Research Output per year
Organization profile
Introduction / mission
The interdepartemental research group M2N investigates and develops functional molecular materials and nanosystems with tailored physical properties. Examples of applications are in organic and polymer solar cells, light-emitting diodes, electrochemical and photovoltaic cells, and solar fuels.
Highlighted phrase
From the molecule to the device
Organisational profile
The Molecular Materials and Nanosystems (M2N) group is active in both the department of Applied Physics and the department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry. We combine expertise from these disciplines in a coherent research program on nanostructured materials and nano-sized organic and inorganic molecular systems. Our drive is to understand the underlying physical phenomena by studying systems of reduced dimensionality down to the molecular level. Our research regarding molecules, macromolecules and (nano)structured materials has led to notable achievements in a variety of applications.
Our thorough understanding of the subtle interactions of light with the chemical and electronic structures at the nanoscale has led to major improvements in the efficiency of polymer solar cells. Our study and modelling of organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) - from the fundamental opto-electronic processes at the molecular level towards the performance of a working device - are of industrial relevance. Other focus areas of our research are improving the efficiency of multi-junction molecular solar-to-electricity conversion devices, and establishing solar-to-fuel conversion using organic semiconductors in a process mimicking natural photosynthesis.
In our research we combine synthetic chemistry, advanced optical spectroscopy, and morphological characterization with fabricating, characterizing and modeling of prototype optoelectronic devices to obtain insights that are essential for future developments. In exploring new functional materials we work along the line molecule-material-device, with the idea that ultimately control on every length scale and every interface is required to reach the intrinsic limits of the special properties of functional molecular and polymer materials.
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Profiles
Unai Alegre Ibarra
- Department of Applied Physics, Molecular Materials and Nanosystems - University Researcher
Person: OWP : University Teacher / Researcher
Haijun Bin
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry - Postdoc
- Department of Applied Physics, Molecular Materials and Nanosystems - Postdoc
Person: PD : Postdoc
Peter A. Bobbert
- Department of Applied Physics, Molecular Materials and Nanosystems - Full Professor
- Department of Applied Physics, Center for Computational Energy Research - Full Professor
Person: HGL : Professor
Research Output
Ballistic Phonons in Ultrathin Nanowires
Vakulov, D., Gireesan, S., Swinkels, M. Y., Chavez, R., Vogelaar, T., Torres, P., Campo, A., De Luca, M., Verheijen, M. A., Koelling, S., Gagliano, L., Haverkort, J. E. M., Alvarez, F. X., Bobbert, P. A., Zardo, I. & Bakkers, E. P. A. M., 8 Apr 2020, In : Nano Letters. 20, 4, p. 2703-2709 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
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Circularly Polarized Photoluminescence from Chiral Perovskite Thin Films at Room Temperature
Di Nuzzo, D., Cui, L., Greenfield, J. L., Zhao, B., Friend, R. H. & Meskers, S. C. J., 23 Jun 2020, In : ACS Nano. 14, 6, p. 7610-7616 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Classification with a disordered dopant-atom network in silicon
Chen, T., van Gelder, J., van de Ven, B., Amitonov, S. V., de Wilde, B., Ruiz Euler, H. C., Broersma, H., Bobbert, P. A., Zwanenburg, F. A. & van der Wiel, W. G., 16 Jan 2020, In : Nature. 577, 7790, p. 341-345 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Citations
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Equipment
Molecular Materials and Nanosystems (M2N labs)
R.A.J. Janssen (Manager)
Macromolecular and Organic ChemistryFacility/equipment: Research lab
Prizes
NWO Veni Award : Positive or negative? From organic molecule to liquid-electrolyte battery
K.H. Hendriks (Recipient), 2017
Prize: NWO › Veni › Scientific
Press / Media
Eindhoven University of Technology: Microgenerator Based on Nanowires Replaces Battery
Peter Bobbert & Erik P.A.M. Bakkers
11/03/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Brain-Inspired Network Detects Patterns Using AI: Eindhoven University of Technology
17/01/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
-Eindhoven University of Technology: Brain-inspired network detects patterns using AI
17/01/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Research areas
OLED
Reinder Coehoorn (Researcher), Peter A. Bobbert (Researcher)
Impact: Research Topic/Theme (at group level)
Organic flow batteries
Koen H. Hendriks (Researcher), René A.J. Janssen (Researcher)
Impact: Research Topic/Theme (at group level)
Student theses
A combined optical and electrical approach for studying triplet-polaron quenching in organic phosporescent devices
Author: Hu, L., 2017Supervisor: Coehoorn, R. (Supervisor 1) & Ligthart, A. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Bachelor
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Controlling the doping level in a conducting polymer for application in enhancement mode organic electrochemical transistors
Author: Pol, T., 13 Nov 2018Supervisor: Meskers, S. (Supervisor 1), van de Burgt, Y. (Supervisor 2), Janssen, R. (Supervisor 2) & Friedrich, H. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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Device performance optimization of near infrared organic photodetectors by charge blocking layers
Author: van Wetten, S. P., 2019Supervisor: Ma, X. (Supervisor 1) & Gelinck, G. H. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Bachelor
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