Alán Aspuru-Guzik's research group

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Roel Sigifredo Sánchez-Carrera

Mary Fieser Postdoctoral Fellow
Harvard University

12 Oxford St #56, Cambridge, MA 02138
Office: M 110
e-mail: rsanchez [at] fas.harvard.edu
Tel: (617) 495-9676

EDUCATION

Ph. D. in Physical Chemistry (2008)
School of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Graduate Certi ficate in Management of Technology (2007)
College of Management; Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

M.S. degree in Chemistry (2005)
School of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

B.S. degree in Chemistry, with Honors (2002)
Department of Chemistry; Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Monterrey, N. L., México.

RESEARCH ACCOMPLISHMENTS

During my Ph. D. studies, I developed a first-principles methodology to investigate the impact of electron-phonon interactions on the charge-carrier mobilities in organic semiconductors. I was able to provide with the first full quantum-mechanical characterization of the interactions of the charge-carriers with the optical phonons in the pentacene crystal.

CURRENT RESEARCH

Leading the first distributed computing eff ort to aid the design of organic (nano) materials with promising characteristics in the field of renewable sources of energy and information technology.

More details: Clean Energy Project.

PERSONAL WEBSITE

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • “Charge Transport Properties of the 1,4-Diiodobenzene Crystal: A Quantum-Mechanical Study”. R. S. Sánchez-Carrera, V. Coropceanu, E. G. Kim, and J. L. Brédas. Chem. Mat. 20 (18): 5832-5838, 2008.
  • “The interaction of charge carriers with lattice vibrations in organic molecular semiconductors: Naphthalene as a case study”. V. Coropceanu, R. S. Sánchez-Carrera, P. Paramonov, G.M. Day and J.-L. Brédas. J. Chem. Phys. C 113 (11): 4679-4686, 2009.
  • “Charge Transport Parameters in Iodo-Functionalized Organic Molecular Crystals: the Case of 2,6-diiodo-dithieno[3,2-b:2’,3’-d]thiophene”. R. S. Sánchez-Carrera, S. A. Odom, T. L. Kinnibrugh, E. G. Kim, V. Coropceanu, S. Barlow, T. Timofeeva, S. Marder, and J. L. Brédas. Manuscript in preparation.
  • “The Interaction of Charge Carriers with Optical Phonons in the Oligoacene Crystals”. R. S. Sánchez-Carrera, V. Coropceanu, P. Paramonov, and J. L. Brédas. Manuscript in preparation.

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