Room 2P42-43; phone +39-081-674450 Email roberto.centore@unina.it;

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Prof. Ugo Caruso

Room 2P19; phone +39-081-674366 Email ugo.caruso@unina.it;

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Prof. Angela Tuzi

Room 2p42-43; phone +39-081-674323 Email angela.tuzi@unina.it;

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Prof. Antonio Carella

Room 2P45; phone +39-081-674449 Email antonio.carella@unina.it;

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Dott. Fabio Borbone

Room 2N48; phone +39-081-674325 Email fabio.borbone@unina.it;

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Prof. Vincenzo Piccialli

Room 0Mb10; phone +39-081-674111 Email vincenzo.piccialli@unina.it;

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Research

Design, synthesis and characterization of novel π-conjugated materials for applications in different fields of organic electronics and photonics

• Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSC): metal free photosensitizers for n-type and p-type DSSC. Tuning of the optical properties of the dyes by suitable functionalization of a common molecular motif.
• Organic semiconductors: conjugated materials (small molecules or polymeric) as active materials for bulk-heterojunction solar cells and/or organic field effect transistors (OFET). Focus on strong electron acceptor building blocks to achieve air stable n-type transport.
• Fluorescent materials: organic or metallo-organic materials characterized by high fluorescence quantum yield (in solution and/or in the solid state). Applications as active material in the field of OLED and sensors.
• Crystal Engineering:  Crystal structures driven by the formation of H bonds; acentric and polar crystal structures; structures with p-stacking; structures with pseudosymmetry and high Z'; polymorphism and topotactic transitions; dynamic effects in solid state transitions; tautomerism in N-rich fused-ring heterocycles.
• Optical materials: azo-materials and photopolymers for applications in nonlinear optics, photonics and holographic devices. Study of light-driven mass migration by one- and two-photon absorption.

Main collaboration:

• Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSC): metal free photosensitizers for n-type and p-type DSSC. Tuning of the optical properties of the dyes by suitable functionalization of a common molecular motif.
• Organic semiconductors: conjugated materials (small molecules or polymeric) as active materials for bulk-heterojunction solar cells and/or organic field effect transistors (OFET). Focus on strong electron acceptor building blocks to achieve air stable n-type transport.
• Fluorescent materials: organic or metallo-organic materials characterized by high fluorescence quantum yield (in solution and/or in the solid state). Applications as active material in the field of OLED and sensors.
• Crystal Engineering:  Crystal structures driven by the formation of H bonds; acentric and polar crystal structures; structures with p-stacking; structures with pseudosymmetry and high Z'; polymorphism and topotactic transitions; dynamic effects in solid state transitions; tautomerism in N-rich fused-ring heterocycles.
• Optical materials: azo-materials and photopolymers for applications in nonlinear optics, photonics and holographic devices. Study of light-driven mass migration by one- and two-photon absorption.
  • Center for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy, Rome, Italy (Aldo Di Carlo)
  • Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel (R. Shikler)
  • Department of Chemistry, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran (R. Takjoo).
  • Department of Chemistry, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran (P. Hayati).
  • New York University, Campus of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (P. Naumov).
  • Centro Ricerche ENEA, Portici (NA), Italy.