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Optoelectronics

Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge
 

Last updated:05-Mar-2026 RWG

"NEXAFS Spectroscopy of P3HT and PBTTT at the Sulfur K-Edge." P. A. Chantler, L. Thomsen, S. Roychoudhury, W. J. Zhu, M. Gebert, Z. P. Fei, M. Heeney, H. Sirringhaus, D. Prendergast and C. R. McNeill 2026 Macromolecules 59(1): 524-532. WOS:001647712000001
or DOI:10.1021/acs.macromol.5c02338
"Strong-Binding Small-Molecule Passivator for Two-Dimensional Tin-Based Perovskite Field-Effect Transistors." H. Choi, J. Jung, Y. K. Jung, S. W. Lee, T. Kong, Y. Kim, Y. Reo, J. Sim, Y. Kim, J. Woo, S. Ryoo, J. Cho, Y. Zhang, S. Pecorario, B. R. Lee, H. Sirringhaus, Y. Noh, S. D. Stranks, T. Lee and K. Kang 2026 Advanced Functional Materials. WOS:001666756200001
or DOI:10.1002/adfm.74094
"Ultrafast charge transfer and coherent phonons in electroactive organic cation-templated low-dimensional perovskite analogues." I. Devroey, Y. Boeije, P. Banks, C. Quarti, P. La Magna, A. Ciesielska, L. Lutsen, E. Derveaux, P. Adriaensens, K. Van Hecke, D. Beljonne, S. D. Stranks and W. T. M. Van Gompel 2026 Nanoscale Horizons 11(1): 185-201. WOS:001606681400001
or DOI:10.1039/d5nh00494b
"Toward a Consensus Characterization Protocol for Organic Thermoelectrics." B. Dörling, I. E. Jacobs, I. Brunetti, N. J. Pataki, S. K. Yee, D. Scheunemann, K. H. Kang, G. Z. Zuo, J. S. Reparaz, T. Mori, M. L. Chabinyc, C. Müller, M. Caironi, M. Kemerink and M. Campoy-Quiles 2026 Advanced Materials: PMID 9885358. WOS:001681833000001
or DOI:10.1002/adma.202520430
"Charge transport physics of organic conductors at high carrier densities." C. D. Frisbie, I. E. Jacobs, X. L. Ren and H. Sirringhaus 2026 Nature Reviews Materials. WOS:001698083200001
or DOI:10.1038/s41578-026-00897-4
"Exploring Size-Controlled Exciton Evolution Using DNA Libraries." J. Gorman, S. Orsborne, P. Budden, A. Sridhar, J. L. Greenfield, D. G. Congrave, R. Pandya, Y. Liu, S. Dowland, S. Ryan, H. Bronstein, J. R. Nitschke, A. Rao, R. Collepardo-Guevara, E. Stulz, F. Auras and R. H. Friend 2026 Journal of the American Chemical Society. WOS:001695341300001
or DOI:10.1021/jacs.5c21113
"High-spin state dynamics and quintet-mediated emission in intramolecular singlet fission." J. Grüne, S. Montanaro, T. W. Bradbury, A. Sharma, S. Dowland, A. J. Gillett, S. Gorgon, O. Millington, W. K. Myers, J. Behrends, J. Clark, A. Rao, H. Bronstein and N. C. Greenham 2026 Nature Communications 17(1): 777. WOS:001667078100003
or DOI:10.1038/s41467-025-67383-3
"Macrocyclic Covalent Encapsulation of a Multi-Resonant Emitter: Understanding and Controlling Interactions in Highly Efficient Deep-Blue OLEDs." E. M. Holdsworth, H. H. Cho, A. D. Bond, S. Montanaro, S. J. Woo, T. Y. Huang, J. Shaikh, F. Hassan, S. Gorgon, V. Riesgo-Gonzalez, A. J. Gillett, D. G. Congrave, R. H. Friend and H. A. Bronstein 2026 Journal of the American Chemical Society. WOS:001692979500001
or DOI:10.1021/jacs.5c16290
"Amphiphilic Polymer Conetworks for Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells: Regulated Molecular Stacking Enables Efficient Downconversion." C. H. Huang, D. Kim, W. Y. Yang, Y. Lu, R. J. E. Westbrook, H. G. Lai, Z. M. Wei, C. Lee, F. Fu, N. C. Greenham, B. R. Lee and S. D. Stranks 2026 Advanced Energy Materials 16(4). WOS:001615305500001
or DOI:10.1002/aenm.202504273
"Measuring the molecular origins of stiffness in organic semiconductors." K. H. Hwang, D. Brandt, S. Cristofaro, C. J. Nickerson, F. Modesti, M. Gicevicius, M. T. R. Cervantes, M. Volpi, L. J. Spalek, L. Muccioli, P. M. Claesson, L. Fruk, Y. Geerts, G. Schweicher, Y. Olivier, E. R. Johnson and D. Venkateshvaran 2026 Nature Communications 17(1): 1621. WOS:001691494000001
or DOI:10.1038/s41467-026-68328-0
"Spectroscopic Performance of CsPbBr3 Perovskite γ-Ray Detectors Despite Grain Boundaries." S. Imam, Q. V. Phan, Z. M. Wei, K. S. Bayikadi, S. D. Stranks and M. G. Kanatzidis 2026 Advanced Materials: PMID 9885358. WOS:001658060200001
or DOI:10.1002/adma.202518137
"Active Shell Engineering for Efficient Cascade Triplet Energy Transfer in Lanthanide Heterostructures." Z. Jiang, A. Tew, X. J. Li, H. T. Z. Zhu, Y. Z. Deng, C. Ducati, Z. Z. Yu and A. Rao 2026 Angewandte Chemie-International Edition. WOS:001695989700001
or DOI:10.1002/anie.2017963
"Designing for Dispersibility: How Crystallinity and Solubilizing Groups Affect Quantum Dot Dispersion in Diphenylhexatriene Matrices." R. C. Kilbride, A. Leventis, S. Montanaro, A. Sharma, J. M. Xiao, S. A. Dowland, J. F. Winkel, H. Bronstein, N. C. Greenham, R. H. Friend, A. K. Rao, O. O. Mykhaylyk, R. A. L. Jones, A. J. Ryan and D. T. W. Toolan 2026 Nano Letters 26(4): 1274-1280. WOS:001664813700001
or DOI:10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c05201
"Influence of film formation kinetics on the dispersion of colloidal quantum dots in organic small molecule matrices." R. C. Kilbride, M. P. Weir, J. M. Xiao, S. A. Dowland, J. F. Winkel, J. E. Anthony, A. K. Rao, R. A. L. Jones, A. J. Ryan and D. T. W. Toolan 2026 Materials Advances 7(4): 2003-2011. WOS:001677893000001
or DOI:10.1039/d5ma01330e
"Studying the effect of EDAI passivation on surface defects in triple cation mixed halide perovskite with PEEM." P. Kokate, Y. Boeije, G. Tumen-Ulzii, M. K. L. Man, S. D. Stranks and K. M. Dani 2026 Ultramicroscopy 279: 114261. WOS:001611884600001
or DOI:10.1016/j.ultramic.2025.114261
"Intrinsic intermolecular photoinduced charge separation in organic radical semiconductors." B. W. Li, P. Murto, R. Chowdhury, L. Brown, Y. T. Han, G. Londi, D. Beljonne, H. Bronstein and R. H. Friend 2026 Nature Materials 25(1). WOS:001584104300001
or DOI:10.1038/s41563-025-02362-z
"Visualizing Strain-Coupled Cryogenic Phase Transitions and Defect Dynamics in Perovskite Quantum Dots Using In Situ STEM." X. J. Li, Z. Jiang, S. Chen, Y. Tang, B. F. Xue, T. H. Wu, Y. Lu, X. Moya, A. Rao, Z. Z. Yu and C. Ducati 2026 Advanced Science 13(11). WOS:001631546000001
or DOI:10.1002/advs.202516496
"Identifying and Overcoming the Polaron-Induced Mobility Limit in a 2D Germanium Halide Perovskite." Y. Liu, Y. W. Lv, P. A. Chen, Z. Q. Ming, X. C. Qiu, J. N. Xia, L. Cheng, F. X. Li, H. X. Ju, X. Wang, A. B. Yusoff, L. Jiang, L. Liao, H. Sirringhaus and Y. Y. Hu 2026 Acs Nano 20(7): 5839-5849. WOS:001684720300001
or DOI:10.1021/acsnano.5c18264
"Metallic charge transport in conjugated molecular bilayers." K. Lu, Y. Li, Q. J. Wang, L. L. Wu, X. L. Ren, X. Chen, L. H. Liu, Y. T. Li, X. M. Xu, Q. K. Zhang, D. Wang, L. Q. Zhou, M. F. Xiao, S. Jiang, M. J. Pei, H. X. Gong, W. Wood, I. E. Jacobs, J. Z. Wang, G. Chen, P. Wang, Z. S. Li, C. F. Zhang, X. R. Wang, X. Wu, Y. L. Wang, W. Ji, S. L. Li, J. S. Qiao, Y. Shi and H. Sirringhaus 2026 Nature Electronics. WOS:001665561300001
or DOI:10.1038/s41928-025-01553-5
"Alloyed Quantum Dots with Tuned Exciton Wave Function Delocalization for Enhanced Energy Transfer." J. Luo, Y. H. Fan, Y. C. Zhao, J. J. Wu, Y. Q. Gu, H. Y. Song, H. Liang, S. K. Wu, Z. Miao, L. Qiu, X. Jiang, A. K. Rao and Z. L. Zhang 2026 Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. WOS:001697613500001
or DOI:10.1021/acs.jpclett.5c04114
"Light-Driven Intraoctahedral Halide Isomerization in Two-Dimensional Mixed Halide Perovskites." W. X. Mao, E. Haque, S. A. Bird, M. Dubajic, Y. Lu, X. W. Chua, Z. Xu, X. J. Li, M. Oldfield, J. L. Li, W. Q. Yan, C. R. Hall, Q. D. Lin, J. Zhao, A. S. R. Chesman, G. Beane, A. Schiffrin, C. Ducati, N. Medhekar, S. D. Stranks and U. Bach 2026 Journal of the American Chemical Society 148(3): 3051-3062. WOS:001661037200001
or DOI:10.1021/jacs.5c15542
"Key Roles of Aliphatic Ligands over PbS Quantum Dots for Efficient Triplet Energy Transfer in a Hybrid TES-ADT/PbS System for Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Photon Upconversion." N. Nishimura, Z. L. Zhang, V. Gray, J. M. Xiao, J. R. Alladice and A. K. Rao 2026 Journal of Physical Chemistry C 130(7): 2616-2624. WOS:001686316700001
or DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c07155
"Enhancing power density and cycle life of NMC811 battery cathodes via combined dense calendering and laser patterning." K. Raju, S. W. T. Price, A. J. Merryweather, A. Radic, M. C. Lai, D. Tripathy, D. Lorden, E. Saunders, I. Temprano, S. Park, C. Ducati, A. K. Rao, A. Shaikeea, C. P. Grey and M. De Volder 2026 Energy & Environmental Science 19(4): 1341-1351. WOS:001680655800001
or DOI:10.1039/d5ee06773a
"Impact of cluster size on sputtering effects in hybrid organic/inorganic materials during cluster SIMS depth profiling." N. Sano, J. F. Messinger, M. R. Fitzsimmons, K. McHardy, P. Blenkinsopp and S. D. Stranks 2026 Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B 44(1): 014203. WOS:001660082500001
or DOI:10.1116/6.0005126
"Interparticle Communication and Lithium Dynamics in Faceted Nickel-Rich NMC Cathodes." V. Sedajova, G. Horwitz, J. H. Han, A. J. Merryweather, G. S. Phillips, V. S. Deshpande, N. A. Fleck, A. K. Rao and C. P. Grey 2026 Journal of the American Chemical Society 148(4): 4097-4109. WOS:001666908900001
or DOI:10.1021/jacs.5c15171
"A hierarchical shell locks and stabilizes perovskite nanocrystals with near-unity quantum yield." Q. S. Zeng, Y. Zhao, S. Park, H. Y. Zhou, H. J. Shim, T. S. Li, J. Ryu, M. J. Sung, X. W. Chua, E. Yoon, B. A. I. Lewis, S. J. Woo, M. Forzatti, M. J. Kim, E. A. Kim, L. J. Dai, J. Jang, Y. P. Tang, J. J. Kweon, H. Chen, K. Y. Jang, D. H. Kim, W. J. Jeong, J. S. Kim, H. Lee, K. Lim, S. Y. Cho, C. B. Park, S. K. Lee, M. Kim, H. J. Bolink, B. Hu, A. Walsh, S. D. Stranks and T. W. Lee 2026 Science 391(6782): eady1370. WOS:001680063200017
or DOI:10.1126/science.ady1370
"Integrating SWCNT to bridge the stability divide in scalable and manufacturable flexible perovskite solar modules." J. Zhang, Y. Meng, A. P. Wu, C. K. Jin, P. X. Hou, W. D. Xu, D. I. Kutsarov, Z. H. Wu, D. T. Liu, Y. L. Shen, S. D. Stranks, G. S. Shao, S. Bai, T. L. Bu, H. M. Cheng, S. R. P. Silva and W. Zhang 2026 Joule 10(1): 102225. WOS:001677015900002
or DOI:10.1016/j.joule.2025.102225
"Fieldoscopy at the quantum limit." D. A. Zimin, A. Ashoka, F. Reiter and A. Rao 2026 Light-Science & Applications 15(1): 110. WOS:001684678900001
or DOI:10.1038/s41377-025-02066-8