Prof. Alessandro Troisi

PhD (Bologna)

Research Summary

Physical/theoretical chemistry, including: electron transport in molecular junctions; organic materials for electronics; coupling between electronic and nuclear motions in several contexts (spectroscopy, charge transport); complexity and self-organisation. A broad range of computational chemistry methods is employed but the focus is on the theories linking computable quantities with experimental observables.

Selected Publications

A realistic description of the charge carrier wavefunction in microcrystalline polymer semiconductors
Cheung DL, McMahon DP, Troisi A, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 113, 11179-11186, 2009

Charge Transport in semiconductors with multiscale conformational dynamic
Troisi A, Cheung DL, Andrienko D, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 116602, 2009

Nuclear Coupling and Polarization in Molecular Transport Junctions: Beyond Tunneling to Function
Galperin M, Ratner MA, Nitzan A, Troisi A, Science 319, 1056-1062, 2008

Prediction of the absolute charge mobility of molecular semiconductors: the case of Rubrene
Troisi A, Advanced Materials 19, 2000-2004, 2007

Tracing electronic pathways in molecules by using inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy
Troisi A, Beebe JA, Picraux LB, van Zee RD, Stewart DR, Ratner MA, Kushmerick JG, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104, 14255-14259, 2007