Ethan Crace
Ph.D. Student in Chemistry, admitted Autumn 2014
All Publications
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Understanding and controlling white-light emission from halide perovskites
AMER CHEMICAL SOC. 2019
View details for Web of Science ID 000525061503723
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Electronic Structure of Naturally Occurring Aromatic Carbon
ENERGY & FUELS
2019; 33 (3): 2099–2105
View details for DOI 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b04366
View details for Web of Science ID 000462260600043
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Carbon Core Electron Spectra of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A
2018; 122 (26): 5730–34
Abstract
Aromaticity profoundly affects molecular orbitals in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. X-ray core electron spectroscopy has observed that carbon 1s-π* transitions can be broadened or even split in some polycyclic systems, although the origin of the effect has remained obscure. The π electrons in polycyclic systems are typically classified in the Clar model as belonging to either true aromatic sextets (similar to benzene) or isolated double bonds (similar to olefins). Here, bulk-sensitive carbon core excitation spectra are presented for a series of polycyclic systems and show that the magnitude of the 1s-π* splitting is determined primarily by the ratio of true aromatic sextets to isolated double bonds. The observed splitting can be rationalized in terms of ground state energetics as described by Hückel, driven by the π electron structure described by Clar. This simple model including only ground state energetics is shown to explain the basics physics behind the spectral evolution for a broad set of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, although some residual deviations between this model and experiment can likely be improved by including a more detailed electronic structure and the core hole effect.
View details for PubMedID 29897245
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The Diversity of Layered Halide Perovskites
ANNUAL REVIEW OF MATERIALS RESEARCH, VOL 48
2018; 48: 111–36
View details for DOI 10.1146/annurev-matsci-070317-124406
View details for Web of Science ID 000438011300005