Assoc. Prof. Girish Lakhwani
Chief Investigator
Lakhwani's expertise covers chiroptical spectroscopy, single molecule spectroscopy, device physics and master equation based coarse-grained simulations. He coordinates programs across the themes of materials, theory, instrumentation and devices.
Qualifications:
PhD, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands, 2009
M.Sc (Integrated), Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, 2005
ORCID iD:
0000000310705859
Centre Research Themes:
1. Excitonic Systems for Solar Energy Conversion
2. Control of Excitons
3. Excitonic Systems for Security, Lighting and Sensing
Publications
Journal Articles
Free charge photogeneration in a single component high photovoltaic efficiency organic semiconductor. Nature Communications 2022, 13, 2827 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30127-8. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-30127-8
Active waveguide Bragg lasers via conformal contact PDMS stamps. Scientific Reports 2022, 12 (1), 22189 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-26218-7. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-26218-7
Probing Through-Bond and Through-Space Interactions in Singlet Fission-Based Pentacene Dimers. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2022, 13 (39), 8978 - 8986 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02061. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02061
Site-selective photocatalytic functionalization of peptides and proteins at selenocysteine. Nature Communications 2022, 13, 6885 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34530-z. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-34530-z
Pentacene–Bridge Interactions in an Axially Chiral Binaphthyl Pentacene Dimer. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2021, 125 (33), 7226 - 7234 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c05254. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c05254
Solution Epitaxy of Halide Perovskite Thin Single Crystals for Stable Transistor. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, 13 (31), 37840 - 37848 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c08800. doi: 10.1021/acsami.1c08800
Achromatic polarization control in the visible. Nature Photonics 2021, 15 (11), 797 - 799 DOI: 10.1038/s41566-021-00897-6. doi: 10.1038/s41566-021-00897-6
Improved optical confinement in ambipolar field-effect transistors toward electrical injection organic lasers. Applied Physics Letters 2021, 119 (16), 163303 DOI: 10.1063/5.0063336. doi: 10.1063/5.0063336
Fluorescence Enhancement through Confined Oligomerization in Nanochannels: An Anthryl Oligomer in a Metal-Organic Framework. ACS Materials Letters 2021, 3 (11), 1599 - 1604 DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.1c00332. doi: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.1c00332
Magnetic optical rotary dispersion and magnetic circular dichroism in methylammonium lead halide perovskites. Chirality 2021, 33 (10), 610 - 617 DOI: 10.1002/chir.23346. doi: 10.1002/chir.23346
Solution‐Processed Faraday Rotators Using Single Crystal Lead Halide Perovskites. Advanced Science 2020, 7 (7), 1902950 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201902950. doi: 10.1002/advs.201902950
FRET-enhanced photoluminescence of perylene diimides by combining molecular aggregation and insulation. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2020, 8 (26), 8953 - 8961 DOI: 10.1039/D0TC02108C. doi: 10.1039/D0TC02108C
Chiral-perovskite optoelectronics. Nature Reviews Materials 2020, 5 (6), 423 - 439 DOI: 10.1038/s41578-020-0181-5. doi: 10.1038/s41578-020-0181-5
Organic polariton lasing with molecularly isolated perylene diimides. Applied Physics Letters 2020, 117 (4), 041103 DOI: 10.1063/5.0012461. doi: 10.1063/5.0012461
Strong coupling and energy funnelling in an electrically conductive organic blend. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2020, 8 (33), 11485 - 11491 DOI: 10.1039/D0TC02239J. doi: 10.1039/D0TC02239J
Emission State Structure and Linewidth Broadening Mechanisms in Type-II CdSe/CdTe Core–Crown Nanoplatelets. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2020, 124 (31), 17352 - 17363 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c04547. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c04547
The Role of Fiber Agglomeration in Formation of Perylene-Based Fiber Networks. Cell Reports Physical Science 2020, 1 (8), 100148 DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2020.100148. doi: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2020.100148
Theoretical Prediction of Chiral 3D Hybrid Organic–Inorganic Perovskites. Advanced Materials 2019, 31 (17), 1807628 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201807628. doi: 10.1002/adma.201807628
Molecularly isolated perylene diimides enable both strong exciton–photon coupling and high photoluminescence quantum yield. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2019, 7 (10), 2954 - 2960 DOI: 10.1039/C9TC00093C. doi: 10.1039/C9TC00093C
Circular Intensity Differential Scattering Reveals the Internal Structure of Polymer Fibrils. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2019, 10 (24), 7547 - 7553 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02993. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02993
Fine Structure and Spin Dynamics of Linearly Polarized Indirect Excitons in Two-Dimensional CdSe/CdTe Colloidal Heterostructures. ACS Nano 2019, 13 (9), 10140 - 10153 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b03252. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.9b03252
Emission Decay Pathways Sensitive to Circular Polarization of Excitation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2018, 122 (42), 23910 - 23916 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b07482. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b07482