| People
- Faculty
- Professor:
Thuc-Quyen Nguyen |
| Field(s): |
Physical Chemistry and Material Chemistry |
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| Email: |
quyen@chem.ucsb.edu |
| Phone: |
(805)
893-4851 |
Fax:
(805)
893-4120 |
| Office: |
3122 Chem |
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Selected
Publications |
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| Bio: |
T.-Q. Nguyen obtained her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from UCLA
in 1997, 1999, and 2001 respectively. She received several
awards including the Dissertation Awards from the Chemistry
Department at UCLA and the University of California for
outstanding performance in research in Physical Chemistry
and the Outstanding Innovative Research Award of the Advanced
Materials. She was a research associate in the Department
of Chemistry and the Nanocenter at Columbia University
working with Louis Brus and Colin Nuckolls. She also spent
time at IBM Research center at T. J. Watson (Yorktown
Heights, NY) working with Richard Martel and Phaedon Avouris.
She joined the faculty at UCSB in 2004. |
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Research
Interests
My
research focuses on understanding the photophysics and electronic
properties of novel organic and metal-organic hybrid materials
for applications in nanotechnology such as molecular electronics,
transistors, photovoltaics, and sensors. Particularly, we
are interested in factors that influence the photophysics
and charge transport in these materials both at the nanoscale
and in the bulk using various scanning probe techniques and
femto-second laser spectroscopy. We seek to correlate the
structure-function-property relationship and also work closely
with synthetic chemistry and theory groups to design new materials.
Understanding these physical properties allows design of materials
with specific functions and properties for particular applications.
In addition to the above techniques, students will design,
fabricate, and perform electrical characterization of the
devices using optical and electron beam lithography and other
semiconductor characterization techniques both in our laboratory
and in the clean-room facility at UCSB. Overall, our research
goal is to prepare students with a strong knowledge/background
in chemistry, material science, and device physics.
Current
Research
1.
Charge transport in one-dimensional organic nanostructures
and self-assemblies
2. Effects of structure, molecular interactions, morphology,
and environment on charge transport in organic single crystals
and thin films
3. Charge transport in metal-organic hybrid systems
4. Charge injection at metal-organic interface and chemistry
of the interface
5. Photophysics and applications of carbon nanotube-based
composite materials
6. Organic photovoltaics
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| Selected
Research Publications |
| "Control of Solution Aggregation, Solid State Fluorescence Quantum Yield, and Charge Transport in Cationic Conjugated Polyelectrolytes by Choice of Anion," R. Yang, A. Garcia, D. Korystov, A. Mikhailovsky, G. C. Bazan, and T.-Q. Nguyen, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 16532-16539. |
| "Molecular
Interactions in One-Dimensional Organic Nanostructures,"
T.-Q. Nguyen, R. Martel, P. Avouris, M. Bushey, C. Nuckolls,
and L. E. Brus, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126,
5234-5242. |
| "Tuning
Intermolecular Attraction to Create Polar Order and One-Dimensional
Nanostructures," T.-Q. Nguyen, M. Bushey, L. E.
Brus, and C. Nuckolls, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002,
124, 15051-15054. |
| "Near-Field
Scanning Optical Microscopy (NSOM) Studies of the Relationship
Between Interchain Interactions, Morphology and Energy Transport
in Conjugated Polymer Films," T.-Q. Nguyen, R. D.
Schaller, J. C. Johnson, L. F. Lee, R. J. Saykally, and B. J.
Schwartz, J. Phys. Chem. 2001, 105, 5153-5156. |
| "Improving
the Performance of Conjugated Polymer-Based Devices by Control
of Interchain Interactions and Polymer Film Morphology,"
T.-Q. Nguyen, R. C. Kwong, M. E. Thompson, and B. J. Schwartz,
Appl. Phys. Lett. 2000, 76, 2454-2456. |
| "Control
of Energy Transfer in Oriented Conjugated Polymer/Mesoporous
Silica Composites," T.-Q. Nguyen, J. Wu, V. Doan,
S. H. Tolbert, and B. J. Schwartz, Science 2000,
288, 652-656. |
| "Controlling
Interchain Interactions in Conjugated Polymers: The Effects
of Chain Morphology on Exciton-Exciton Annihilation and Aggregation
in MEH-PPV Films," T.-Q. Nguyen, I. Martini, J.
Liu, B. J. Schwartz, J. Phys. Chem. B 2000, 104,
237-155. |
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