Akshay Rao
Physics
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
United Kingdom
Biography
Akshay obtained his BSc from St Stephen’s College, University of Delhi in 2006, followed by an MSc from the University of Sheffield in 2007. He received his PhD in Physics from the University of Cambridge in 2011, after which he held a research fellowship at Corpus Christi College. Since October 2014 he has led a research group at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge.
Research Interest
Physics
Publications
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3) “The Role of Spin for Kinetic Control of Recombination in Organic Photovoltaicsâ€, Akshay Rao, Philip C.Y. Chow, Simon Gélinas, Cody W. Schlenker, Chang-Zhi Li, Hin-Lap Yip, Alex K-Y. Jen, David S. Ginger, Richard H. Friend, Nature, 500 (7463), 435-439, (2013).
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2) “Ultrafast Long-Range Charge Separation in Organic Semiconductor Photovoltaic Diodesâ€, Simon GélinasÂ, Akshay Rao, Abhishek Kumar, Samuel L. Smith, Alex W. Chin, Jenny Clark, Tom S. van der Poll, Guillermo C. Bazan, Richard H. Friend, Science, 343, 6170, 512-516, (2014).
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1) “Resonant Energy Transfer of Triplet Excitons from Pentacene to PbSe Nanocrystalsâ€, Maxim Tabachnyk, Bruno Ehrler, Simon Gélinas, Marcus L. Böhm, Brian J. Walker, Kevin P. Musselman, Neil C. Greenham, Richard H. Friend and Akshay Rao. Nature Materials, DOI: 10.1038/NMAT4093 (2014).
