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Francis C. Spano

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Theory/Computation
Office: Beury 346
Phone: 215-204-5203
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Biography

1998-1990

1988

1982

Selected Awards
Postdoctoral researcher, University of Rochester

Ph.D. Princeton University

B.S. Lehigh University

Honors Professor of the Year. The Italia-Eire Foundation Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award.  CST Outstanding Research Award.

Interests

The Spano group specializes in the theory of electronic excited states in organic aggregates, crystals and thin films, based on models incorporating intermolecular (electronic) interactions, electron-vibrational coupling and various manifestations of disorder. We are interested in understanding photophysical and transport properties of organic materials such as semiconducting conjugated polymers and oligomers. Such materials are finding increasing use in practical devices such as field-effect-transistors and solar cells.

Select Publications

Cavity-Controlled Chemistry in Molecular Ensembles
F. Herrera and F.C. Spano
Phys. Rev. Lett., 116, 238301, 2016.

Extended-Charge-Transfer Excitons in Crystalline Supramolecular Photocatalytic Scaffolds
N.J. Hestand, R. Kazantsev, A.S. Weingarten, L.C. Palmer, S.I. Stupp and F.C. Spano
J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 138, 11762, 2016.

Polaron Delocalization in Conjugated Polymer Films
R. Ghosh, C. M. Pochas, and F.C. Spano
J. Phys. Chem. C ,  120, 11394, 2016.

Polarized Absorption in Crystalline Pentacene: Theory vs Experiment
N.J. Hestand, H. Yamagata, B. Xu, et. al.,
J. Phys. Chem. C, 119, 22137, 2015.

Interference between Coulombic and CT-mediated couplings in molecular aggregates: H- to J-aggregate transformation in perylene-based pi-stacks
N.J. Hestand and F.C. Spano
​ J. Chem. Phys., 143, 244707, 2015.

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