neuromorphic functionality in stretchable electronic systems. Mechanical flexibility makes ENODes compatible with three-dimensional architectures, opening a path towards extreme interconnectivity comparable to the human brain.

  View details for DOI 10.1038/nmat4856

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• Towards 3D organic solar cells NANO ENERGY Knipp, D., Jovanov, V., Tamang, A., Wagner, V., Salleo, A. 2017; 31: 582-589

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.nanoen.2016.11.059

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• Anomalous Charge Transport in Conjugated Polymers Reveals Underlying Mechanisms of Trapping and Percolation ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE Mollinger, S. A., Salleo, A., Spakowitz, A. J. 2016; 2 (12): 910-915

  Abstract

  While transport in conjugated polymers has many similarities to that in crystalline inorganic materials, several key differences reveal the unique relationship between the morphology of polymer films and the charge mobility. We develop a model that directly incorporates the molecular properties of the polymer film and correctly predicts these unique transport features. At low degree of polymerization, the increase of the mobility with the polymer chain length reveals trapping at chain ends, and saturation of the mobility at high degree of polymerization results from conformational traps within the chains. Similarly, the inverse field dependence of the mobility reveals that transport on single polymer chains is characterized by the ability of the charge to navigate around kinks and loops in the chain. These insights emphasize the connection between the polymer conformations and the transport and thereby offer a route to designing improved device morphologies through molecular design and materials processing.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acscentsci.6b00251

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• Trade-Off between Trap Filling, Trap Creation, and Charge Recombination Results in Performance Increase at Ultralow Doping Levels in Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS Shang, Z., Heumueller, T., Prasanna, R., Burkhard, G. F., Naab, B. D., Bao, Z., McGehee, M. D., Salleo, A. 2016; 6 (24)

  View details for DOI 10.1002/aenm.201601149

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• The Roles of Structural Order and Intermolecular Interactions in Determining Ionization Energies and Charge-Transfer State Energies in Organic Semiconductors ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS Graham, K. R., Ndjawa, G. O., Conron, S. M., Munir, R., Vandewal, K., Chen, J. J., Sweetnam, S., Thompson, M. E., Salleo, A., McGehee, M. D., Amassian, A. 2016; 6 (22)

  View details for DOI 10.1002/aenm.201601211

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• Naphthalenediimide Polymers with Finely Tuned In-Chain p-Conjugation: Electronic Structure, Film Microstructure, and Charge Transport Properties. Advanced materials Erdmann, T., Fabiano, S., Milián-Medina, B., Hanifi, D., Chen, Z., Berggren, M., Gierschner, J., Salleo, A., Kiriy, A., Voit, B., Facchetti, A. 2016; 28 (41): 9169-9174

  Abstract

  Naphthalenediimide-based random copolymers (PNDI-TVTx) with different π-conjugated dithienylvinylene (TVT) versus π-nonconjugated dithienylethane (TET) unit ratios (x = 100→0%) are investigated. The PNDI-TVTx-transistor electron/hole mobilities are affected differently, a result rationalized by molecular orbital topologies and energies, with hole mobility vanishing but electron mobility decreasing only by ≈2.5 times when going from x = 100% to 40%.

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.201602923

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• Signatures of Intracrystallite and Intercrystallite Limitations of Charge Transport in Polythiophenes MACROMOLECULES Vakhshouri, K., Smith, B. H., Chan, E. P., Wang, C., Salleo, A., Wang, C., Hexemer, A., Gomez, E. D. 2016; 49 (19): 7359-7369

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01086

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• Dual-Characteristic Transistors Based on Semiconducting Polymer Blends ADVANCED ELECTRONIC MATERIALS Lu, G., Di Pietro, R., Koelln, L. S., Nasrallah, I., Zhou, L., Mollinger, S., Himmelberger, S., Koch, N., Salleo, A., Neher, D. 2016; 2 (10)

  View details for DOI 10.1002/aelm.201600267

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• Bandgap Restructuring of the Layered Semiconductor Gallium Telluride in Air. Advanced materials Fonseca, J. J., Tongay, S., Topsakal, M., Chew, A. R., Lin, A. J., Ko, C., Luce, A. V., Salleo, A., Wu, J., Dubon, O. D. 2016; 28 (30): 6465-6470

  Abstract

  A giant bandgap reduction in layered GaTe is demonstrated. Chemisorption of oxygen to the Te-terminated surfaces produces significant restructuring of the conduction band resulting in a bandgap below 0.8 eV, compared to 1.65 eV for pristine GaTe. Localized partial recovery of the pristine gap is achieved by thermal annealing, demonstrating that reversible band engineering in layered semiconductors is accessible through their surfaces.

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.201601151

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• Enhancing Quantum Yield via Local Symmetry Distortion in Lanthanide-Based Upconverting Nanoparticles ACS PHOTONICS Wisser, M. D., Fischer, S., Maurer, P. C., Bronstein, N. D., Chu, S., Alivisatos, A. P., Salleo, A., Dionne, J. A. 2016; 3 (8): 1523-1530

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acsphotonics.6b00166

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• Roadmap on optical energy conversion JOURNAL OF OPTICS Boriskina, S. V., Green, M. A., Catchpole, K., Yablonovitch, E., Beard, M. C., Okada, Y., Lany, S., Gershon, T., Zakutayev, A., Tahersima, M. H., Sorger, V. J., Naughton, M. J., Kempa, K., Dagenais, M., Yao, Y., Xu, L., Sheng, X., Bronstein, N. D., Rogers, J. A., Alivisatos, A. P., Nuzzo, R. G., Gordon, J. M., Wu, D. M., Wisser, M. D., Salleo, A., Dionne, J., Bermel, P., Greffet, J., Celanovic, I., Soljacic, M., Manor, A., Rotschild, C., Raman, A., Zhu, L., Fan, S., Chen, G. 2016; 18 (7)

  View details for DOI 10.1088/2040-8978/18/7/073004

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• ORGANIC DEVICES. Avoid the kinks when measuring mobility. Science McCulloch, I., Salleo, A., Chabinyc, M. 2016; 352 (6293): 1521-1522

  View details for DOI 10.1126/science.aaf9062

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• High-efficiency and air-stable P3HT-based polymer solar cells with a new non-fullerene acceptor NATURE COMMUNICATIONS Holliday, S., Ashraf, R. S., Wadsworth, A., Baran, D., Yousaf, S. A., Nielsen, C. B., Tan, C., Dimitrov, S. D., Shang, Z., Gasparini, N., Alamoudi, M., Laquai, F., Brabec, C. J., Salleo, A., Durrant, J. R., McCulloch, I. 2016; 7

  Abstract

  Solution-processed organic photovoltaics (OPV) offer the attractive prospect of low-cost, light-weight and environmentally benign solar energy production. The highest efficiency OPV at present use low-bandgap donor polymers, many of which suffer from problems with stability and synthetic scalability. They also rely on fullerene-based acceptors, which themselves have issues with cost, stability and limited spectral absorption. Here we present a new non-fullerene acceptor that has been specifically designed to give improved performance alongside the wide bandgap donor poly(3-hexylthiophene), a polymer with significantly better prospects for commercial OPV due to its relative scalability and stability. Thanks to the well-matched optoelectronic and morphological properties of these materials, efficiencies of 6.4% are achieved which is the highest reported for fullerene-free P3HT devices. In addition, dramatically improved air stability is demonstrated relative to other high-efficiency OPV, showing the excellent potential of this new material combination for future technological applications.

  View details for DOI 10.1038/ncomms11585

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• Core/Shell Approach to Dopant Incorporation and Shape Control in Colloidal Zinc Oxide Nanorods CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS Mehra, S., Bergerud, A., Milliron, D. J., Chan, E. M., Salleo, A. 2016; 28 (10): 3454-3461

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b00981

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• Role of Polymer Structure on the Conductivity of N-Doped Polymers ADVANCED ELECTRONIC MATERIALS Naab, B. D., Gu, X., Kurosawa, T., To, J. W., Salleo, A., Bao, Z. 2016; 2 (5)

  View details for DOI 10.1002/aelm.201600004

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• Near infrared laser annealing of CdTe and in-situ measurement of the evolution of structural and optical properties JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS Simonds, B. J., Misra, S., Paudel, N., Vandewal, K., Salleo, A., Ferekides, C., Scarpulla, M. A. 2016; 119 (16)

  View details for DOI 10.1063/1.4947186

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• Characterizing the Polymer:Fullerene Intermolecular Interactions CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS Sweetnam, S., Vandewal, K., Cho, E., Risko, C., Coropceanu, V., Salleo, A., Bredas, J., McGehee, M. D. 2016; 28 (5): 1446-1452

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b03378

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• Time- and Temperature-Independent Local Carrier Mobility and Effects of Regioregularity in Polymer-Fullerene Organic Semiconductors ADVANCED ELECTRONIC MATERIALS Sher, M., Bartelt, J. A., Burke, T. M., Salleo, A., McGehee, M. D., Lindenberg, A. M. 2016; 2 (3)

  View details for DOI 10.1002/aelm.201500351

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• Strain effects on the work function of an organic semiconductor. Nature communications Wu, Y., Chew, A. R., Rojas, G. A., Sini, G., Haugstad, G., Belianinov, A., Kalinin, S. V., Li, H., Risko, C., Brédas, J., Salleo, A., Frisbie, C. D. 2016; 7: 10270-?

  Abstract

  Establishing fundamental relationships between strain and work function (WF) in organic semiconductors is important not only for understanding electrical properties of organic thin films, which are subject to both intrinsic and extrinsic strains, but also for developing flexible electronic devices. Here we investigate tensile and compressive strain effects on the WF of rubrene single crystals. Mechanical strain induced by thermal expansion mismatch between the substrate and rubrene is quantified by X-ray diffraction. The corresponding WF change is measured by scanning Kelvin probe microscopy. The WF of rubrene increases (decreases) significantly with in-plane tensile (compressive) strain, which agrees qualitatively with density functional theory calculations. An elastic-to-plastic transition, characterized by a steep rise of the WF, occurs at ∼0.05% tensile strain along the rubrene π-stacking direction. The results provide the first concrete link between mechanical strain and WF of an organic semiconductor and have important implications for understanding the connection between structural and electronic disorder in soft organic electronic materials.

  View details for DOI 10.1038/ncomms10270

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• Significance of the double-layer capacitor effect in polar rubbery dielectrics and exceptionally stable low-voltage high transconductance organic transistors SCIENTIFIC REPORTS Wang, C., Lee, W., Kong, D., Pfattner, R., Schweicher, G., Nakajima, R., Lu, C., Mei, J., Lee, T. H., Wu, H., Lopez, J., Diao, Y., Gu, X., Himmelberger, S., Niu, W., Matthews, J. R., He, M., Salleo, A., Nishi, Y., Bao, Z. 2015; 5

  Abstract

  Both high gain and transconductance at low operating voltages are essential for practical applications of organic field-effect transistors (OFETs). Here, we describe the significance of the double-layer capacitance effect in polar rubbery dielectrics, even when present in a very low ion concentration and conductivity. We observed that this effect can greatly enhance the OFET transconductance when driven at low voltages. Specifically, when the polar elastomer poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) (e-PVDF-HFP) was used as the dielectric layer, despite a thickness of several micrometers, we obtained a transconductance per channel width 30 times higher than that measured for the same organic semiconductors fabricated on a semicrystalline PVDF-HFP with a similar thickness. After a series of detailed experimental investigations, we attribute the above observation to the double-layer capacitance effect, even though the ionic conductivity is as low as 10(-10) S/cm. Different from previously reported OFETs with double-layer capacitance effects, our devices showed unprecedented high bias-stress stability in air and even in water.

  View details for DOI 10.1038/srep17849

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• Microstructural and Electronic Origins of Open-Circuit Voltage Tuning in Organic Solar Cells Based on Ternary Blends ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS Mollinger, S. A., Vandewal, K., Salleo, A. 2015; 5 (23)

  View details for DOI 10.1002/aenm.201501335

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• Toward Conductive Mesocrystalline Assemblies: PbS Nanocrystals Cross-Linked with Tetrathiafulvalene Dicarboxylate CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS Andre, A., Zherebetskyy, D., Hanifi, D., He, B., Khoshkhoo, M. S., Jankowski, M., Chasse, T., Wang, L., Schreiber, F., Salleo, A., Liu, Y., Scheele, M. 2015; 27 (23): 8105-8115

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b03821

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• Solid Solutions of Rare Earth Cations in Mesoporous Anatase Beads and Their Performances in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells SCIENTIFIC REPORTS Cavallo, C., Salleo, A., Gozzi, D., Di Pascasio, F., Quaranta, S., Panetta, R., Latini, A. 2015; 5

  View details for DOI 10.1038/srep16785

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• Organic electronics: Something out of nothing. Nature materials Salleo, A. 2015; 14 (11): 1077-8

  View details for DOI 10.1038/nmat4420

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• Engineering semiconducting polymers for efficient charge transport MRS COMMUNICATIONS Himmelberger, S., Salleo, A. 2015; 5 (3): 383-395

  View details for DOI 10.1557/mrc.2015.44

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• Experimental evidence that short-range intermolecular aggregation is sufficient for efficient charge transport in conjugated polymers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Wang, S., Fabiano, S., Himmelberger, S., Puzinas, S., Crispin, X., Salleo, A., Berggren, M. 2015; 112 (34): 10599-10604

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  Efficiency, current throughput, and speed of electronic devices are to a great extent dictated by charge carrier mobility. The classic approach to impart high carrier mobility to polymeric semiconductors has often relied on the assumption that extensive order and crystallinity are needed. Recently, however, this assumption has been challenged, because high mobility has been reported for semiconducting polymers that exhibit a surprisingly low degree of order. Here, we show that semiconducting polymers can be confined into weakly ordered fibers within an inert polymer matrix without affecting their charge transport properties. In these conditions, the semiconducting polymer chains are inhibited from attaining long-range order in the π-stacking or alkyl-stacking directions, as demonstrated from the absence of significant X-ray diffraction intensity corresponding to these crystallographic directions, yet still remain extended along the backbone direction and aggregate on a local length scale. As a result, the polymer films maintain high mobility even at very low concentrations. Our findings provide a simple picture that clarifies the role of local order and connectivity of domains.

  View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.1501381112

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• Experimental evidence that short-range intermolecular aggregation is sufficient for efficient charge transport in conjugated polymers PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Wang, S., Fabiano, S., Himmelberger, S., Puzinas, S., Crispin, X., Salleo, A., Berggren, M. 2015; 112 (34): 10599-10604

  View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.1501381112

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• Miscibility and Acid Strength Govern Contact Doping of Organic Photovoltaics with Strong Polyelectrolytes MACROMOLECULES Le, T. P., Shang, Z., Wang, L., Li, N., Kesava, S. V., O'Connor, J. W., Chang, Y., Bae, C., Zhu, C., Hexemer, A., Gomez, E. W., Salleo, A., Hickner, M. A., Gomez, E. D. 2015; 48 (15): 5162-5171

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00724

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• The Effect of Processing Additives on Energetic Disorder in Highly Efficient Organic Photovoltaics: A Case Study on PBDTTT-C-T:PC71 BM. Advanced materials Gao, F., Himmelberger, S., Andersson, M., Hanifi, D., Xia, Y., Zhang, S., Wang, J., Hou, J., Salleo, A., Inganäs, O. 2015; 27 (26): 3868-3873

  Abstract

  Energetic disorder, an important parameter affecting the performance of organic photovoltaics, is significantly decreased upon the addition of processing additives in a highly efficient benzodithiophene-based copolymer blend (PBDTTT-C-T:PC71 BM). Wide-angle and small-angle X-ray scattering measurements suggest that the origin of this reduced energetic disorder is due to increased aggregation and a larger average fullerene domain size together with purer phases.

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.201405913

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• The Effect of Processing Additives on Energetic Disorder in Highly Efficient Organic Photovoltaics: A Case Study on PBDTTT-C-T:PC71 BM. Advanced materials Gao, F., Himmelberger, S., Andersson, M., Hanifi, D., Xia, Y., Zhang, S., Wang, J., Hou, J., Salleo, A., Inganäs, O. 2015; 27 (26): 3868-3873

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.201405913

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• Percolation, Tie-Molecules, and the Microstructural Determinants of Charge Transport in Semicrystalline Conjugated Polymers ACS MACRO LETTERS Mollinger, S. A., Krajina, B. A., Noriega, R., Salleo, A., Spakowitz, A. J. 2015; 4 (7): 708-712

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acsmacrolett.5b00314

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• Control of Rubrene Polymorphs via Polymer Binders: Applications in Organic Field-Effect Transistors CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS Jo, P. S., Duong, D. T., Park, J., Sinclair, R., Salleo, A. 2015; 27 (11): 3979-3987

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b00884

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• Structural and Electrical Investigation of C-60-Graphene Vertical Heterostructures ACS NANO Kim, K., Lee, T. H., Santos, E. J., Jo, P. S., Salleo, A., Nishi, Y., Bao, Z. 2015; 9 (6): 5922-5928

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  Graphene, with its unique electronic and structural qualities, has become an important playground for studying adsorption and assembly of various materials including organic molecules. Moreover, organic/graphene vertical structures assembled by van der Waals interaction have potential for multifunctional device applications. Here, we investigate structural and electrical properties of vertical heterostructures composed of C60 thin film on graphene. The assembled film structure of C60 on graphene is investigated using transmission electron microscopy, which reveals a uniform morphology of C60 film on graphene with a grain size as large as 500 nm. The strong epitaxial relations between C60 crystal and graphene lattice directions are found, and van der Waals ab initio calculations support the observed phenomena. Moreover, using C60-graphene heterostructures, we fabricate vertical graphene transistors incorporating n-type organic semiconducting materials with an on/off ratio above 3 × 10(3). Our work demonstrates that graphene can serve as an excellent substrate for assembly of molecules, and attained organic/graphene heterostructures have great potential for electronics applications.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acsnano.5b00581

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• Molar Mass versus Polymer Solar Cell Performance: Highlighting the Role of Homocouplings CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS Vangerven, T., Verstappen, P., Drijkoningen, J., Dierckx, W., Himmelberger, S., Salleo, A., Vanderzande, D., Maes, W., Manca, J. V. 2015; 27 (10): 3726-3732

  View details for DOI 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b00939

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• Role of Side-Chain Branching on Thin-Film Structure and Electronic Properties of Polythiophenes ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS Himmelberger, S., Duong, D. T., Northrup, J. E., Rivnay, J., Koch, F. P., Beckingham, B. S., Stingelin, N., Segalman, R. A., Mannsfeld, S. C., Salleo, A. 2015; 25 (17): 2616-2624

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adfm.201500101

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• Direct Correlation of Charge Transfer Absorption with Molecular Donor:Acceptor Interfacial Area via Photothermal Deflection Spectroscopy JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Buchaca-Domingo, E., Vandewal, K., Fei, Z., Watkins, S. E., Scholes, F. H., Bannock, J. H., de Mello, J. C., Richter, L. J., Delongchamp, D. M., Amassian, A., Heeney, M., Salleo, A., Stingelin, N. 2015; 137 (16): 5256-5259

  Abstract

  Here we show that the charge transfer (CT) absorption signal in bulk-heterojunction solar cell blends, measured by photothermal deflection spectroscopy, is directly proportional to the density of molecular donor:acceptor interfaces. Since the optical transitions from the ground state to the interfacial CT state are weakly allowed at photon energies below the optical gap of both the donor and acceptor, we can exploit the use of this sensitive linear absorption spectroscopy for such quantification. Moreover, we determine the absolute molar extinction coefficient of the CT transition for an archetypical polymer:fullerene interface. The latter is ∼100 times lower than the extinction coefficient of the donor chromophore involved, allowing us to experimentally estimate the transition dipole moment as 0.3 D and the electronic coupling between the ground and CT states to be on the order of 30 meV.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/ja512410f

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  View details for PubMedID 25856143

• Symmetry-Breaking Charge Transfer in a Zinc Chlorodipyrrin Acceptor for High Open Circuit Voltage Organic Photovoltaics JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Bartynski, A. N., Gruber, M., Das, S., Rangan, S., Mollinger, S., Trinh, C., Bradforth, S. E., Vandewal, K., Salleo, A., Bartynski, R. A., Bruetting, W., Thompson, M. E. 2015; 137 (16): 5397-5405

  Abstract

  Low open-circuit voltages significantly limit the power conversion efficiency of organic photovoltaic devices. Typical strategies to enhance the open-circuit voltage involve tuning the HOMO and LUMO positions of the donor (D) and acceptor (A), respectively, to increase the interfacial energy gap or to tailor the donor or acceptor structure at the D/A interface. Here, we present an alternative approach to improve the open-circuit voltage through the use of a zinc chlorodipyrrin, ZCl [bis(dodecachloro-5-mesityldipyrrinato)zinc], as an acceptor, which undergoes symmetry-breaking charge transfer (CT) at the donor/acceptor interface. DBP/ZCl cells exhibit open-circuit voltages of 1.33 V compared to 0.88 V for analogous tetraphenyldibenzoperyflanthrene (DBP)/C60-based devices. Charge transfer state energies measured by Fourier-transform photocurrent spectroscopy and electroluminescence show that C60 forms a CT state of 1.45 ± 0.05 eV in a DBP/C60-based organic photovoltaic device, while ZCl as acceptor gives a CT state energy of 1.70 ± 0.05 eV in the corresponding device structure. In the ZCl device this results in an energetic loss between E(CT) and qV(OC) of 0.37 eV, substantially less than the 0.6 eV typically observed for organic systems and equal to the recombination losses seen in high-efficiency Si and GaAs devices. The substantial increase in open-circuit voltage and reduction in recombination losses for devices utilizing ZCl demonstrate the great promise of symmetry-breaking charge transfer in organic photovoltaic devices.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/jacs.5b00146

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  View details for PubMedID 25826321

• Strain-induced modification of optical selection rules in lanthanide-based upconverting nanoparticles. Nano letters Wisser, M. D., Chea, M., Lin, Y., Wu, D. M., Mao, W. L., Salleo, A., Dionne, J. A. 2015; 15 (3): 1891-1897

  Abstract

  NaYF4:Yb(3+),Er(3+) nanoparticle upconverters are hindered by low quantum efficiencies arising in large part from the parity-forbidden nature of their optical transitions and the nonoptimal spatial separations between lanthanide ions. Here, we use pressure-induced lattice distortion to systematically modify both parameters. Although hexagonal-phase nanoparticles exhibit a monotonic decrease in upconversion emission, cubic-phase particles experience a nearly 2-fold increase in efficiency. In-situ X-ray diffraction indicates that these emission changes require only a 1% reduction in lattice constant. Our work highlights the intricate relationship between upconversion efficiency and lattice geometry and provides a promising approach to modifying the quantum efficiency of any lanthanide upconverter.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/nl504738k

  View details for PubMedID 25647523

• Optically switchable transistors by simple incorporation of photochromic systems into small-molecule semiconducting matrices NATURE COMMUNICATIONS El Gemayel, M., Borjesson, K., Herder, M., Duong, D. T., Hutchison, J. A., Ruzie, C., Schweicher, G., Salleo, A., Geerts, Y., Hecht, S., Orgiu, E., Samori, P. 2015; 6

  Abstract

  The fabrication of multifunctional high-performance organic thin-film transistors as key elements in future logic circuits is a major research challenge. Here we demonstrate that a photoresponsive bi-functional field-effect transistor with carrier mobilities exceeding 0.2 cm(2) V(-1) s(-1) can be developed by incorporating photochromic molecules into an organic semiconductor matrix via a single-step solution processing deposition of a two components blend. Tuning the interactions between the photochromic diarylethene system and the organic semiconductor is achieved via ad-hoc side functionalization of the diarylethene. Thereby, a large-scale phase-segregation can be avoided and superior miscibility is provided, while retaining optimal π-π stacking to warrant efficient charge transport and to attenuate the effect of photoinduced switching on the extent of current modulation. This leads to enhanced electrical performance of transistors incorporating small conjugated molecules as compared with polymeric semiconductors. These findings are of interest for the development of high-performing optically gated electronic devices.

  View details for DOI 10.1038/ncomms7330

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  View details for PubMedID 25739864

• Optical measurement of doping efficiency in poly(3-hexylthiophene) solutions and thin films PHYSICAL REVIEW B Wang, C., Duong, D. T., Vandewal, K., Rivnay, J., Salleo, A. 2015; 91 (8)

  View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.085205

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• Optically switchable transistors comprising a hybrid photochromic molecule/n-type organic active layer JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C Boerjesson, K., HERDER, M., Grubert, L., Duong, D. T., Salleo, A., Hecht, S., Orgiu, E., Samori, P. 2015; 3 (16): 4156-4161

  View details for DOI 10.1039/c5tc00401b

  View details for Web of Science ID 000352870400041

• Strain-induced modification of optical selection rules in lanthanide-based upconverting nanoparticles Nano Letters Wisser, M., Chea, M., Lin, Y., Wu, D., Mao, W. L., Salleo, A., Dionne, J. 2015: 1891–97

  Abstract

  NaYF4:Yb(3+),Er(3+) nanoparticle upconverters are hindered by low quantum efficiencies arising in large part from the parity-forbidden nature of their optical transitions and the nonoptimal spatial separations between lanthanide ions. Here, we use pressure-induced lattice distortion to systematically modify both parameters. Although hexagonal-phase nanoparticles exhibit a monotonic decrease in upconversion emission, cubic-phase particles experience a nearly 2-fold increase in efficiency. In-situ X-ray diffraction indicates that these emission changes require only a 1% reduction in lattice constant. Our work highlights the intricate relationship between upconversion efficiency and lattice geometry and provides a promising approach to modifying the quantum efficiency of any lanthanide upconverter.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/nl504738k

• Modulating molecular aggregation by facile heteroatom substitution of diketopyrrolopyrrole based small molecules for efficient organic solar cells JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A Qian, D., Liu, B., Wang, S., Himmelberger, S., Linares, M., Vagin, M., Muller, C., Ma, Z., Fabiano, S., Berggren, M., Salleo, A., Inganas, O., Zou, Y., Zhang, F. 2015; 3 (48): 24349-24357

  View details for DOI 10.1039/c5ta06501a

  View details for Web of Science ID 000366163000022

• Efficiency Enhancement of Gallium Arsenide Photovoltaics Using Solution-Processed Zinc Oxide Nanoparticle Light Scattering Layers JOURNAL OF NANOMATERIALS Kang, Y., Liang, D., Mehra, S., Huo, Y., Chen, Y., Christoforo, M. G., Salleo, A., Harris, J. S. 2015

  View details for DOI 10.1155/2015/263734

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• Branched and linear A(2)-D-A(1)-D-A(2) isoindigo-based solution-processable small molecules for organic field-effect transistors and solar cells RSC ADVANCES Tomassetti, M., Ouhib, F., Cardinaletti, I., Verstappen, P., Salleo, A., Jerome, C., Manca, J., Maes, W., Detrembleur, C. 2015; 5 (104): 85460-85469

  View details for DOI 10.1039/c5ra17660c

  View details for Web of Science ID 000363179900037

• Multi-phase microstructures drive exciton dissociation in neat semicrystalline polymeric semiconductors JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C Paquin, F., Rivnay, J., Salleo, A., Stingelin, N., Silva-Acuna, C. 2015; 3 (41): 10715-10722

  View details for DOI 10.1039/c5tc02043c

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• Modular synthetic design enables precise control of shape and doping in colloidal zinc oxide nanorods JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C Mehra, S., Chan, E. M., Salleo, A. 2015; 3 (27): 7172-7179

  View details for DOI 10.1039/c5tc01216c

  View details for Web of Science ID 000357416500028

• Semi-transparent perovskite solar cells for tandems with silicon and CIGS ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Bailie, C. D., Christoforo, M. G., Mailoa, J. P., Bowring, A. R., Unger, E. L., Nguyen, W. H., Burschka, J., Pellet, N., Lee, J. Z., Graetzel, M., Noufi, R., Buonassisi, T., Salleo, A., McGehee, M. D. 2015; 8 (3): 956-963

  View details for DOI 10.1039/c4ee03322a

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• Solution-Processed Field-Effect Transistors Based on Dihexylquaterthiophene Films with Performances Exceeding Those of Vacuum-Sublimed Films ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES Leydecker, T., Duc Trong Duong, D. T., Salleo, A., Orgiu, E., Samori, P. 2014; 6 (23): 21248-21255

  Abstract

  Solution-processable oligothiophenes are model systems for charge transport and fabrication of organic field-effect transistors (OFET) . Herein we report a structure vs function relationship study focused on the electrical characteristics of solution-processed dihexylquaterthiophene (DH4T)-based OFET. We show that by combining the tailoring of all interfaces in the bottom-contact bottom-gate transistor, via chemisorption of ad hoc molecules on electrodes and dielectric, with suitable choice of the film preparation conditions (including solvent type, concentration, volume, and deposition method), it is possible to fabricate devices exhibiting field-effect mobilities exceeding those of vacuum-processed DH4T transistors. In particular, the evaporation rate of the solvent, the processing temperature, as well as the concentration of the semiconducting material were found to hold a paramount importance in driving the self-assembly toward the formation of highly ordered and low-dimensional supramolecular architectures, confirming the kinetically governed nature of the self-assembly process. Among the various architectures, hundreds-of-micrometers long and thin DH4T crystallites exhibited enhanced charge transport.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/am506245v

  View details for Web of Science ID 000346326600081

  View details for PubMedID 25380324

• The Crucial Influence of Fullerene Phases on Photogeneration in Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS Zusan, A., Vandewal, K., Allendorf, B., Hansen, N. H., Pflaum, J., Salleo, A., Dyakonov, V., Deibel, C. 2014; 4 (17)

  View details for DOI 10.1002/aenm.201400922

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• Organic electrochemical transistors as impedance biosensors MRS COMMUNICATIONS Faria, G. C., Duong, D. T., Salleo, A., Polyzoidis, C. A., Logothetidis, S., Rivnay, J., Owens, R., Malliaras, G. G. 2014; 4 (4): 189-194

  View details for DOI 10.1557/mrc.2014.35

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• Plasmon-Enhanced Upconversion JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS Wu, D. M., Garcia-Etxarri, A., Salleo, A., Dionne, J. A. 2014; 5 (22): 4020-4031

  Abstract

  Upconversion, the conversion of photons from lower to higher energies, is a process that promises applications ranging from high-efficiency photovoltaic and photocatalytic cells to background-free bioimaging and therapeutic probes. Existing upconverting materials, however, remain too inefficient for viable implementation. In this Perspective, we describe the significant improvements in upconversion efficiency that can be achieved using plasmon resonances. As collective oscillations of free electrons, plasmon resonances can be used to enhance both the incident electromagnetic field intensity and the radiative emission rates. To date, this approach has shown upconversion enhancements up to 450×. We discuss both theoretical underpinnings and experimental demonstrations of plasmon-enhanced upconversion, examining the roles of upconverter quantum yield, plasmonic geometry, and plasmon spectral overlap. We also discuss nonoptical consequences of including metal nanostructures near upconverting emitters. The rapidly expanding field of plasmon-enhanced upconversion provides novel fundamental insight into nanoscale light-matter interactions while improving prospects for technological relevance.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/jz5019042

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• Plasmon-Enhanced Upconversion. journal of physical chemistry letters Wu, D. M., García-Etxarri, A., Salleo, A., Dionne, J. A. 2014; 5 (22): 4020-4031

  Abstract

  Upconversion, the conversion of photons from lower to higher energies, is a process that promises applications ranging from high-efficiency photovoltaic and photocatalytic cells to background-free bioimaging and therapeutic probes. Existing upconverting materials, however, remain too inefficient for viable implementation. In this Perspective, we describe the significant improvements in upconversion efficiency that can be achieved using plasmon resonances. As collective oscillations of free electrons, plasmon resonances can be used to enhance both the incident electromagnetic field intensity and the radiative emission rates. To date, this approach has shown upconversion enhancements up to 450×. We discuss both theoretical underpinnings and experimental demonstrations of plasmon-enhanced upconversion, examining the roles of upconverter quantum yield, plasmonic geometry, and plasmon spectral overlap. We also discuss nonoptical consequences of including metal nanostructures near upconverting emitters. The rapidly expanding field of plasmon-enhanced upconversion provides novel fundamental insight into nanoscale light-matter interactions while improving prospects for technological relevance.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/jz5019042

  View details for PubMedID 26276488

• Enhancing Fullerene-Based Solar Cell Lifetimes by Addition of a Fullerene Dumbbell ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION Schroeder, B. C., Li, Z., Brady, M. A., Faria, G. C., Ashraf, R. S., Takacs, C. J., Cowart, J. S., Duong, D. T., Chiu, K. H., Tan, C., Cabral, J. T., Salleo, A., Chabinyc, M. L., Durrant, J. R., McCulloch, I. 2014; 53 (47): 12870-12875

  Abstract

  Cost-effective, solution-processable organic photovoltaics (OPV) present an interesting alternative to inorganic silicon-based solar cells. However, one of the major remaining challenges of OPV devices is their lack of long-term operational stability, especially at elevated temperatures. The synthesis of a fullerene dumbbell and its use as an additive in the active layer of a PCDTBT:PCBM-based OPV device is reported. The addition of only 20 % of this novel fullerene not only leads to improved device efficiencies, but more importantly also to a dramatic increase in morphological stability under simulated operating conditions. Dynamic secondary ion mass spectrometry (DSIMS) and TEM are used, amongst other techniques, to elucidate the origins of the improved morphological stability.

  View details for DOI 10.1002/anie.201407310

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• Role of Molecular Weight Distribution on Charge Transport in Semiconducting Polymers MACROMOLECULES Himmelberger, S., Vandewal, K., Fei, Z., Heeney, M., Salleo, A. 2014; 47 (20): 7151-7157

  View details for DOI 10.1021/ma501508j

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• Enhanced Photovoltaic Performance of Indacenodithiophene-Quinoxaline Copolymers by Side-Chain Modulation ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS Dang, D., Chen, W., Himmelberger, S., Tao, Q., Lundin, A., Yang, R., Zhu, W., Salleo, A., Mueller, C., Wang, E. 2014; 4 (15)

  View details for DOI 10.1002/aenm.201400680

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• Direct Observation of Doping Sites in Temperature-Controlled, p-Doped P3HT Thin Films by Conducting Atomic Force Microscopy ADVANCED MATERIALS Duong, D. T., Hung Phan, H., Hanifi, D., Jo, P. S., Thuc-Quyen Nguyen, T. Q., Salleo, A. 2014; 26 (35): 6069-?

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  The distribution of dopant sites in doped poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) thin films is characterized using optical absorption, grazing-incidence X-ray diffraction, and conducting atomic force microscopy (c-AFM). It is shown that dopant sites can be directly observed using c-AFM and that the solution temperature dramatically impacts phase separation and conductivity in spin-cast films.

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.201402015

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• Direct observation of doping sites in temperature-controlled, p-doped P3HT thin films by conducting atomic force microscopy. Advanced materials Duong, D. T., Phan, H., Hanifi, D., Jo, P. S., Nguyen, T., Salleo, A. 2014; 26 (35): 6069-6073

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  The distribution of dopant sites in doped poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) thin films is characterized using optical absorption, grazing-incidence X-ray diffraction, and conducting atomic force microscopy (c-AFM). It is shown that dopant sites can be directly observed using c-AFM and that the solution temperature dramatically impacts phase separation and conductivity in spin-cast films.

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.201402015

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• Contact Doping with Sub-Monolayers of Strong Polyelectrolytes for Organic Photovoltaics ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS Mor, G. K., Jones, D., Le, T. P., Shang, Z., Weathers, P. J., Woltermann, M. K., Vakhshouri, K., Williams, B. P., Tohran, S. A., Saito, T., Verduzco, R., Salleo, A., Hickner, M. A., Gomez, E. D. 2014; 4 (13)

  View details for DOI 10.1002/aenm.201400439

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• A New Tetracyclic Lactam Building Block for Thick, Broad-Bandgap Photovoltaics JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Kroon, R., Mendaza, A. D., Himmelberger, S., Bergqvist, J., Backe, O., Faria, G. C., Gao, F., Obaid, A., Zhuang, W., Gedefaw, D., Olsson, E., Inganas, O., Salleo, A., Muller, C., Andersson, M. R. 2014; 136 (33): 11578-11581

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  A new tetracyclic lactam building block for polymer semiconductors is reported that was designed to combine the many favorable properties that larger fused and/or amide-containing building blocks can induce, including improved solid-state packing, high charge carrier mobility, and improved charge separation. Copolymerization with thiophene resulted in a semicrystalline conjugated polymer, PTNT, with a broad bandgap of 2.2 eV. Grazing incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering of PTNT thin films revealed a strong tendency for face-on π-stacking of the polymer backbone, which was retained in PTNT:fullerene blends. Corresponding solar cells featured a high open-circuit voltage of 0.9 V, a fill factor around 0.6, and a power conversion efficiency as high as 5% for >200 nm thick active layers, regardless of variations in blend stoichiometry and nanostructure. Moreover, efficiencies of >4% could be retained when thick active layers of ∼400 nm were employed. Overall, these values are the highest reported for a conjugated polymer with such a broad bandgap and are unprecedented in materials for tandem and particularly ternary blend photovoltaics. Hence, the newly developed tetracyclic lactam unit has significant potential as a conjugated building block in future organic electronic materials.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/ja5051692

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  View details for PubMedID 25056482

• Mechanism of Crystallization and Implications for Charge Transport in Poly(3-ethylhexylthiophene) Thin Films ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS Duong, D. T., Ho, V., Shang, Z., Mollinger, S., Mannsfeld, S. C., Dacuna, J., Toney, M. F., Segalman, R., Salleo, A. 2014; 24 (28): 4515-4521

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adfm.201304247

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• Importance of the donor:fullerene intermolecular arrangement for high-efficiency organic photovoltaics. Journal of the American Chemical Society Graham, K. R., Cabanetos, C., Jahnke, J. P., Idso, M. N., El Labban, A., Ngongang Ndjawa, G. O., Heumueller, T., Vandewal, K., Salleo, A., Chmelka, B. F., Amassian, A., Beaujuge, P. M., McGehee, M. D. 2014; 136 (27): 9608-9618

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  The performance of organic photovoltaic (OPV) material systems are hypothesized to depend strongly on the intermolecular arrangements at the donor:fullerene interfaces. A review of some of the most efficient polymers utilized in polymer:fullerene PV devices, combined with an analysis of reported polymer donor materials wherein the same conjugated backbone was used with varying alkyl substituents, supports this hypothesis. Specifically, the literature shows that higher-performing donor-acceptor type polymers generally have acceptor moieties that are sterically accessible for interactions with the fullerene derivative, whereas the corresponding donor moieties tend to have branched alkyl substituents that sterically hinder interactions with the fullerene. To further explore the idea that the most beneficial polymer:fullerene arrangement involves the fullerene docking with the acceptor moiety, a family of benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']dithiophene-thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione polymers (PBDTTPD derivatives) was synthesized and tested in a variety of PV device types with vastly different aggregation states of the polymer. In agreement with our hypothesis, the PBDTTPD derivative with a more sterically accessible acceptor moiety and a more sterically hindered donor moiety shows the highest performance in bulk-heterojunction, bilayer, and low-polymer concentration PV devices where fullerene derivatives serve as the electron-accepting materials. Furthermore, external quantum efficiency measurements of the charge-transfer state and solid-state two-dimensional (2D) (13)C{(1)H} heteronuclear correlation (HETCOR) NMR analyses support that a specific polymer:fullerene arrangement is present for the highest performing PBDTTPD derivative, in which the fullerene is in closer proximity to the acceptor moiety of the polymer. This work demonstrates that the polymer:fullerene arrangement and resulting intermolecular interactions may be key factors in determining the performance of OPV material systems.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/ja502985g

  View details for PubMedID 24932575

• Effective Solution- and Vacuum-Processed n-Doping by Dimers of Benzimidazoline Radicals. Advanced materials Naab, B. D., Zhang, S., Vandewal, K., Salleo, A., Barlow, S., Marder, S. R., Bao, Z. 2014; 26 (25): 4268-4272

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.201400668

  View details for PubMedID 24753007

• Correlated Donor/Acceptor Crystal Orientation Controls Photocurrent Generation in All-Polymer Solar Cells ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS Schubert, M., Collins, B. A., Mangold, H., Howard, I. A., Schindler, W., Vandewal, K., Roland, S., Behrends, J., Kraffert, F., Steyrleuthner, R., Chen, Z., Fostiropoulos, K., Bittl, R., Salleo, A., Facchetti, A., Laquai, F., Ade, H. W., Neher, D. 2014; 24 (26): 4068-4081

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adfm.201304216

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• Toward bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells with thermally stable active layer morphology JOURNAL OF PHOTONICS FOR ENERGY Cardinaletti, I., Kesters, J., Bertho, S., Conings, B., Piersimoni, F., d'Haen, J., Lutsen, L., Nesladek, M., Van Mele, B., Van Assche, G., Vandewal, K., Salleo, A., Vanderzande, D., Maes, W., Manca, J. V. 2014; 4

  View details for DOI 10.1117/1.JPE.4.040997

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• Modeling of the effect of intentionally introduced traps on hole transport in single-crystal rubrene PHYSICAL REVIEW B Dacuna, J., Desai, A., Xie, W., Salleo, A. 2014; 89 (24)

  View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.89.245302

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• Increased open-circuit voltage of organic solar cells by reduced donor-acceptor interface area. Advanced materials Vandewal, K., Widmer, J., Heumueller, T., Brabec, C. J., McGehee, M. D., Leo, K., Riede, M., Salleo, A. 2014; 26 (23): 3839-3843

  Abstract

  The charge carrier lifetime in small molecule: C60 photovoltaic devices is increased by reducing the physical interface area availabe for recombination. For donor contents below 10%, the gain in open-circuit voltage (Voc ) depends logarithmically on the interface area while the energy of the interfacial charge-transfer state ECT remains invariant.

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.201400114

  View details for PubMedID 24664888

• High Performance All-Polymer Solar Cell via Polymer Side-Chain Engineering. Advanced materials Zhou, Y., Kurosawa, T., Ma, W., Guo, Y., Fang, L., Vandewal, K., Diao, Y., Wang, C., Yan, Q., Reinspach, J., Mei, J., Appleton, A. L., Koleilat, G. I., Gao, Y., Mannsfeld, S. C., Salleo, A., Ade, H., Zhao, D., Bao, Z. 2014; 26 (22): 3767-3772

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.201306242

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• Tuning the plasmonic absorption of metal reflectors by zinc oxide nano particles: Application in thin film solar cells NANO ENERGY Palanchoke, U., Kurz, H., Noriega, R., Arabi, S., Jovanov, V., Magnus, P., Aftab, H., Salleo, A., Stiebig, H., Knipp, D. 2014; 6: 167-172

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.nanoen.2014.03.008

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• Charge Transport Orthogonality in All-Polymer Blend Transistors, Diodes, and Solar Cells ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS Fabiano, S., Himmelberger, S., Drees, M., Chen, Z., Altamimi, R. M., Salleo, A., Loi, M. A., Facchetti, A. 2014; 4 (6)

  View details for DOI 10.1002/aenm.201301409

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• On the Efficiency of Charge Transfer State Splitting in Polymer: Fullerene Solar Cells ADVANCED MATERIALS Albrecht, S., Vandewal, K., Tumbleston, J. R., Fischer, F. S., Douglas, J. D., Frechet, J. M., Ludwigs, S., Ade, H., Salleo, A., Neher, D. 2014; 26 (16): 2533-2539

  Abstract

  The field dependence and yield of free charge carrier generation in polymer:fullerene blends with varying energetic offsets is not affected when the excitation energy is varied from above band-gap to direct CT state excitation. Instead, the ability of the CT state to split is dictated by the energetic offset between the relaxed CT state and the charge separated (CS) state.

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.201305283

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• The Role of Regioregularity, Crystallinity, and Chain Orientation on Electron Transport in a High-Mobility n-Type Copolymer JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Steyrleuthner, R., Di Pietro, R., Collins, B. A., Polzer, F., Himmelberger, S., Schubert, M., Chen, Z., Zhang, S., Salleo, A., Ade, H., Facchetti, A., Neher, D. 2014; 136 (11): 4245-4256

  Abstract

  We investigated the correlation between the polymer backbone structural regularity and the charge transport properties of poly{[N,N'-bis(2-octyldodecyl)-1,4,5,8-naphthalenediimide-2,6-diyl]-alt-5,5'-(2,2'-bithiophene)} [P(NDI2OD-T2)], a widely studied semiconducting polymer exhibiting high electron mobility and an unconventional micromorphology. To understand the influence of the chemical structure and crystal packing of conventional regioregular P(NDI2OD-T2) [RR-P(NDI2OD-T2)] on the charge transport, the corresponding regioirregular polymer RI-P(NDI2OD-T2) was synthesized. By combining optical, X-ray, and transmission electron microscopy data, we quantitatively characterized the aggregation, crystallization, and backbone orientation of all of the polymer films, which were then correlated to the electron mobilities in electron-only diodes. By carefully selecting the preparation conditions, we were able to obtain RR-P(NDI2OD-T2) films with similar crystalline structure along the three crystallographic axes but with different orientations of the polymer chains with respect to the substrate surface. RI-P(NDI2OD-T2), though exhibiting a rather similar LUMO structure and energy compared with the regioregular counterpart, displayed a very different packing structure characterized by the formation of ordered stacks along the lamellar direction without detectible π-stacking. Vertical electron mobilities were extracted from the space-charge-limited currents in unipolar devices. We demonstrate the anisotropy of the charge transport along the different crystallographic directions and how the mobility depends on π-stacking but is insensitive to the degree or coherence of lamellar stacking. The comparison between the regioregular and regioirregular polymers also shows how the use of large planar functional groups leads to improved charge transport, with mobilities that are less affected by chemical and structural disorder with respect to classic semicrystalline polymers such as poly(3-hexylthiophene).

  View details for DOI 10.1021/ja4118736

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• A direct measurement of the electronic structure of Si nanocrystals and its effect on optoelectronic properties JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS Mustafeez, W., Majumdar, A., Vuckovic, J., Salleo, A. 2014; 115 (10)

  View details for DOI 10.1063/1.4868299

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• High-resolution x-ray analysis of graphene grown on 4H-SiC (000(1)over-bar) at low pressures JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH Capanoa, M. A., Capano, B. M., Morisette, D. T., Salleo, A., Lee, S., Toney, M. F. 2014; 29 (3): 439-446

  View details for DOI 10.1557/jmr.2013.306

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• Very Low Band Gap Thiadiazoloquinoxaline Donor-Acceptor Polymers as Multi-tool Conjugated Polymers JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Steckler, T. T., Henriksson, P., Mollinger, S., Lundin, A., Salleo, A., Andersson, M. R. 2014; 136 (4): 1190-1193

  Abstract

  Here we report on the synthesis of two novel very low band gap (VLG) donor-acceptor polymers (Eg ≤ 1 eV) and an oligomer based on the thiadiazoloquinoxaline acceptor. Both polymers demonstrate decent ambipolar mobilities, with P1 showing the best performance of ∼10(-2) cm(2) V(-1) s(-1) for p- and n-type operation. These polymers are among the lowest band gap polymers (≲0.7 eV) reported, with a neutral λmax = 1476 nm (P2), which is the farthest red-shifted λmax reported to date for a soluble processable polymer. Very little has been done to characterize the electrochromic aspects of VLG polymers; interestingly, these polymers actually show a bleaching of their neutral absorptions in the near-infrared region and have an electrochromic contrast up to 30% at a switching speed of 3 s.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/ja410527n

  View details for Web of Science ID 000330598600009

  View details for PubMedID 24422463

• Structure-property relationships of oligothiophene-isoindigo polymers for efficient bulk-heterojunction solar cells ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Ma, Z., Sun, W., Himmelberger, S., Vandewal, K., Tang, Z., Bergqvist, J., Salleo, A., Andreasen, J. W., Inganas, O., Andersson, M. R., Muller, C., Zhang, F., Wang, E. 2014; 7 (1): 361-369

  View details for DOI 10.1039/c3ee42989j

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• Sub-bandgap laser annealing of room temperature deposited polycrystalline CdTe Conference on Laser Processing and Fabrication for Solar, Displays, and Optoelectronic Devices III Simonds, B. J., Misra, S., Paudel, N., Vandewal, K., Salleo, A., Ferekides, C., Scarpulla, M. A. SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2014

  View details for DOI 10.1117/12.2062178

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• Efficient charge generation by relaxed charge-transfer states at organic interfaces. Nature materials Vandewal, K., Albrecht, S., Hoke, E. T., Graham, K. R., Widmer, J., Douglas, J. D., Schubert, M., Mateker, W. R., Bloking, J. T., Burkhard, G. F., Sellinger, A., Fréchet, J. M., Amassian, A., Riede, M. K., McGehee, M. D., Neher, D., Salleo, A. 2014; 13 (1): 63-68

  Abstract

  Interfaces between organic electron-donating (D) and electron-accepting (A) materials have the ability to generate charge carriers on illumination. Efficient organic solar cells require a high yield for this process, combined with a minimum of energy losses. Here, we investigate the role of the lowest energy emissive interfacial charge-transfer state (CT1) in the charge generation process. We measure the quantum yield and the electric field dependence of charge generation on excitation of the charge-transfer (CT) state manifold via weakly allowed, low-energy optical transitions. For a wide range of photovoltaic devices based on polymer:fullerene, small-molecule:C60 and polymer:polymer blends, our study reveals that the internal quantum efficiency (IQE) is essentially independent of whether or not D, A or CT states with an energy higher than that of CT1 are excited. The best materials systems show an IQE higher than 90% without the need for excess electronic or vibrational energy.

  View details for DOI 10.1038/nmat3807

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• Semi-Transparent Polymer Solar Cells with Excellent Sub-Bandgap Transmission for Third Generation Photovoltaics ADVANCED MATERIALS Beiley, Z. M., Christoforo, M. G., Gratia, P., Bowring, A. R., Eberspacher, P., Margulis, G. Y., Cabanetos, C., Beaujuge, P. M., Salleo, A., McGehee, M. D. 2013; 25 (48): 7020-7026

  Abstract

  Semi-transparent organic photovoltaics are of interest for a variety of photovoltaic applications, including solar windows and hybrid tandem photovoltaics. The figure shows a photograph of our semi-transparent solar cell, which has a power conversion efficiency of 5.0%, with an above bandgap transmission of 34% and a sub-bandgap transmission of 81%.

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.201301985

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  View details for PubMedID 24123497

• Spray Deposition of Silver Nanowire Electrodes for Semitransparent Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS Margulis, G. Y., Christoforo, M. G., Lam, D., Beiley, Z. M., Bowring, A. R., Bailie, C. D., Salleo, A., McGehee, M. D. 2013; 3 (12): 1657-1663

  View details for DOI 10.1002/aenm.201300660

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• The impact of molecular weight on microstructure and charge transport in semicrystalline polymer Semiconductors poly(3-hexylthiophene), a model study PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE Koch, F. P., Rivnay, J., Foster, S., Mueller, C., Downing, J. M., Buchaca-Domingo, E., Westacott, P., Yu, L., Yuan, M., Baklar, M., Fei, Z., Luscombe, C., McLachlan, M. A., Heeney, M., Rumbles, G., Silva, C., Salleo, A., Nelson, J., Smith, P., Stingelin, N. 2013; 38 (12): 1978-1989

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2013.07.009

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• Solar Cells: Re-evaluating the Role of Sterics and Electronic Coupling in Determining the Open-Circuit Voltage of Organic Solar Cells (Adv. Mater. 42/2013). Advanced materials Graham, K. R., Erwin, P., Nordlund, D., Vandewal, K., Li, R., Ngongang Ndjawa, G. O., Hoke, E. T., Salleo, A., Thompson, M. E., McGehee, M. D., Amassian, A. 2013; 25 (42): 5990-?

  Abstract

  The energy of the charge-transfer state formed between electron-donating and electronaccepting materials, a state that directly absorbs, largely determines the limit of the open-circuit voltage in organic photovoltaic devices. This is described in work by Aram Amassian, Michael D. McGehee and co-workers on page 6076.

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.201370264

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• Re-evaluating the role of sterics and electronic coupling in determining the open-circuit voltage of organic solar cells. Advanced materials Graham, K. R., Erwin, P., Nordlund, D., Vandewal, K., Li, R., Ngongang Ndjawa, G. O., Hoke, E. T., Salleo, A., Thompson, M. E., McGehee, M. D., Amassian, A. 2013; 25 (42): 6076-6082

  Abstract

  The effects of sterics and molecular orientation on the open-circuit voltage and absorbance properties of charge-transfer states are explored in model bilayer organic photovoltaics. It is shown that the open-circuit voltage correlates linearly with the charge-transfer state energy and is not significantly influenced by electronic coupling.

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.201301319

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• A general relationship between disorder, aggregation and charge transport in conjugated polymers NATURE MATERIALS Noriega, R., Rivnay, J., Vandewal, K., Koch, F. P., Stingelin, N., Smith, P., Toney, M. F., Salleo, A. 2013; 12 (11): 1037-1043

  View details for DOI 10.1038/NMAT3722

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• Re-evaluating the Role of Sterics and Electronic Coupling in Determining the Open-Circuit Voltage of Organic Solar Cells ADVANCED MATERIALS Graham, K. R., Erwin, P., Nordlund, D., Vandewal, K., Li, R., Ndjawa, G. O., Hoke, E. T., Salleo, A., Thompson, M. E., McGehee, M. D., Amassian, A. 2013; 25 (42): 6076-6082

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.201301319

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• A general relationship between disorder, aggregation and charge transport in conjugated polymers. Nature materials Noriega, R., Rivnay, J., Vandewal, K., Koch, F. P., Stingelin, N., Smith, P., Toney, M. F., Salleo, A. 2013; 12 (11): 1038-1044

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  Conjugated polymer chains have many degrees of conformational freedom and interact weakly with each other, resulting in complex microstructures in the solid state. Understanding charge transport in such systems, which have amorphous and ordered phases exhibiting varying degrees of order, has proved difficult owing to the contribution of electronic processes at various length scales. The growing technological appeal of these semiconductors makes such fundamental knowledge extremely important for materials and process design. We propose a unified model of how charge carriers travel in conjugated polymer films. We show that in high-molecular-weight semiconducting polymers the limiting charge transport step is trapping caused by lattice disorder, and that short-range intermolecular aggregation is sufficient for efficient long-range charge transport. This generalization explains the seemingly contradicting high performance of recently reported, poorly ordered polymers and suggests molecular design strategies to further improve the performance of future generations of organic electronic materials.

  View details for DOI 10.1038/nmat3722

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• Chain conformations dictate multiscale charge transport phenomena in disordered semiconducting polymers PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Noriega, R., Salleo, A., Spakowitz, A. J. 2013; 110 (41): 16315-16320

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  Existing models for the electronic properties of conjugated polymers do not capture the spatial arrangement of the disordered macromolecular chains over which charge transport occurs. Here, we present an analytical and computational description in which the morphology of individual polymer chains is dictated by well-known statistical models and the electronic coupling between units is determined using Marcus theory. The multiscale transport of charges in these materials (high mobility at short length scales, low mobility at long length scales) is naturally described with our framework. Additionally, the dependence of mobility with electric field and temperature is explained in terms of conformational variability and spatial correlation. Our model offers a predictive approach to connecting processing conditions with transport behavior.

  View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.1307158110

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• High Mobility N-Type Transistors Based on Solution-Sheared Doped 6,13-Bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl)pentacene Thin Films. Advanced materials Naab, B. D., Himmelberger, S., Diao, Y., Vandewal, K., Wei, P., Lussem, B., Salleo, A., Bao, Z. 2013; 25 (33): 4663-4667

  Abstract

  An N-Type organic thin-film transistor (OTFT) based on doped 6,13-Bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl)pentacene is presented. A transition from p-type to n-type occurrs with increasing doping concentrations, and the highest performing n-channel OTFTs are obtained with 50 mol% dopant. X-ray diffraction, scanning Auger microscopy, and secondary ionization mass spectrometry are used to characterize the morphology of the blends. The high performance of the obtained transistors is attributed to the highly crystalline and aligned nature of the doped thin films.

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.201205098

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• Structural Factors That Affect the Performance of Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells MACROMOLECULES Vandewal, K., Himmelberger, S., Salleo, A. 2013; 46 (16): 6379-6387

  View details for DOI 10.1021/ma400924b

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• Photocurrent Enhancement from Diketopyrrolopyrrole Polymer Solar Cells through Alkyl-Chain Branching Point Manipulation JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Meager, L., Ashraf, R. S., Mollinger, S., Schroeder, B. C., Bronstein, H., Beatrup, D., Vezie, M. S., Kirchartz, T., Salleo, A., Nelson, J., McCulloch, L. 2013; 135 (31): 11537-11540

  Abstract

  Systematically moving the alkyl-chain branching position away from the polymer backbone afforded two new thieno[3,2-b]thiophene-diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPPTT-T) polymers. When used as donor materials in polymer:fullerene solar cells, efficiencies exceeding 7% were achieved without the use of processing additives. The effect of the position of the alkyl-chain branching point on the thin-film morphology was investigated using X-ray scattering techniques and the effects on the photovoltaic and charge-transport properties were also studied. For both solar cell and transistor devices, moving the branching point further from the backbone was beneficial. This is the first time that this effect has been shown to improve solar cell performance. Strong evidence is presented for changes in microstructure across the series, which is most likely the cause for the photocurrent enhancement.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/ja405934j

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  View details for PubMedID 23876163

• Color in the Corners: ITO-Free White OLEDs with Angular Color Stability. Advanced materials Gaynor, W., Hofmann, S., Christoforo, M. G., Sachse, C., Mehra, S., Salleo, A., McGehee, M. D., Gather, M. C., Lüssem, B., Müller-Meskamp, L., Peumans, P., Leo, K. 2013; 25 (29): 4006-4013

  Abstract

  High-efficiency white OLEDs fabricated on silver nanowire-based composite transparent electrodes show almost perfectly Lambertian emission and superior angular color stability, imparted by electrode light scattering. The OLED efficiencies are comparable to those fabricated using indium tin oxide. The transparent electrodes are fully solution-processable, thin-film compatible, and have a figure of merit suitable for large-area devices.

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.201300923

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• Solution-Processable Zirconium Oxide Gate Dielectrics for Flexible Organic Field Effect Transistors Operated at Low Voltages CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS Park, Y. M., Desai, A., Salleo, A., Jimison, L. 2013; 25 (13): 2571-2579

  View details for DOI 10.1021/cm303547a

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• Conformational Disorder Enhances Solubility and Photovoltaic Performance of a Thiophene-Quinoxaline Copolymer ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS Wang, E., Bergqvist, J., Vandewal, K., Ma, Z., Hou, L., Lundin, A., Himmelberger, S., Salleo, A., Muller, C., Inganas, O., Zhang, F., Andersson, M. R. 2013; 3 (6): 806-814

  View details for DOI 10.1002/aenm.201201019

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• One-Step Macroscopic Alignment of Conjugated Polymer Systems by Epitaxial Crystallization during Spin-Coating ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS Muller, C., Aghamohammadi, M., Himmelberger, S., Sonar, P., Garriga, M., Salleo, A., Campoy-Quiles, M. 2013; 23 (19): 2368-2377

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adfm.201202983

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• Solution processed zinc oxide nanopyramid/silver nanowire transparent network films with highly tunable light scattering properties. Nanoscale Mehra, S., Christoforo, M. G., Peumans, P., Salleo, A. 2013; 5 (10): 4400-4403

  Abstract

  Metal nanowire transparent networks are promising replacements to indium tin oxide (ITO) transparent electrodes for optoelectronic devices. While the transparency and sheet resistance are key metrics for transparent electrode performance, independent control of the film light scattering properties is important to developing multifunctional electrodes for improved photovoltaic absorption. Here we show that controlled incorporation of ZnO nanopyramids into a metal nanowire network film affords independent, highly tunable control of the scattering properties (haze) with minimal effects on the transparency and sheet resistance. Varying the zinc oxide/silver nanostructure ratios prior to spray deposition results in sheet resistances, transmission (600 nm), and haze (600 nm) of 6-30 Ω □(-1), 68-86%, and 34-66%, respectively. Incorporation of zinc oxide nanopyramid scattering agents into the conducting nanowire mesh has a negligible effect on mesh connectivity, providing a straightforward method of controlling electrode scattering properties. The decoupling of the film scattering power and electrical characteristics makes these films promising candidates for highly scattering transparent electrodes in optoelectronic devices and can be generalized to other metal nanowire films as well as carbon nanotube transparent electrodes.

  View details for DOI 10.1039/c3nr00863k

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• The chemical and structural origin of efficient p-type doping in P3HT ORGANIC ELECTRONICS Duong, D. T., Wang, C., Antono, E., Toney, M. F., Salleo, A. 2013; 14 (5): 1330-1336

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.orgel.2013.02.028

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• Effects of Confinement on Microstructure and Charge Transport in High Performance Semicrystalline Polymer Semiconductors ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS Himmelberger, S., Dacuna, J., Rivnay, J., Jimison, L. H., McCarthy-Ward, T., Heeney, M., McCulloch, I., Toney, M. F., Salleo, A. 2013; 23 (16): 2091-2098

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adfm.201202408

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• Ultrathin Body Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Transistors with Improved Short-Channel Performance ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES Wang, C., Rivnay, J., Himmelberger, S., Vakhshouri, K., Toney, M. F., Gomez, E. D., Salleo, A. 2013; 5 (7): 2342-2346

  Abstract

  The microstructure and charge transport properties of binary blends of regioregular (rr) and regiorandom (RRa) poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) are investigated. X-ray diffraction of the blended films is consistent with a vertically separated structure, with rr-P3HT preferentially crystallizing at the semiconductor/dielectric interface. Thin film transistors made with these blended films preserve high field effect mobility with rr-P3HTcontent as low as 5.6%. In these dilute blends, we estimate that the thickness of rr-P3HT in the channel is only a few nanometers. Significantly, as a result of such an ultrathin active layer at the interface, short channel effects due to bulk currents are eliminated, suggesting a new route to fabricate high-performance, short-channel, and reliable organic electronic devices.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/am3027103

  View details for Web of Science ID 000317549100008

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• Vertical Confinement and Interface Effects on the Microstructure and Charge Transport of P3HT Thin Films JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS Jimison, L. H., Himmelberger, S., Duong, D. T., Rivnay, J., Toney, M. F., Salleo, A. 2013; 51 (7): 611-620

  View details for DOI 10.1002/polb.23265

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• Low-Temperature Processed Ga-Doped ZnO Coatings from Colloidal Inks JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Della Gaspera, E., Bersani, M., Cittadini, M., Guglielmi, M., Pagani, D., Noriega, R., Mehra, S., Salleo, A., Martucci, A. 2013; 135 (9): 3439-3448

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  We present a new colloidal synthesis of gallium-doped zinc oxide nanocrystals that are transparent in the visible and absorb in the near-infrared. Thermal decomposition of zinc stearate and gallium nitrate after hot injection of the precursors in a mixture of organic amines leads to nanocrystals with tunable properties according to gallium amount. Substitutional Ga(3+) ions trigger a plasmonic resonance in the infrared region resulting from an increase in the free electrons concentration. These nanocrystals can be deposited by spin coating, drop casting, and spray coating resulting in homogeneous and high-quality thin films. The optical transmission of the Ga-ZnO nanoparticle assemblies in the visible is greater than 90%, and at the same time, the near-infrared absorption of the nanocrystals is maintained in the films as well. Several strategies to improve the films electrical and optical properties have been presented, such as UV treatments to remove the organic compounds responsible for the observed interparticle resistance and reducing atmosphere treatments on both colloidal solutions and thin films to increase the free carriers concentration, enhancing electrical conductivity and infrared absorption. The electrical resistance of the nanoparticle assemblies is about 30 kΩ/sq for the as-deposited, UV-exposed films, and it drops down to 300 Ω/sq after annealing in forming gas at 450 °C, comparable with state of the art tin-doped indium oxide coatings deposited from nanocrystal inks.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/ja307960z

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• Moderate doping leads to high performance of semiconductor/insulator polymer blend transistors NATURE COMMUNICATIONS Lu, G., Blakesley, J., Himmelberger, S., Pingel, P., Frisch, J., Lieberwirth, I., Salzmann, I., Oehzelt, M., Di Pietro, R., Salleo, A., Koch, N., Neher, D. 2013; 4

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  Polymer transistors are being intensively developed for next-generation flexible electronics. Blends comprising a small amount of semiconducting polymer mixed into an insulating polymer matrix have simultaneously shown superior performance and environmental stability in organic field-effect transistors compared with the neat semiconductor. Here we show that such blends actually perform very poorly in the undoped state, and that mobility and on/off ratio are improved dramatically upon moderate doping. Structural investigations show that these blend layers feature nanometre-scale semiconductor domains and a vertical composition gradient. This particular morphology enables a quasi three-dimensional spatial distribution of semiconductor pathways within the insulating matrix, in which charge accumulation and depletion via a gate bias is substantially different from neat semiconductor, and where high on-current and low off-current are simultaneously realized in the stable doped state. Adding only 5 wt% of a semiconducting polymer to a polystyrene matrix, we realized an environmentally stable inverter with gain up to 60.

  View details for DOI 10.1038/ncomms2587

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  View details for PubMedID 23481396

• Recombination in Polymer:Fullerene Solar Cells with Open-Circuit Voltages Approaching and Exceeding 1.0 V ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS Hoke, E. T., Vandewal, K., Bartelt, J. A., Mateker, W. R., Douglas, J. D., Noriega, R., Graham, K. R., Frechet, J. M., Salleo, A., McGehee, M. D. 2013; 3 (2): 220-230

  View details for DOI 10.1002/aenm.201200474

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• Confined organization of fullerene units along high polymer chains JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C Fang, L., Liu, P., Sveinbjornsson, B. R., Atahan-Evrenk, S., Vandewal, K., Osuna, S., Jimenez-Oses, G., Shrestha, S., Giri, G., Wei, P., Salleo, A., Aspuru-Guzik, A., Grubbs, R. H., Houk, K. N., Bao, Z. 2013; 1 (36): 5747-5755

  View details for DOI 10.1039/c3tc31158a

  View details for Web of Science ID 000323578000020

• Solution processed zinc oxide nanopyramid/silver nanowire transparent network films with highly tunable light scattering properties Nanoscale Mehra, S., Christoforo, M., G., Peumans, P., Salleo, A. 2013; 5: 4400
• Efficient charge generation by relaxed charge-transfer states at organic interfaces Nature Materials, Advance Online Vandewal, K., Albrecht, S., Hoke, E., T., Graham, K., R., Widmer, J., Douglas, J., D., Salleo, A. 2013
• High Mobility N-Type Transistors Based on Solution-Sheared Doped 6,13-Bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl)pentacene Thin Films Advanced Materials Naab, B., D., Himmelberger, S., Diao, Y., Vandewal, K., Wei, P., Lussem, B., Salleo, A. 2013; 25: 4663
• Color in the corners: ITO-free white OLEDs with angular color stability Advanced Materials Gaynor, W., Hofmann, S., Christoforo, G., M., Sachse, C., Mehra, S., Salleo, A. 2013; 25: 4006
• PEDOT:gelatin composites mediate brain endothelial cell adhesion JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY B Bongo, M., Winther-Jensen, O., Himmelberger, S., Strakosas, X., Ramuz, M., Hama, A., Stavrinidou, E., Malliaras, G. G., Salleo, A., Winther-Jensen, B., Owens, R. M. 2013; 1 (31): 3860-3867

  View details for DOI 10.1039/c3tb20374c

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• Role of confinement and aggregation in charge transport in semicrystalline polythiophene thin films PHYSICAL REVIEW B Duong, D. T., Toney, M. F., Salleo, A. 2012; 86 (20)

  View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.205205

  View details for Web of Science ID 000311537400002

• Quantitative Determination of Organic Semiconductor Microstructure from the Molecular to Device Scale CHEMICAL REVIEWS Rivnay, J., Mannsfeld, S. C., Miller, C. E., Salleo, A., Toney, M. F. 2012; 112 (10): 5488-5519

  View details for DOI 10.1021/cr3001109

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• Estimation of the spatial distribution of traps using space-charge-limited current measurements in an organic single crystal PHYSICAL REVIEW B Dacuna, J., Xie, W., Salleo, A. 2012; 86 (11)

  View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.115202

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• Optically switchable transistor via energy-level phototuning in a bicomponent organic semiconductor NATURE CHEMISTRY Orgiu, E., Crivillers, N., Herder, M., Grubert, L., Paetzel, M., Frisch, J., Pavlica, E., Duong, D. T., Bratina, G., Salleo, A., Koch, N., Hecht, S., Samori, P. 2012; 4 (8): 675-679

  Abstract

  Organic semiconductors are suitable candidates for printable, flexible and large-area electronics. Alongside attaining an improved device performance, to confer a multifunctional nature to the employed materials is key for organic-based logic applications. Here we report on the engineering of an electronic structure in a semiconducting film by blending two molecular components, a photochromic diarylethene derivative and a poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) matrix, to attain phototunable and bistable energy levels for the P3HT's hole transport. As a proof-of-concept we exploited this blend as a semiconducting material in organic thin-film transistors. The device illumination at defined wavelengths enabled reversible tuning of the diarylethene's electronic states in the blend, which resulted in modulation of the output current. The device photoresponse was found to be in the microsecond range, and thus on a technologically relevant timescale. This modular blending approach allows for the convenient incorporation of various molecular components, which opens up perspectives on multifunctional devices and logic circuits.

  View details for DOI 10.1038/NCHEM.1384

  View details for Web of Science ID 000306696300019

  View details for PubMedID 22824901

• Scalable Fabrication of Strongly Textured Organic Semiconductor Micropatterns by Capillary Force Lithography ADVANCED MATERIALS Jo, P. S., Vailionis, A., Park, Y. M., Salleo, A. 2012; 24 (24): 3269-3274

  Abstract

  Strongly textured organic semiconductor micropatterns made of the small molecule dioctylbenzothienobenzothiophene (C(8)-BTBT) are fabricated by using a method based on capillary force lithography (CFL). This technique provides the C(8)-BTBT solution with nucleation sites for directional growth, and can be used as a scalable way to produce high quality crystalline arrays in desired regions of a substrate for OFET applications.

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.201200524

  View details for Web of Science ID 000305450500017

  View details for PubMedID 22605625

• Electrothermal phenomena in zinc oxide nanowires and contacts APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS LeBlanc, S., Phadke, S., Kodama, T., Salleo, A., Goodson, K. E. 2012; 100 (16)

  View details for DOI 10.1063/1.4703935

  View details for Web of Science ID 000303128500048

• A Selenophene-Based Low-Bandgap Donor-Acceptor Polymer Leading to Fast Ambipolar Logic ADVANCED MATERIALS Kronemeijer, A. J., Gili, E., Shahid, M., Rivnay, J., Salleo, A., Heeney, M., Sirringhaus, H. 2012; 24 (12): 1558-1565

  Abstract

  Fast ambipolar CMOS-like logic is demonstrated using a new selenophene-based donor-acceptor polymer semiconductor. The polymer exhibits saturation hole and electron mobilities of 0.46 cm(2) /Vs and 0.84 cm(2) /Vs. Inverters are fabricated with high gains while three-stage ring oscillators show stable oscillation with an unprecedented maximum frequency of 182 kHz at a relatively low supply voltage of 50 V.

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.201104522

  View details for Web of Science ID 000301523600007

  View details for PubMedID 22351605

• Controlled Conjugated Backbone Twisting for an Increased Open-Circuit Voltage while Having a High Short-Circuit Current in Poly(hexylthiophene) Derivatives JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Ko, S., Hoke, E. T., Pandey, L., Hong, S., Mondal, R., Risko, C., Yi, Y., Noriega, R., McGehee, M. D., Bredas, J., Salleo, A., Bao, Z. 2012; 134 (11): 5222-5232

  Abstract

  Conjugated polymers with nearly planar backbones have been the most commonly investigated materials for organic-based electronic devices. More twisted polymer backbones have been shown to achieve larger open-circuit voltages in solar cells, though with decreased short-circuit current densities. We systematically impose twists within a family of poly(hexylthiophene)s and examine their influence on the performance of polymer:fullerene bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells. A simple chemical modification concerning the number and placement of alkyl side chains along the conjugated backbone is used to control the degree of backbone twisting. Density functional theory calculations were carried out on a series of oligothiophene structures to provide insights on how the sterically induced twisting influences the geometric, electronic, and optical properties. Grazing incidence X-ray scattering measurements were performed to investigate how the thin-film packing structure was affected. The open-circuit voltage and charge-transfer state energy of the polymer:fullerene BHJ solar cells increased substantially with the degree of twist induced within the conjugated backbone--due to an increase in the polymer ionization potential--while the short-circuit current decreased as a result of a larger optical gap and lower hole mobility. A controlled, moderate degree of twist along the poly(3,4-dihexyl-2,2':5',2''-terthiophene) (PDHTT) conjugated backbone led to a 19% enhancement in the open-circuit voltage (0.735 V) vs poly(3-hexylthiophene)-based devices, while similar short-circuit current densities, fill factors, and hole-carrier mobilities were maintained. These factors resulted in a power conversion efficiency of 4.2% for a PDHTT:[6,6]-phenyl-C(71)-butyric acid methyl ester (PC(71)BM) blend solar cell without thermal annealing. This simple approach reveals a molecular design avenue to increase open-circuit voltage while retaining the short-circuit current.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/ja210954r

  View details for Web of Science ID 000302191900036

  View details for PubMedID 22385287

• The Mechanism of Burn-in Loss in a High Efficiency Polymer Solar Cell ADVANCED MATERIALS Peters, C. H., Sachs-Quintana, I. T., Mateker, W. R., Heumueller, T., Rivnay, J., Noriega, R., Beiley, Z. M., Hoke, E. T., Salleo, A., McGehee, M. D. 2012; 24 (5): 663-?

  Abstract

  Degradation in a high efficiency polymer solar cell is caused by the formation of states in the bandgap. These states increase the energetic disorder in the system. The power conversion efficiency loss does not occur when current is run through the device in the dark but occurs when the active layer is photo-excited.

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.201103010

  View details for Web of Science ID 000299466600009

  View details for PubMedID 21989825

• Effect of Miscibility and Percolation on Electron Transport in Amorphous Poly(3-Hexylthiophene)/Phenyl-C-61-Butyric Acid Methyl Ester Blends PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Vakhshouri, K., Kozub, D. R., Wang, C., Salleo, A., Gomez, E. D. 2012; 108 (2)

  Abstract

  Recent evidence has demonstrated that amorphous mixed phases are ubiquitous within mesostructured polythiophene-fullerene mixtures. Nevertheless, the role of mixing within nanophases on charge transport of organic semiconductor mixtures is not fully understood. To this end, we have examined the electron mobility in amorphous blends of poly(3-hexylthiophene) and phenyl-C(61)-butyric acid methyl ester. Our studies reveal that the miscibility of the components strongly affects electron transport within blends. Immiscibility promotes efficient electron transport by promoting percolating pathways within organic semiconductor mixtures. As a consequence, partial miscibility may be important for efficient charge transport in polythiophene-fullerene mixtures and organic solar cell performance.

  View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.026601

  View details for Web of Science ID 000298991400022

  View details for PubMedID 22324702

• Laser-Based Synthesis of Nanomaterials in the Solid State Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Salleo, A. IEEE. 2012

  View details for Web of Science ID 000310362402070

• High-Mobility Ambipolar Transistors: Properties and Function Conference on Organic Field-Effect Transistors XI Kronemeijer, A. J., Gili, E., Shahid, M., Rivnay, J., Salleo, A., Heeney, M., Sirringhaus, H. SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2012

  View details for DOI 10.1117/12.940782

  View details for Web of Science ID 000326639600003

• Solution-grown n-type ZnO nanostructures: synthesis, microstructure and doping Handbook of ZnO and Related Materials Noriega, R., Mehra, S., Salleo, A. edited by Feng, Z., C. Taylor and Francis/CRC Press. 2012: 1
• Controlled conjugated backbone twisting for an increased open-circuit voltage while having a high short-circuit current in poly(hexyl)thiophene derivatives J. Am. Chem. Soc. Ko, S., Hoke, E., Pandey, L., Hong, S., Mondal, R., Rajib, R., Salleo, A. 2012; 134: 5222
• Effect of Miscibility and Percolation on Electron Transport in Amorphous Poly(3-Hexylthiophene)/Phenyl-C61-Butyric Acid Methyl Ester Blends Phys. Rev. Lett. Vakhshouri, K., Kozub, D., R., Wang, C., Salleo, A., Gomez, E., D. 2012; 108: 26601
• Electrothermal phenomena in zinc oxide nanowires and contacts Appl. Phys. Lett. LeBlanc, S., Phadke, S., Kodama, T., Salleo, A., Goodson, K., E. 2012; 100: 163105
• Title: Using Alignment and 2D Network Simulations to Study Charge Transport Through Doped ZnO Nanowire Thin Film Electrodes ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS Phadke, S., Lee, J., West, J., Peumans, P., Salleo, A. 2011; 21 (24): 4691-4697

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adfm.201100873

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• Modeling space-charge-limited currents in organic semiconductors: Extracting trap density and mobility PHYSICAL REVIEW B Dacuna, J., Salleo, A. 2011; 84 (19)

  View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.195209

  View details for Web of Science ID 000297414500029

• Relation between Microstructure and Charge Transport in Polymers of Different Regioregularity JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C McMahon, D. P., Cheung, D. L., Goris, L., Dacuna, J., Salleo, A., Troisi, A. 2011; 115 (39): 19386-19393

  View details for DOI 10.1021/jp207026s

  View details for Web of Science ID 000295245500060

• Morphology-Dependent Trap Formation in High Performance Polymer Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS Beiley, Z. M., Hoke, E. T., Noriega, R., Dacuna, J., Burkhard, G. F., Bartelt, J. A., Salleo, A., Toney, M. F., McGehee, M. D. 2011; 1 (5): 954-962

  View details for DOI 10.1002/aenm.201100204

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• Real-Time Observation of Poly(3-alkylthiophene) Crystallization and Correlation with Transient Optoelectronic Properties MACROMOLECULES Boudouris, B. W., Ho, V., Jimison, L. H., Toney, M. F., Salleo, A., Segalman, R. A. 2011; 44 (17): 6653-6658

  View details for DOI 10.1021/ma201316a

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• Effect of Acene Length on Electronic Properties in 5-, 6-, and 7-Ringed Heteroacenes ADVANCED MATERIALS Goetz, K. P., Li, Z., Ward, J. W., Bougher, C., Rivnay, J., Smith, J., Conrad, B. R., Parkin, S. R., Anthopoulos, T. D., Salleo, A., Anthony, J. E., Jurchescu, O. D. 2011; 23 (32): 3698-?

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.201101619

  View details for Web of Science ID 000294977300012

  View details for PubMedID 21732562

• Steric Control of the Donor/Acceptor Interface: Implications in Organic Photovoltaic Charge Generation JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Holcombe, T. W., Norton, J. E., Rivnay, J., Woo, C. H., Goris, L., Piliego, C., Griffini, G., Sellinger, A., Bredas, J., Salleo, A., Frechet, J. M. 2011; 133 (31): 12106-12114

  Abstract

  The performance of organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices is currently limited by modest short-circuit current densities. Approaches toward improving this output parameter may provide new avenues to advance OPV technologies and the basic science of charge transfer in organic semiconductors. This work highlights how steric control of the charge separation interface can be effectively tuned in OPV devices. By introducing an octylphenyl substituent onto the investigated polymer backbones, the thermally relaxed charge-transfer state, and potentially excited charge-transfer states, can be raised in energy. This decreases the barrier to charge separation and results in increased photocurrent generation. This finding is of particular significance for nonfullerene OPVs, which have many potential advantages such as tunable energy levels and spectral breadth, but are prone to poor exciton separation efficiencies. Computational, spectroscopic, and synthetic methods were combined to develop a structure-property relationship that correlates polymer substituents with charge-transfer state energies and, ultimately, device efficiencies.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/ja203235z

  View details for Web of Science ID 000293768400055

  View details for PubMedID 21688785

• Precipitation of silicon nanoclusters by laser direct-write OPTICS EXPRESS Mustafeez, W., Lee, D., Grigoropoulos, C., Salleo, A. 2011; 19 (16): 15452-15458

  Abstract

  The ability to use a laser to direct-write tracks of localized emission enhancement in PECVD-deposited Silicon rich oxide (SRO) films is demonstrated. For this purpose, 400 nm thick SRO films with varying excess Si content were irradiated with loosely focused 355 nm, 12 ps pulses at 80 MHz while being translated at 2mm/s. Mapping of areas irradiated with energies between 4.7 nJ and 5.5 nJ/pulse exhibits regions with the largest emission enhancement. Raman and photoluminescence (PL) measurements suggest precipitation of amorphous and crystalline Si nanoclusters. In the most emissive regions, the PL efficiency of the laser-annealed films was ~70% of that obtained by standard oven-annealing processes. Stress in Si crystals in some areas is identified as leading to quenching of the PL and is hypothesized to be caused by the densification of SRO matrix.

  View details for Web of Science ID 000293339200072

  View details for PubMedID 21934909

• Drastic Control of Texture in a High Performance n-Type Polymeric Semiconductor and Implications for Charge Transport MACROMOLECULES Rivnay, J., Steyrleuthner, R., Jimison, L. H., Casadei, A., Chen, Z., Toney, M. F., Facchetti, A., Neher, D., Salleo, A. 2011; 44 (13): 5246-5255

  View details for DOI 10.1021/ma200864s

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• Quantitative analysis of lattice disorder and crystallite size in organic semiconductor thin films PHYSICAL REVIEW B Rivnay, J., Noriega, R., Kline, R. J., Salleo, A., Toney, M. F. 2011; 84 (4)

  View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.045203

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• A Boltzmann-weighted hopping model of charge transport in organic semicrystalline films JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS Kwiatkowski, J. J., Jimison, L. H., Salleo, A., Spakowitz, A. J. 2011; 109 (11)

  View details for DOI 10.1063/1.3594686

  View details for Web of Science ID 000292214700082

• Structural origin of gap states in semicrystalline polymers and the implications for charge transport PHYSICAL REVIEW B Rivnay, J., Noriega, R., Northrup, J. E., Kline, R. J., Toney, M. F., Salleo, A. 2011; 83 (12)

  View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.121306

  View details for Web of Science ID 000288447600001

• Room-Temperature Fabrication of Ultrathin Oxide Gate Dielectrics for Low-Voltage Operation of Organic Field-Effect Transistors ADVANCED MATERIALS Park, Y. M., Daniel, J., Heeney, M., Salleo, A. 2011; 23 (8): 971-974

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.201003641

  View details for Web of Science ID 000287669000003

  View details for PubMedID 21341309

• Using Alignment and 2D Network Simulations to Study Charge Transport Through Doped ZnO Nanowire Thin Film Electrodes Advanced Functional Materials Phadke, S., Lee, J., Y., West, J., Peumans, P., Salleo, A. 2011; 21: 4691
• Room-Temerature Fabrication of Ultra-Thin Oxide Gate Dielectrics for Low-Voltage Operation of Organic Field Effect Transistors Advanced Materials Park, Y., M., Daniel, J., Heeney, M., Salleo, A. 2011; 23: 971
• Organic Semiconductors in Transistor Applications Organic Electronics Vol.II: More Materials and Applications James, D., Smith, D., Heeney, M., Anthopoulos, T., Salleo, A., McCulloch, I. edited by Klauk, H. Wiley-VCH Verlag. 2011: 1
• Charge Transport Theories in Organic Semiconductors Organic Electronics Vol.II: More Materials and Applications Noriega, R., Salleo, A. edited by Klauk, H. Wiley-VCH Verlag. 2011: 1
• Laser-Synthesized Epitaxial Graphene ACS NANO Lee, S., Toney, M. F., Ko, W., Randel, J. C., Jung, H. J., Munakata, K., Lu, J., Geballe, T. H., Beasley, M. R., Sinclair, R., Manoharan, H. C., Salleo, A. 2010; 4 (12): 7524-7530

  Abstract

  Owing to its unique electronic properties, graphene has recently attracted wide attention in both the condensed matter physics and microelectronic device communities. Despite intense interest in this material, an industrially scalable graphene synthesis process remains elusive. Here, we demonstrate a high-throughput, low-temperature, spatially controlled and scalable epitaxial graphene (EG) synthesis technique based on laser-induced surface decomposition of the Si-rich face of a SiC single-crystal. We confirm the formation of EG on SiC as a result of excimer laser irradiation by using reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHEED), Raman spectroscopy, synchrotron-based X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). Laser fluence controls the thickness of the graphene film down to a single monolayer. Laser-synthesized graphene does not display some of the structural characteristics observed in EG grown by conventional thermal decomposition on SiC (0001), such as Bernal stacking and surface reconstruction of the underlying SiC surface.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/nn101796e

  View details for PubMedID 21121692

• Unconventional Face-On Texture and Exceptional In-Plane Order of a High Mobility n-Type Polymer ADVANCED MATERIALS Rivnay, J., Toney, M. F., Zheng, Y., Kauvar, I. V., Chen, Z., Wagner, V., Facchetti, A., Salleo, A. 2010; 22 (39): 4359-?

  Abstract

  Substantial in-plane crystallinity and dominant face-on stacking are observed in thin films of a high-mobility n-type rylene-thiophene copolymer. Spun films of the polymer, previously thought to have little or no order are found to exhibit an ordered microstructure at both interfaces, and in the bulk. The implications of this type of packing and crystalline morphology are discussed as they relate to thin-film transistors.

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.201001202

  View details for Web of Science ID 000284000700005

  View details for PubMedID 20623753

• Microstructural Characterization and Charge Transport in Thin Films of Conjugated Polymers ADVANCED MATERIALS Salleo, A., Kline, R. J., Delongchamp, D. M., Chabinyc, M. L. 2010; 22 (34): 3812-3838

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  The performance of semiconducting polymers has been steadily increasing in the last 20 years. Improved control over the microstructure of these materials and a deeper understanding of how the microstructure affects charge transport are partially responsible for such trend. The development and widespread use of techniques that allow to characterize the microstructure of semiconducting polymers is therefore instrumental for the advance of these materials. This article is a review of the characterization techniques that provide information used to enhance the understanding of structure/property relationships in semiconducting polymers. In particular, the applications of optical and X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and scanning probe techniques in this context are described.

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.200903712

  View details for Web of Science ID 000282793600005

  View details for PubMedID 20607787

• Indacenodithiophene Semiconducting Polymers for High-Performance, Air-Stable Transistors JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Zhang, W., Smith, J., Watkins, S. E., Gysel, R., McGehee, M., Salleo, A., Kirkpatrick, J., Ashraf, S., Anthopoulos, T., Heeney, M., McCulloch, I. 2010; 132 (33): 11437-11439

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  High-performance, solution-processed transistors fabricated from semiconducting polymers containing indacenodithiohene repeat units are described. The bridging functions on the backbone contribute to suppressing large-scale crystallization in thin films. However, charge carrier mobilities of up to 1 cm(2)/(V s) for a benzothiadiazole copolymer were reported and, coupled with both ambient stability and long-wavelength absorption, make this family of polymers particularly attractive for application in next-generation organic optoelectronics.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/ja1049324

  View details for Web of Science ID 000281066400019

  View details for PubMedID 20677750

• Quantification of Thin Film Crystallographic Orientation Using X-ray Diffraction with an Area Detector LANGMUIR Baker, J. L., Jimison, L. H., Mannsfeld, S., Volkman, S., Yin, S., Subramanian, V., Salleo, A., Alivisatos, A. P., Toney, M. F. 2010; 26 (11): 9146-9151

  Abstract

  As thin films become increasingly popular (for solar cells, LEDs, microelectronics, batteries), quantitative morphological and crystallographic information is needed to predict and optimize the film's electrical, optical, and mechanical properties. This quantification can be obtained quickly and easily with X-ray diffraction using an area detector in two sample geometries. In this paper, we describe a methodology for constructing complete pole figures for thin films with fiber texture (isotropic in-plane orientation). We demonstrate this technique on semicrystalline polymer films, self-assembled nanoparticle semiconductor films, and randomly packed metallic nanoparticle films. This method can be immediately implemented to help understand the relationship between film processing and microstructure, enabling the development of better and less expensive electronic and optoelectronic devices.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/la904840q

  View details for Web of Science ID 000277928100199

  View details for PubMedID 20361783

• Probing the electrical properties of highly-doped Al:ZnO nanowire ensembles JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS Noriega, R., Rivnay, J., Goris, L., Kaelblein, D., Klauk, H., Kern, K., Thompson, L. M., Palke, A. C., Stebbins, J. F., Jokisaari, J. R., Kusinski, G., Salleo, A. 2010; 107 (7)

  View details for DOI 10.1063/1.3360930

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• Transmission electron microscopy of solution-processed, intrinsic and Al-doped ZnO nanowires for transparent electrode fabrication 13th International Conference on Electron Microscopy Kusinski, G. J., Jokisaari, J. R., Noriega, R., Goris, L., Donovan, M., Salleo, A. WILEY-BLACKWELL. 2010: 443–49

  Abstract

  A solution-based chemistry was used to synthesize intrinsic and Al-doped (1% and 5% nominal atomic concentration of Al) ZnO nanostructures. The nanowires were grown at 300 degrees C in trioctylamine by dissolving Zn acetate and Al acetate. Different doping conditions gave rise to different nanoscale morphologies. The effect of a surfactant (oleic acid) was also investigated. An electron microscopy study correlating morphology, aspect ratio and doping of the individual ZnO wires to the electrical properties of the spin coated films is presented. HRTEM revealed single crystalline [0001] wires.

  View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2009.03289.x

  View details for Web of Science ID 000274551700047

  View details for PubMedID 20500415

• Microstructural Origin of High Mobility in High-Performance Poly(thieno-thiophene) Thin-Film Transistors ADVANCED MATERIALS Wang, C., Jimison, L. H., Goris, L., McCulloch, I., Heeney, M., Ziegler, A., Salleo, A. 2010; 22 (6): 697-?

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.200902303

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  View details for PubMedID 20217772

• Materials and Applications for Large Area Electronics: Solution-Based Approaches CHEMICAL REVIEWS Arias, A. C., MacKenzie, J. D., McCulloch, I., Rivnay, J., Salleo, A. 2010; 110 (1): 3-24

  View details for DOI 10.1021/cr900150b

  View details for Web of Science ID 000274255700002

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• Materials and Applications for Large-Area Electronics: Solution-Based Approaches Chemical Reviews Arias, A., C., MacKenzie, D., McCulloch, I., Rivnay, J., Salleo, A. 2010; 110: 3
• Microstructural Origin of High-Mobility in High-Performance Poly(thieno-thiophene) Thin Film Transistors Advanced Materials Wang, C., Jimison, L., H., Goris, L., McCulloch, I., Heeney, M., Ziegler, A., Salleo, A. 2010; 22: 697
• Unconvention Face-On Texture and Exceptional In-Plane Order of a High Mobility n-Type Polymer Advanced Materials Rivnay, J., Toney, M., F., Zheng, Y., Kauvar, I., V., Chen, Z., Wagner, V., Salleo, A. 2010; 22: 4359
• Light trapping in thin-film silicon solar cells with submicron surface texture OPTICS EXPRESS Dewan, R., Marinkovic, M., Noriega, R., Phadke, S., Salleo, A., Knipp, D. 2009; 17 (25): 23058-23065

  Abstract

  The influence of nano textured front contacts on the optical wave propagation within microcrystalline thin-film silicon solar cell was investigated. Periodic triangular gratings were integrated in solar cells and the influence of the profile dimensions on the quantum efficiency and the short circuit current was studied. A Finite Difference Time Domain approach was used to rigorously solve the Maxwell's equations in two dimensions. By studying the influence of the period and height of the triangular profile, the design of the structures were optimized to achieve higher short circuit currents and quantum efficiencies. Enhancement of the short circuit current in the blue part of the spectrum is achieved for small triangular periods (P<200 nm), whereas the short circuit current in the red and infrared part of the spectrum is increased for triangular periods (P = 900nm) comparable to the optical wavelength. The influence of the surface texture on the solar cell performance will be discussed.

  View details for Web of Science ID 000272761300083

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• Large modulation of carrier transport by grain-boundary molecular packing and microstructure in organic thin films NATURE MATERIALS Rivnay, J., Jimison, L. H., Northrup, J. E., Toney, M. F., Noriega, R., Lu, S., Marks, T. J., Facchetti, A., Salleo, A. 2009; 8 (12): 952-958

  Abstract

  Solution-processable organic semiconductors are central to developing viable printed electronics, and performance comparable to that of amorphous silicon has been reported for films grown from soluble semiconductors. However, the seemingly desirable formation of large crystalline domains introduces grain boundaries, resulting in substantial device-to-device performance variations. Indeed, for films where the grain-boundary structure is random, a few unfavourable grain boundaries may dominate device performance. Here we isolate the effects of molecular-level structure at grain boundaries by engineering the microstructure of the high-performance n-type perylenediimide semiconductor PDI8-CN2 and analyse their consequences for charge transport. A combination of advanced X-ray scattering, first-principles computation and transistor characterization applied to PDI8-CN2 films reveals that grain-boundary orientation modulates carrier mobility by approximately two orders of magnitude. For PDI8-CN2 we show that the molecular packing motif (that is, herringbone versus slip-stacked) plays a decisive part in grain-boundary-induced transport anisotropy. The results of this study provide important guidelines for designing device-optimized molecular semiconductors.

  View details for DOI 10.1038/NMAT2570

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• Ordering of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Nanocrystallites on the Basis of Substrate Surface Energy ACS NANO Meredig, B., Salleo, A., Gee, R. 2009; 3 (10): 2881-2886

  Abstract

  Molecular dynamics simulations are used to study the influence of functionalized substrates on the orientation of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) nanocrystallites, which in turn plays a critical role in P3HT-based transistor performance. The effects of alkyl-trichlorosilane self-assembled monolayer packing density, packing order, and end-group functionality are independently investigated. Across these factors, the potential energy surface presented by the substrate to the P3HT molecules is determined to be the main driver of P3HT ordering. Surprisingly, disordered substrates with a smoothly varying potential energy landscape are found to encourage edge-on P3HT orientation, while highly ordered substrates have undesirable potential energy wells that reduce the edge-on orientation of P3HT because of substrate-side-chain interactions.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/nn800707z

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  View details for PubMedID 19746953

• Dual-gate organic thin film transistors as chemical sensors APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS Park, Y. M., Salleo, A. 2009; 95 (13)

  View details for DOI 10.1063/1.3242372

  View details for Web of Science ID 000270458000079

• Charge-Transport Anisotropy Due to Grain Boundaries in Directionally Crystallized Thin Films of Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene) ADVANCED MATERIALS Jimison, L. H., Toney, M. F., McCulloch, I., Heeney, M., Salleo, A. 2009; 21 (16): 1568-?

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.200802722

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• Intrinsic and Doped Zinc Oxide Nanowires for Transparent Electrode Fabrication via Low-Temperature Solution Synthesis 50th Electronic Materials Conference Goris, L., Noriega, R., Donovan, M., Jokisaari, J., Kusinski, G., Salleo, A. SPRINGER. 2009: 586–95

  View details for DOI 10.1007/s11664-008-0618-x

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• Semiconducting Thienothiophene Copolymers: Design, Synthesis, Morphology, and Performance in Thin-Film Organic Transistors ADVANCED MATERIALS McCulloch, I., Heeney, M., Chabinyc, M. L., DeLongchamp, D., Kline, R. J., Coelle, M., Duffy, W., Fischer, D., Gundlach, D., Hamadani, B., Hamilton, R., Richter, L., Salleo, A., Shkunov, M., Sporrowe, D., Tierney, S., Zhong, W. 2009; 21 (10-11): 1091-1109

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.200801650

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• Large modulation of carrier transport by grain-boundary molecular packing and microsctructure in organic thin films Nature Materials Rivnay, J., Jimison, L., H., Northrup, J., E., Toney, M., F., Noriega, R., Lu, S., Salleo, A. 2009; 8: 952
• Flexible Electronics: Materials and Applications edited by Salleo, A., Wong, W., S. Springer Verlag. 2009
• Light Trapping in Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells with Periodic Pyramid Texture Optics Express Devan, R., Marinkovic, M., Noriega, R., Phadke, S., Salleo, A., Knipp, D. 2009; 17: 23058
• Dual gate organic thin film transistors as chemical sensors Applied Physics Letters Park, Y., M., Salleo, A. 2009; 95: 133307
• Materials and Novel Patterning methods for Flexible Electronics Flexible Electronics: Materials and Applications Wong, W., S., Chabinyc, M., L., Ng, T., N., Salleo, A. edited by Wong, W., W., Salleo, A. Springer Verlag. 2009: 1
• Charge Transport Anisotropy Due to Grain Boundaries in Directionally Crystallized Thin Films of Regio-Regular Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Advanced Materials Jimison, L., H., Toney, M., F., McCulloch, I., Heeney, M., Salleo, A. 2009; 21: 1568
• Correlating the microstructure of thin films of poly[5,5-bis(3-dodecyl-2-thienyl)-2,2-bithiophene] with charge transport: Effect of dielectric surface energy and thermal annealing PHYSICAL REVIEW B Jimison, L. H., Salleo, A., Chabinyc, M. L., Bernstein, D. P., Toney, M. F. 2008; 78 (12)

  View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.125319

  View details for Web of Science ID 000259691500060

• Connecting electrical and molecular properties of semiconducting polymers for thin-film transistors MRS BULLETIN Chabinyc, M. L., Jimison, L. H., Rivnay, J., Salleo, A. 2008; 33 (7): 683-689

  View details for Web of Science ID 000258014100018

• Interfacial effects in thin films of polymeric semiconductors JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B Rivnay, J., Jimison, L. H., Toney, M. F., Preiner, M., Melosh, N. A., Salleo, A. 2008; 26 (4): 1454-1460

  View details for DOI 10.1116/1.2952454

  View details for Web of Science ID 000258494400036

• Connecting Electrical and Molecular Properties of Semiconducting Polymers for Thin Film Transistors MRS Bulletin Chabinyc, M., Jimison, L., H., Rivnay, J., Salleo, A. 2008; 33: 683-689
• Correlating the microstructure of thin films of Poly[5,5’-bis(3-dodecyl-2-thienyl)-2,2’-bithiophene] with charge transport: effect of dielectric surface energy and thermal annealing. Physical Review B Jimison, L., H., Salleo, A., Chabinyc, M., L., Toney, M., F. 2008; 78: 19
• Solution based self-assembly of an be array of polymeric thin-film transistors ADVANCED MATERIALS Salleo, A., Arias, A. C. 2007; 19 (21): 3540-?

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.200700445

  View details for Web of Science ID 000250992000019

• Charge transport in polymeric transistors MATERIALS TODAY Salleo, A. 2007; 10 (3): 38-45

  View details for Web of Science ID 000244597300018

• Microstructure, charge transport and trapping in anisotropic polymeric thin film transistors IEEE LEOS Summer Topical Meeting 2007 Jimison, L. H., Rivnay, J., Toney, M. F., Salleo, A. IEEE. 2007: 206–207

  View details for Web of Science ID 000252102000105

• Bias stress effects in organic thin film transistors 2007 IEEE INTERNATIONAL RELIABILITY PHYSICS SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS - 45TH ANNUAL Ng, T. N., Chabinyc, M. L., Street, R. A., Salleo, A. 2007: 243-?

  View details for Web of Science ID 000246989600040

• Solution Based Self-Assembly of an Array of Polymeric Thin-Film Transistors Advanced Materials Salleo, A., Arias, A., C. 2007; 19: 3540
• Jet printing flexible displays MATERIALS TODAY Street, R. A., Wong, W. S., Ready, S. E., Chabinyc, I. L., Arias, A. C., Limb, S., Salleo, A., Lujan, R. 2006; 9 (4): 32-37

  View details for Web of Science ID 000242622400022

• Stability of organic transistors Organic Electronics Salleo, A., Chabinyc, M., L. edited by Klauk, H. Wiley-VCH Verlag. 2006: 1
• Toolset for printed electronics DIGITAL FABRICATION 2006, FINAL PROGRAM AND PROCEEDINGS Ready, S. E., Wong, W. S., Arias, A., Salleo, A., Apte, R. B., Chabinyc, M. L., Street, R. A. 2006: 17-20

  View details for Web of Science ID 000243319100008

• Jet printing flexible displays Materials Today Street, R., A., Wong, W., S., Ready, S., E., Chabinyc, M., L., Arias, A., C., Limb, S., Salleo, A. 2006; 9: 32
• Microstructural effects on the performance of poly(thiophene) thin-film-transistors Salleo, A., Jimison, L., H., Donovan, M., M., Chabinyc, M., L., Toney, M., F. 2006
• Micro-structural effects on the performance of poly(thiophene) field-effect transistors Conference on Organic Field-Effect Transistors V Salleo, A., Jimison, L. H., Donovan, M. M., Chabinyc, M. L., Toney, M. F. SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2006

  View details for DOI 10.1117/12.681171

  View details for Web of Science ID 000243028900005

• Printing methods and materials for large-area electronic devices PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE Chabinyc, M. L., Wong, W. S., Arias, A. C., Ready, S., Lujan, R. A., Daniel, J. H., Krusor, B., Apte, R. B., Salleo, A., Street, R. A. 2005; 93 (8): 1491-1499

  View details for DOI 10.1109/JPROC.2005.851492

  View details for Web of Science ID 000230737600015

• Polymer thin-film transistor arrays patterned by stamping ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS Salleo, A., Wong, W. S., Chabinyc, M. L., Paul, K. E., Street, R. A. 2005; 15 (7): 1105-1110

  View details for DOI 10.1002/adfm.200400582

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• Transport in polycrystalline polymer thin-film transistors PHYSICAL REVIEW B Street, R. A., Northrup, J. E., Salleo, A. 2005; 71 (16)

  View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.165202

  View details for Web of Science ID 000228763100041

• Transport in polycrystalline polymer TFTs Physical Review B Street, R., A., Northrup, J., E., Salleo, A. 2005; 71: 165202
• Printed active-matrix TFT arrays for x-ray imaging MEDICAL IMAGING 2005: PHYSICS OF MEDICAL IMAGING, PTS 1 AND 2 Street, R. A., Wong, W. S., Ready, S., Lujan, R., Arias, A. C., Chabinyc, M. L., Salleo, A., Apte, R., Antonuk, L. E. 2005; 5745: 7-17

  View details for DOI 10.1117/12.593521

  View details for Web of Science ID 000229929500002

• Polymer thin-film-transistor arrays patterned by stamping Advanced Functional Materials Salleo, A., Wong, W., S., Chabinyc, M., L., Paul, K., E., Street, R., A. 2005; 15: 1105
• Printing Methods and Materials for Large-Area Electronic Devices Chabinyc, M., L., Wong, W., S., Arias, A., C., Ready, S., E., Lujan, R., Daniel, J., H., Salleo, A. 2005
• Reversible and irreversible trapping in poly(thiophene) thin-film-transistors Applied Physics Letters Salleo, A., Endicott, F., Street, R., A. 2005; 86: 263505
• Materials requirements and fabrication of active matrix arrays of organic thin-film transistors for displays CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS Chabinyc, M. L., Salleo, A. 2004; 16 (23): 4509-4521

  View details for DOI 10.1021/cm049647z

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• Lamination method for the study of interfaces in polymeric thin film transistors JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Chabinyc, M. L., Salleo, A., Wu, Y. L., Liu, P., Ong, B. S., Heeney, M., McCulloch, I. 2004; 126 (43): 13928-13929

  Abstract

  A method for the fabrication of polymeric thin-film transistors (TFTs) by lamination is described. Poly(dimethylsiloxane) stamps were used to delaminate thin films of semiconducting polymers from silicon wafers coated with a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) formed from octyltrichlorosilane. These supported films were laminated onto electrode structures to form coplanar TFTs. The fabrication process was used to make TFTs with poly(3-hexylthiophene), P3HT, and poly[5,5'-bis(3-dodecyl-2-thienyl)-2,2'-bithiophene], PQT-12. TFTs, where these polymers were laminated onto gate dielectrics coated with SAMs from octyltrichlorosilane, had effective field-effect mobilities of 0.03 and 0.005 cm2/(V s), respectively. TFTs where PQT-12 was laminated onto gate dielectrics that were not coated with a SAM also had mobility of 0.03 cm2/(V s). In contrast, TFTs fabricated by spin-coating PQT-12 onto the same structure had mobilities ranging from 10-3 to 10-4 cm2/(V s). These results suggest that the lower mobilities of polymer TFTs made with hydrophilic gate dielectrics are caused by molecular ordering in the semiconducting film rather than electronic effects of dipolar groups at the interface.

  View details for DOI 10.1021/ja044884o

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• All jet-printed polymer thin-film transistor active-matrix backplanes APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS Arias, A. C., Ready, S. E., Lujan, R., Wong, W. S., Paul, K. E., Salleo, A., Chabinyc, M. L., Apte, R., Street, R. A., Wu, Y., Liu, P., ONG, B. 2004; 85 (15): 3304-3306

  View details for DOI 10.1063/1.1801673

  View details for Web of Science ID 000224679300103

• Localized state effects in polymer thin film transistors JOURNAL OF NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS Street, R. A., Salleo, A., Chabinyc, M., Paul, K. 2004; 338: 607-611

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2004.03.052

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• Kinetics of Bias-stress and Bipolaron formation in regio-regular poly(thiophene) Physical Review B Salleo, A., Street, R., A. 2004; 23 (70): 235324
• Printed polymer transistors and display backplanes Arias, A., C., Ready, S., E., Lujan, R., A., Wong, W., S., Paul, K., E., Chabinyc, M., L., Salleo, A. 2004
• Short-channel effects in regio-regular poly(thiophene) thin-film transistors Chabinyc, M., L., Lu, J., P., Salleo, A., Street, R., A. 2004
• Materials requirements and fabrication of active matrix arrays of organic thin-film-transistors for displays special issue of Chemistry of Materials on Organic Electronics Chabinyc, M., L., Salleo, A. 2004; 23 (16): 4509
• Intrinsic hole mobility and trapping in regio-regular poly(thiophene) Physical Review B Salleo, A., Chen, T., W., Volkel, A., Wu, Y., Liu, P., Ong, B., S. 2004; 7 (70): 115311
• Organic Electronics Flexible Flat Panel Displays Apte, R., B., Ong, B., S., Street, R., A., Salleo, A., Chabinyc, M., L., Arias, A., C. edited by Crawford, G., P. 2004: 1
• Localized state effects in polymer thin-film transistors Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids Street, R., A., Salleo, A., Chabinyc, M., L. 2004; 338-340: 607
• Lamination Method for the Study of Interfaces in Polymeric Thin Film Transistors Journal of the American Chemical Society-Communication Chabinyc, M., L., Salleo, A., Wu, Y., Liu, P., Ong, B., S., Heeney, M. 2004; 43 (126): 13928
• All jet-printed polymer thin film transistor active-matrix backplanes Applied Physics Letters Arias, A., C., Ready, S., E., Lujan, R., Wong, W., S., Paul, K., E., Salleo, A. 2004; 15 (85): 3304
• Bipolaron mechanism for bias-stress effects in polymer transistors PHYSICAL REVIEW B Street, R. A., Salleo, A., Chabinyc, M. L. 2003; 68 (8)

  View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.68.085316

  View details for Web of Science ID 000185287500048

• Light-induced bias stress reversal in polyfluorene thin film transistors Journal of Applied Physics Salleo, A., Street, R., A. 2003; 1 (94): 471
• Printed polymer transistor arrays for displays and imaging Paul, E., Wong, W., S., Chabinyc, M., L., Salleo, A., Ready, S., E., Apte, R., B. 2003
• Bipolaron mechanism for bias-stress effects in organic transistors Physical Review B Street, R., A., Salleo, A., Chabinyc, M., L. 2003; 8 (68): 85316
• Laser driven phase transformations in amorphous silica Nature Materials Salleo, A., Taylor, S., T., Martin, M., C. 2003; 12 (2): 796
• Polymer thin-film transistors with chemically modified dielectric interfaces APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS Salleo, A., Chabinyc, M. L., Yang, M. S., Street, R. A. 2002; 81 (23): 4383-4385

  View details for DOI 10.1063/1.1527691

  View details for Web of Science ID 000179481900024

• Organic polymeric thin-film transistors fabricated by selective dewetting APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS Chabinyc, M. L., Wong, W. S., Salleo, A., Paul, K. E., Street, R. A. 2002; 81 (22): 4260-4262

  View details for DOI 10.1063/1.1524301

  View details for Web of Science ID 000179340800054

• Contact effects in polymer transistors Applied Physics Letters Street, R., A., Salleo, A. 2002; 15 (81): 2887
• Fabrication processes for polymeric organic transistors Salleo, A., Chabinyc, M., L., Paul, K., E., Apte, R., B., Street, R., A., Ong, B., S. 2002
• Continuous-wave InGaN laser diodes on copper and diamond substrates Journal of Materials Research Wong, W., S., Kneissl, M., Treat, D., W., Panero, M., Miyashita, N., Salleo, A. 2002; 4 (17): 1
• Organic Polymeric Thin Film Transistors Fabricated by Selective Dewetting Applied Physics Letters Chabinyc, M., L., Wong, W., S., Salleo, A., Paul, K., E., Street, R., A. 2002; 22 (81): 4260
• High-resolution jet printing for fabrication of a Si:H thin film transistors and arrays Wong, W., S., Ready, S., E., Matusiak, R., White, S., D., Lu, J., P., Ho, J., H., Salleo, A. 2002
• Polymer thin-film transistors with chemically modified dielectric interfaces Applied Physics Letters Salleo, A., Chabinyc, M., L., Street, R., A., Yang, M., S. 2002; 23 (81): 4383
• Energy deposition at front and rear surfaces during picosecond laser interaction with fused silica Applied Physics Letters Salleo, A., Génin, F., Y., Feit, M., D., Teepe, A., M., Sands, T., Russo, R., E. 2001; 19 (78): 2840
• Role of light intensification by cracks in optical breakdown on surfaces Journal of the Optical Society of America A Génin, F., Y., Salleo, A., Pistor, T., V., Chase, L., L. 2001; 10 (18): 2607
• Rear surface laser damage on 355 nm silica optics due to Fresnel diffraction at front surface contamination particles Applied Optics Génin, F., Y., Feit, M., D., Kozlowski, M., R., Rubenchik, A., M., Salleo, A., Yoshiyama, J. 2000; 21 (39): 3654-3663
• Machining of transparent materials using an IR and UV nanosecond pulsed laser Applied Physics A Salleo, A., Sands, T., Génin, F., Y. 2000; 6 (71): 601-608
• Integration of GaN Thin Films with Dissimilar Substrate Materials by Pd-In Metal Bonding and Laser Liftoff Journal of Electronic Materials Wong, W., S., Wengrow, A., B., Cho, Y., Salleo, A., Quitoriano, N., J., Cheung, N., W. 1999; 12 (28): 1409-13
• Crack propagation in fused silica during UV and IR ns-laser illumination. Salleo, A., Chinsio, R., Génin, F., Y. edited by Exarhos et al., G., J. 1999
• Modeling of laser-induced surface cracks in silica at 355 nm Feit, M., D., Campbell, J., Faux, D., Génin, F., Y., Kozlowski, M., R., Rubenchik, A., M., Salleo, A. edited by Exarhos et al., G., J. 1998
• Characterization of nodular and thermal defects in hafnia/silica multilayer coatings using optical, photothermal, and atomic force microscopy Stolz, C., J., Yoshiyama, J., M., Salleo, A., Wu, Z., L., Green, J., Krupka, R. edited by Exarhos et al., G., J. 1998
• Laser-induced damage of fused silica at 355 nm initiated at scratches Salleo, A., Génin, F., Y., Yoshiyama, J., Stolz, C., J., Kozlowski, M., R. edited by Exarhos et al., G., J. 1998
• Pulse-shape and pulse-length scaling of ns pulse laser damage threshold due to rate limiting by thermal conduction. Feit, M., D., Rubenchik, A., M., Salleo, A., Eimerl, D. edited by Exarhos et al., G., J. 1998
• Effects of polishing, etching, cleaving, and water leaching on the UV laser damage of fused silica Yoshiyama, J., Génin, F., Y., Salleo, A., Thomas, I., Kozlowski, M., R., Sheehan, L., M. edited by Exarhos et al., G., J. 1998
• Influence of external mechanical loadings (creep, fatigue) on oxygen diffusion during nickel oxidation. Oxidation of Metals Moulin, G., Arevalo, P., Salleo, A. 1996; 1-2 (45): 153-181
• High temperature reactivity of different forms of carbon at low oxygen fugacity Solid State Ionics, Diffusions & Reactions Gozzi, D., Guzzardi, G., Salleo, A. 1996; 3-4 (83): 177-189