Research interests

Our research is centered on organic-materials chemistry: the design, synthesis and implementation of organic (macro)molecules that mitigate the generation and flow of electricity in thin-films and interfaces.

• Molecular Electronics
• Self-assembled Monolayers
• Conjugated Polymers
• Unconventional Nanofabrication
• Organic Photovoltaics and Thermoelectrics

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G. Ye, J. Liu, X. Qiu, S. Stäter, L. Qiu, Y. Liu, X. Yang, R. Hildner, L. J. A. Koster, and R. C. Chiechi, Controlling n‑Type Molecular Doping via Regiochemistry and Polarity of Pendant Groups on Low Band Gap Donor−Acceptor Copolymers, Macromolecules 54, 3886 (2021). Link

X. Qiu, S. Rousseva, G. Ye, J. C. Hummelen, R. C. Chiechi, In Operando Modulation of Rectification in Molecular Tunneling Junctions Comprising Reconfigurable Molecular Self-Assemblies, Adv Mater. 33, 200610 (2021). Link

S. Kumar, S. Soni, W. Danowski, C. L. F. van Beek, B. L. Feringa, P. Rudolf, and R. C. Chiechi, Correlating the Influence of Disulfides in Monolayers across Photoelectron Spectroscopy Wettability and Tunneling Charge Transport J. Am. Chem. Soc. 142, 15075 (2020). Link

S. Soni, G. Ye, J. Zheng, Y. Zhang, A. Asyuda, M. Zharnikov, W. Hong, and R. C. Chiechi, Understanding the Role of Parallel Pathways via In-Situ Switching of Quantum Interference in Molecular Tunneling Junctions, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59, 14308 (2020). Link

X. Qiu , V. Ivasyshyn , L. Qiu , M. Enache, J. Dong, S. Rousseva , G. Portale , M. Stöhr, J. C. Hummelen  and R. C. Chiechi, Thiol-free self-assembled oligoethylene glycols enable robust air-stable molecular electronics, Nat. Mater. 19, 330 (2020) Link