Biography
2021: Ph.D. in Physics, University of Cambridge
2017: M.Phil. in Scientific Computing, University of Cambridge
2016: M.Sc. in Organic and Molecular Electronics, TU Dresden, Germany
2014: B.Sc. in Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Research
I am interested in the electronic and optical properties of organic semiconductor materials with potential applications in different areas of technology, such as organic solar cells and LEDs. Specifically, I focus on the theoretical understanding of ultra-fast processes in these materials, including charge transfer, singlet exciton fission and exciton transport. These processes may all be encountered in different devices based on organic semiconductors, and understanding how realistic conditions affect them is a crucial step towards wide-spread application. To this end, factors such as molecular vibrations and environment polarity are included in our models, capturing effects that have long remained out of reach. Understanding the quantum mechanical dynamics of these systems could contribute towards a next generation of efficient optoelectronic devices based on organic materials.
Publications
A molecular movie of ultrafast singlet fission, Nature Communications (2019)10:4207; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12220-7
Switching between coherent and incoherent singlet fission via solvent-induced symmetry-breaking, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2019, 141, 44, 17558-17570; https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b05561
Non-equilibrium relaxation of hot states in organic semiconductors: impact of mode-selective excitation on charge transfer, J. Chem. Phys. 151, 084104 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5115239
First principles modeling of exciton-polaritons in polydiacetylene chains, J. Chem. Phys. 153, 084103 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0019009
Impact of exciton delocalization on exciton-vibration interactions in organic semiconductors, Phys. Rev. B 102, 081122(R) (2020); https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.102.081122