On the efficacy of anthracene isomers for triplet transmission from CdSe nanocrystals.

The effect of isomeric substitutions on the transmitter for triplet energy transfer (TET) between nanocrystal (NC) donor and molecular acceptor is investigated. Each isomeric acceptor is expected to bind in a unique orientation with respect to the NC donor. We see that this orbital overlap drastically affects the transmission of triplets.

Ligand Binding to Distinct Sites on Nanocrystals Affecting Energy and Charge Transfer.

Hybrid optoelectronic devices are attractive because they offer the promise of low-cost, roll-to-roll fabrication. Despite this, energy transfer between organic and inorganic interfaces is not well understood. Device engineering on this class of solution-processed materials generally focuses on replacing the long insulating ligands with short ones.

Observation of multiple, identical binding sites in the exchange of carboxylic acid ligands with CdS nanocrystals.

We study ligand exchange between the carboxylic acid group and 5.0 nm oleic-acid capped CdS nanocrystals (NCs) using fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET). This is the first measurement of the initial binding events between cadmium chalcogenide NCs and carboxylic acid groups.

A parallel second-order adaptive mesh algorithm for incompressible flow in porous media.

In this paper, we present a second-order accurate adaptive algorithm for solving multi-phase, incompressible flow in porous media. We assume a multi-phase form of Darcy's law with relative permeabilities given as a function of the phase saturation. The remaining equations express conservation of mass for the fluid constituents.

Reduced-basis method for band structure calculations.

We describe the application of the reduced-basis method in rapid and accurate determination of band energies in band structure calculations. The method is well suited for problems requiring repetitive evaluations of the band energies, especially in the many-query limit. We demonstrate the efficacy of the method in the determination of the spectral properties of crystalline silicon.