Theory and modelling for organic electronics

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Theoretical simulation and modelling of the basic properties of organic materials and devices.

Experimental progress and development of new materials and devices is difficult without fundamental understanding of their basic properties such as morphology, electronic structure, character of ionic and electron transport, and the device functionality. The theoretical simulation and modelling of the basic properties of organic materials and devices represents the main focus of the research activity of our group.

The theoretical tools in our computational modelling are the ab initio methods for electronic structure calculations (DFT, first-principles DFT) and the molecular dynamics technique (classical, coarse-grained, and supra coarse-grained) that is capable of studying of morphology of polymeric and reactive systems consisting of millions of atoms.
For the description of the electron and ion transport in organic materials devices we have developed Green’s function technique, Boltzmann approach, Kubo approaches, Monte Carlo methods as well as the Nernst-Plank-Poisson approach.

Our computational studies are performed in a tight collaboration with the experimental groups of our Laboratory where the obtained theoretical results help to understand and guide the material engineering and device design, and, vice versa, the input from the experiment provides an essential motivation for the theory.
Current research projects include:

  • Electronic properties and optical absorption of p-type and n-type conducting polymers and their blends.
  • Redox electrochemistry, polymerization, oxygen reduction reactions and hydrogen evolution in conducting polymers.
  • Intrinsic capacitance of conducting polymers.
  • Morphology of conducting polymers; water intake, swelling and ion exchange. Ion diffusion in conducting polymers.
  • Multi-scale calculations of electronic transport in conducting polymers.
  • Morphology of cellulose-based materials, including cellulose-polymer composites, functionalized cellulose nanofibers, and cellulose chiral nanocrystals.
  • Photonics of cellulose-based materials (transparent wood, cellulose chiral nanocrystals).
  • Device modelling (organic electrochemical transistor, organic electrolyte gated field-effect transistors); modelling interfaces in organic bioelectronics.

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Publications

2023

Viktor Gueskine, Mikhail Vagin, Magnus Berggren, Xavier Crispin, Igor Zozoulenko (2023) Oxygen reduction reaction at conducting polymer electrodes in a wider context: Insights from modelling concerning outer and inner sphere mechanisms ELECTROCHEMICAL SCIENCE ADVANCES, Vol. 3, Article e2100191 Continue to DOI
Dan Zhao, Donghyun Kim, Sarbani Ghosh, Gang Wang, Wei Huang, Zonglong Zhu, Tobin J. Marks, Igor Zozoulenko, Antonio Facchetti (2023) Mechanical, Morphological, and Charge Transport Properties of NDI Polymers with Variable Built-in ?-Conjugation Lengths Probed by Simulation and Experiment Advanced Functional Materials Continue to DOI
Sandra Hultmark, Mariavittoria Craighero, Sepideh Zokaei, Donghyun Kim, Emmy Järsvall, Furqan Farooqi, Sara Marina, Renee Kroon, Jaime Martin, Igor Zozoulenko, Christian Müller (2023) Impact of oxidation-induced ordering on the electrical and mechanical properties of a polythiophene co-processed with bistriflimidic acid Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 11, p. 8091-8099 Continue to DOI
Zhen Wang, Patrick Heasman, Jowan Rostami, Tobias Benselfelt, Mathieu Linares, Hailong Li, Artem Iakunkov, Farhiya Sellman, Rebecca Ostmans, Mahiar Max Hamedi, Igor Zozoulenko, Lars Wagberg (2023) Dynamic Networks of Cellulose Nanofibrils Enable Highly Conductive and Strong Polymer Gel Electrolytes for Lithium-Ion Batteries Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 33, Article 2212806 Continue to DOI
Jiu Pang, Aleksandar Y. Mehandzhiyski, Igor Zozoulenko (2023) A computational study of cellulose regeneration: Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations Carbohydrate Polymers, Vol. 313, Article 120853 Continue to DOI

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