Jean-luc Bredas
Distinguished Professor
Material Science and Engineering
King Abdullah University Of Science and Technology
Saudi Arabia
Biography
Material Science and Engineering ​​​​​​​​​Ph.D., University of Namur, 1979 B.Sc., University of Namur, 1976
Research Interest
The research activities of the Bredas group deal with the structural, electronic, optical, and interfacial properties of novel organic (nano) materials with promising characteristics in the field of electronics, photonics, and information technology. Their work is devoted to theoretical investigations based on powerful computational techniques derived from quantum chemistry, condensed-matter physics, and molecular dynamics. With such an approach, they are able to model materials reliably in order to understand and/or predict their electronic and optical properties, in particular in relation to solar-energy applications.
Publications
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"Impact of Molecular Packing on Electronic Polarization in Organic Crystals: The Case of Pentacene vs TIPS-Pentacene", S.M. Ryno, C. Risko, and J.L. Brédas, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136, 6421-6427 (2014).
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"Ring Substituents Mediate the Morphology of PBDTTPD-PCBM Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells", J. Warnan, A. E. Labban, C. Cabanetos, E. T. Hoke, P. K. Shukla, C. Risko, J.L. Brédas, M. D. McGehee, and P. M. Beaujuge, Chemistry of Materials, 26, 2299-2306 (2014).
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​"Substrate-Induced Variations of Molecular Packing, Dynamics, and Intermolecular Electronic Couplings in Pentacene Monolayers on the Amorphous Silica Dielectric", L. Viani, C. Risko, M. Toney, D. Breiby, and J.L. Brédas, ACS Nano, 8, 690-700 (2014).
