Solid State Photophysics|Materials Photo-science|Photocatalysis

Research Highlight

Research in the AJA Laboratory is strongly interdisciplinary…crossing disciplines and blending conventional organic synthesis techniques and photophysical & photochemical paradigms to devise alternatives approaches for energy applications, organic materials and sustainable chemical synthesis. While the AJA group research themes are inspired by fundamental and established concepts in organic photochemistry and photophysics, the use of cutting edge techniques and instrumentations to rationalize molecular interactions and transformations is paramount; for example, we aim at designing new organic chromophores and probing the mechanism of excitons migration/diffusion and annihilation/quenching upon photo-excitation in various media. 

Lab Spotlight

Siamak defended his PhD thesis

Student Siamak recently defended his PhD thesis entitled “Quinodization of C2-Symmetric Acene Diimides  to Afford Novel Quinoidal Acenes Light-Harvesting Chromophores: Aromaticity, [...]

We welcome our new members to the group.

Dr. Naresh & Graduate Students: Young Ju, Forough and Guang joined the AJA Lab. Welcome to the group…we wish you great success and hope you will publish many research papers very soon 🙂

Funding & Sponsors

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