2023

Synergistic Effect of Solvent Vapor Annealing and Chemical Doping for Achieving High-Performance Organic Field-Effect Transistors with Ideal Electrical Characteristics
J. Li, Adara Babuji, L. Fijahi, A. James, R. Resel, T. Salzillo, R. Pfattner, C. Ocal, E. Barrena, M. Mas-Torrent
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2023, 15, 4, 5521–5528 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c16760

Understanding the role of non-fullerene acceptor crystallinity in the charge transport properties and performance of organic solar cells
P. Mondelli, P. Kaienburg, F. Silvestri, R. Scatena, C. Welton, M. Grandjean, V. Lemaur, E. Solano, M. Nyman, P.N. Horton, S.J. Coles, E. Barrena, M. Riede, P. Radaelli, D. Beljonne, G.N.M.  Redd, G. Morse
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, 11, 16263 DOI: 10.1039/d3ta03284a

Activities of Women in Physics group in Spain
P. García-Martínez, A. X. López, M. Tórtola, C. Ocal, L. Chico, M. F. Morcillo-Arencibia, P. López-Sancho
AIP Conf. Proc. 2023, 3040, 050034, DOI: 10.1063/5.0175761 

SbSeI and SbSeBr micro-columnar solar cells by a novel high pressure-based synthesis process
I. Caño, A. Navarro-Güel, E. Maggi, M. Barrio, J.L. Tamarit, S. Svatek, E. Antolín, S. Yan, E. Barrena, B. Galiana, M. Placidi, J. Puigdollers, E. Saucedo
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, 11, 17616, DOI: 10.1039/d3ta03179a

 

2022

On-surface products from de-fluorination of C60F48 on Ag(111): C60, C60Fx and silver fluoride formation
E. Barrena, R. Palacios-Rivera, A. Babuji, L. Schio, M. Tormen, L. Floreano, C. Ocal

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2022, 24, 2349-2356DOI:10.1039/D1CP05146F

Real-Space Image of Charged Patches in Tunable-Size Nanocrystals
J. Martínez-Esaín, A. Pérez-Rodríguez, J. Faraudo, E. Barrena, R. Yáñez, C. Ocal, S. Ricart
Materials 2022, 15, 1455. DOI:10.3390/ma15041455 

Chemical Doping of the Organic Semiconductor C8-BTBT-C8 Using an Aqueous Iodine Solution for Device Mobility Enhancement
J. Li, A. Babuji, I. Temiño, T. Salzillo, F. D’Amico, R. Pfattner, C. Ocal, E. Barrena, M. Mas-Torrent

Adv. Mat. Technol. 2022, 2101535(8) DOI: 10.1002/admt.202101535

This article Celebrating Excellence in the Advanced Materials Family: Women in Materials Science.

Understanding the blade coated to roll-to-roll coated performance gap in organic photovoltaics
R. Adel, G. Morse, F. Silvestri, E. Barrena, E. martínez-Ferrero, M. Campoy-Quiles, P. Tiwana, M. Stella

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2022, 245, 111852 DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2022.111852

Charge-Transfer Complexes in Organic Field-Effect Transistors: Superior Suitability for Surface Doping 
A. Babuji,  A. Cazorla, E. Solano, C. Habenicht, H. Kleemann, C. Ocal, K. Leo, E. Barrena
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14, 39, 44632–44641  DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c09168

Temperature-induced polymorphism of a benzothiophene derivative: reversibility and impact on the thin film morphology
S. Yan, A. Cazorla, A. Babuji, E. Solano, Ch. Ruzié, Y.H. Geerts, C. Ocal, E. Barrena
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2022, 24, 24562-24569 DOI: 10.1039/D2CP03467K

Oscillations:Nonlinear theory and applications in AFM
S. Santos, T.A. Olukan, L. Elsherbiny, A. Verdaguer, M. Chiesa
UiT Norges arktiske universitet, 2022, 89p

Dielectric behavior of curcuminoid polymorphs on different substrates by direct soft vacuum deposition
D. Riba-López, R. Zaffino, D. Herrera, R. Matheu, F. Silvestri, J. Ferreira da Silva, E. C. Sañudo, M. Mas-Torrent, E. Barrena, R. Pfattner, E. Ruiz, A. González, N. Aliaga-Alcalde
IScience 25 (12), 105686 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105686

Measurement of stress distribution at the nanoscale: Towards stress nanotomography
A. Gómez, V.V.Palyuilin, G.V. Ryzhakov, N.V. Brillantov, E.V. Dubrovin, A. Verdaguer, J. Sort
J. of Mech. and Phys. of Solids 2022, 164, 104895  DOI:10.1016/j.jmps.2022.104895

2021

Design Dependence of the Interface Structure and Crystalline Order of Organic Semiconductor/Dopant Heterojunctions: Pentacene/C60F48
F. Silvestri, L. Pithan, A. Babuji, C. Ocal, E. Barrena.  J. Phys. Chem. C, 2021, 125, 9, 5363–5371.  DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c11439R

From high quality packing to disordered nucleation or phase separation in donor/acceptor interfaces: ClAlPc-C60 on Au(111)
E. Barrena, R. Palacios-Rivera, J.I. Martínez, C. Ocal.  Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021,23, 14363-14371.  DOI: 10.1039/D1CP01312B

A liquid-Crystalline Non-fullerene Acceptor Enabling High Performance Organic Solar Cells
P. Mondelli, F. Silvestri, L. Ciammaruchi, E. Solano, E. Beltrán, E. Barrena, M. Riede, G. Morse.  J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021, 9, 26917-26928. DOI: 10. 1039/D1TA07822D 

Effect of Humidity on the Writing Speed and Domain Wall Dynamics of Ferroelectric Domains
I. Spasojevic, A. Verdaguer, G. Catalan, Neus Domingo.  Adv. Electronic Mat., 2021, 2100650, DOI: 10.1002/aelm.202100650

Freezing efficiency of feldspars is affected by their history of previous freeze–thaw events
E. Pach, A. Verdaguer.  Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2021, 23, 24905-24914. DOI: 10.1039/D1CP02548A

Oxidation processes at the surface of BaTiO3 thin films under environmental conditions
I. Spasojevic, G. Sauthier, J.M. Caicedo, A. Verdaguer, N. Domingo Appl. Surf.Sci 2021, 565, 150288, DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.150288

Local and correlated studies of humidity-mediated ferroelectric thin film surface charge dynamics
I. Gaponenko, L. Musy, N. Domingo, N. Stucki, A. Verdaguer, N. Bassiri-Gharb, P. Paruch. npj Comput Mater 2021, 7, 163. DOI:10.1038/s41524-021-00615-4

Nanoscale Wetting of Single Viruses
A. Calò, A. Eleta-Lopez, T. Ondarçuhu, A. Verdaguer, A.M. Bittner. Molecules 2021, 26, 5184. DOI: 10.3390/molecules26175184

Investigating the Ubiquitous Presence of Nanometric Water Films on Surfaces
S. Santos, C.A. Amadei, C.-Y. Lai, Tuza Olukan, J.-Y. Lu, J. Font, V. Barcons, A. Verdaguer, M. Chiesa. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2021, 125, 15759-15772. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c03767 COVER: https://pubs.acs.org/toc/jpccck/125/29

Advances in dynamic AFM: From nanoscale energy dissipation to material properties in the nanoscale
S. Santos, K. Gadelrab, C.-Y. Lai, Tuza Olukan, J.-Y. Lu, J. Font, V. Barcons, A. Verdaguer, M. Chiesa.  J. Appl. Phys. 2021, 129, 134302. DOI: 10.1063/5.0041366

2020

Impact of Nanomorphology on Surface Doping of Organic Semiconductors: The Pentacene−C60F48 Interface
F. Silvestri, M.J. Prieto, A. Babuji, L.C. Tănase, L. de Souza Caldas, O. Solomeshch, Th. Schmidt, C. Ocal, E. Barrena
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12, 22, 25444–25452     DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c05583

Double Beneficial Role of Fluorinated Fullerene Dopants on Organic Thin Film Transistors: Structural Stability and Improved Performance
A. Babuji, I. Temiño, A. Pérez-Rodríguez, O. Solomeshch, N. Tessler, M. Vila, J. Li, M. Mas-Torrent, C. Ocal, E. Barrena
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12, 25, 28416–28425     DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c06418

Surface specificity and mechanistic pathway of de-fluorination of C60F48 on coinage metals
R. Palacios-Rivera,  D. C. Malaspina,   N. Tessler, O. Solomeshch,  J. Faraudo, E. Barrena, C. Ocal
Nanoscale Adv., 2020,2, 4529-4538   DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00513D Hot Article web collection for Nanoscale Advances and selected for the International Open Access week 2020 collection

Enhancing long-term device stability using thin film blends of small molecule semiconductors and insulating polymers to trap surface-induced polymorphs
T. Salzillo, A. Campos, A. Babuji, R. Santiago, S.T. Bromley, C. Ocal, E. Barrena, R. Jouclas, C. Ruzie, G. Schweicher, Y. H. Geerts, M. Mas-Torrent
Adv. Funct. Mater. 2020, 2006115. DOI: 10.1002.admf.202006115

Effect of the Organic Semiconductor Side Groups on the Structural and Electronic Properties of Their Interface with Dopants
A. Babuji, F. Silvestri, L. Pithan, A. Richard, Y. H. Geerts, N. Tessler, O. Solomeshch, C. Ocal, E. Barrena
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12, 51, 57578–57586. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c172713

2019

Energy Alignment and Recombination in Perovskite Solar Cells: Weighted Influence on the Open Circuit Voltage
I. Gelmettia, N.F. Montcada, A. Pérez-Rodríguez, E. Barrena, C. Ocal, I. García-Benito, A. Molina-Ontoria, N. Martín, A. Vidal-Ferrana, E. Palomares
Energy and Environment Science 12 (2019) 1309-1316 DOI: 10.1039/C9EE00528E

Bipolar resistive switching on TiO2/Au by conducting Atomic Force Microscopy
M. Linares Moreau, M. Barella, L. López-Mir, N. Ghenzi, F. Golmar, L.P. Granja, C. Ocal, P. Levy
Materials Today: Proceedings 14 (2019) 100–103 DOI:10.1016/j.matpr.2019.05.062

Water adsorption, dissociation and oxidation on SrTiO3 and ferroelectric surfaces revealed by ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
N. Domingo, E. Pach, K. Cordero-Edwards, V. Perez-Dieste, C. Escudero, A. Verdaguer
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (2019) 21, 4920-4930 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp07632d

Effect of the Molecular Polarizability of SAMs on the Work Function Modification of Gold: Closed- versus Open-Shell Donor–Acceptor SAMs
V. Diez-Cabanes, D. C. Morales, M. Souto, M. Paradinas, F. Delchiaro, A. Painelli, C. Ocal, D. Cornil, J. Cornil, J. Veciana, I. Ratera
Adv. Mater. Technol. 4 (2019) 1800152   DOI: 10.1002/admt.201800152

Face dependent footprints of carpet-like graphene films grown on polycrystalline silicon carbide.
C. Ramírez, E. García,E. Barrena, A. De Pablos, M. Belmonte, M.I. Osendi, P. Miranzo, C. Ocal
Carbon 153 (2019) 417-427 
DOI:10.1016/j.carbon.2019.07.031

Pores Dominate Ice Nucleation on Feldspars
E. Pach, A. Verdaguer
J. Phys. Chem. C 123 (2019) 34, 20998–21004 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b05845

Surface charged species and electrochemistry of ferroelectric thin film
N. Domingo, I. Gaponenko, K. Cordero-Edwards, N. Stucki, V. Pérez-Dieste, C. Escudero, E. Pach, A. Verdaguer, P. Paruch
Nanoscale 11 (2019) 17920  DOI: 10.1039/c9nr05526f

 

2018

Real Space Demonstration of Induced Crystalline 3D Nanostructuration of Organic Layers
Markos Paradinas, Ana Pérez-Rodríguez, Esther Barrena, Carmen Ocal
J. Phys. Chem. B (2018) 122(2), 633−639DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b05342

In-situ Scrutiny of the Relationship between Polymorphic Phases and Properties of Self-Assembled Monolayers of a Biphenyl Based Thiol 
Markos Paradinas, Carmen Munuera, Manfred Buck, Carmen Ocal
J. Phys. Chem. B (2018) 122(2), 657-665DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b05958

Decoding the vertical phase separation and its impact on C8-BTBT:PS transistor properties
Ana Pérez-Rodríguez, Inés Tremiño, Carmen Ocal, Marta Mas-Torrent, Esther Barrena
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (2018) 10 (8), 7296–7303DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b19279

Electron Accumulative Molecules
A.
B. Buades, V. Sanchez Arderiu, D. Olid-Britos, Cl. Viñas, R. Sillanpää, M. Haukka, X. Fontrodona, M. Paradinas, C. Ocal, F. Teixidor 
J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2018), 140(8), 2957-2970 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b12815

Solving the long-standing controversy of long-chain alkanethiols surface structure on Au(111)
X. Torrelles, E. Pensa, E. Cortés, R. Salvarezza, P. Carro, C. Hernández Guerrero, C. Ocal, E. Barrena, S. Ferrer
J. Phys. Chem, C (2018), 122 (7), 3893–3902 DOI: 
10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b11465

Boosting Self-Assembly Diversity in the Solid-State by Chiral/non-Chiral ZnII-Porphyrin Crystallization
Wenjie Qian, Arántzazu González-Campo, Ana Pérez-Rodríguez, Sabina Rodríguez-Hermida, Inhaz Imaz, Klaus Wurst, Daniel Maspoch, Eliseo Ruiz, Carmen Ocal, Esther Barrena, David B. Amabilino, and Núria Aliaga-Alcalde
Chem. Eur. J. (2018) 24,12950 –12960 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201802031

Chiral organization and Charge Redistribution in Chloroaluminum Phtalocyanine on Au(111) Beyond the Monolayer
S. Matencio, R. Palacios-Rivera, J.I. Martínez, C. Ocal and E. Barrena
J. Phys. Chem, C (2018) 122 (28), 16033–16041 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b02385

Enantiopure Supramolecular Motifs of Self-assembled Diamine-based Chiral Molecules on Cu(100)
R. Palacios-Rivera, E. Barrena,  J. Faraudo, P. Gargiani, M.A. Niño, D. Arvanitis, I. Kowalik, J.J. de Miguel and Carmen Ocal
J. Phys. Chem, C (2018)122 (42), 24129–24136 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b07322

Water at surfaces and interfaces: From molecules to ice and bulk liquid
Tomoko K. Shimizu, Sabine Maier, Albert Verdaguer, Juan-Jesus Velasco-Velez, Miquel Salmeron
Progress in Surface Science DOI: 10.1016/j.progsurf.2018.09.004

Substrate Dependence of Freezing Dynamics of Supercooled Water Films: A High-Speed Optical Microscope Study
E. Pach, L. Rodriguez, and A. Verdaguer
J. Phys. Chem. B, 2018, 122, 818-826 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b06933

A Model for the Characterization of the Polarizability of Thin Films Independently of the Thickness of the Film
G. 
M. Sacha, A. Verdaguer, M. Salmeron
J. Phys. Chem. B, 2018, 122, 904-909 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b06975

 

 

 

2017

A molecular-scale portrait of domain imaging in organic surfaces
Ana Pérez-Rodríguez, Esther Barrena, Antón Fernández, Enrico Gnecco, Carmen Ocal

Nanoscale 9, 5589-5596 (2017)  DOI: 10.1039/c7nr01116d

Spray-coated contacts from an organic charge transfer complex solution for organic field-effect transistor
S. Georgakopoulos, A. Pérez-Rodríguez, A. Campos, I. Temiño, S. Galindo, E. Barrena, C. Ocal, M. Mas-Torrent
Organic Electronics 48, 365-370 (2017) doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2017.06.020

S-Shaped I–V Characteristics of Organic Solar Cells: Solving Mazhari’s Lumped-Parameter Equivalent Circuit
B. Romero, G. del Pozo, B. Arredondo, D. Martín-Martín, M. P. Ruiz Gordoa, A. Pickering, A. Pérez-Rodríguez, E. Barrena, 
F. J. García-Sánchez
IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 64, 11, 4622-4627, (2017)

In situ Studies of Morphology Formation in Solution-Processed Polymer–Fullerene Blends
E. Barrena, F. Buss, A. Pérez-Rodríguez, M. Sanyal, B. Schmidt-Hansberg, M.F.G. Klein, Ph. Scharfer, W. Schabel, U. Lemmer
In: Leo K. (eds) Elementary Processes in Organic Photovoltaics. Advances in Polymer Science, vol 272. Springer, Cham (2017) DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-28338-8_1

 

 

 

 

2014

Tailored surfaces of perovskite oxide surfaces for conducted growth of thin films
F. Sánchez, C. Ocal, J. Fontcuberta
Chemical Society Reviews 2014 43 (7), 2272 – 2285

Predicting Supramolecular Self-assembly on Reconstructed Metal Surfaces
Thomas J. Roussel, Esther Barrena, Carmen Ocal, and Jordi Faraudo
Nanoscale 2014, 6(14), 7991-8001

Influence of the Relative Molecular Orientation on Interfacial Charge-Transfer Excitons at Donor/Acceptor Nanoscale Heterojunctions
M. Aghamohammadi, A. Fernández, M. Schmidt, A. Pérez-Rodríguez, A.R.Goñi, J. Fraxedas, G. Sauthier, M. Paradinas, C. Ocal, E. Barrena.
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2014, 118 (27), pp 14833–14839

Macroscopic evidence of nanoscale resistive switching in La2/3Sr1/3MnO3 micro-fabricated bridges
Peña, Luis; Garzon, Luis; Galceran, Regina; Pomar, Alberto; Bozzo, Bernat; Konstantinovic, Zorica; Sandiumenge, Felip; Balcells, Lluis; Ocal, Carmen; Martinez, Benjamin.
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter 2014, 26 – 39, 395010

2015

Giant reversible nanoscale piezoresistance at room temperature in Sr2IrO4 thin films
N. Domingo, L. López-Mir, M. Paradinas, V. Holy, J. Zelezny, D. Yi, S.J. Suresha, J. Liu, R. Ramesh, C. Ocal, X. Martí, G. Catalán
Nanoscale 2015, 7, 3453 – 3459 DOI: 10.1039/C4NR06954D

Bottom-up on-crystal in-chip formation of a conducting salt and a view of its restructuring: From organic insulator to conducting “switch” through microfluidic manipulation
J. Puigmartí-Luis, M. Paradinas, E. Bailo, R. RodriguezTrujillo, R. Pfattner, C. Ocal, D.B. Amabilino
Chemical Science 2015, 6, 3471-3477 DOI: 10.1039/c5sc00203f

Structure formation in diindenoperylene thin films on copper(111)
H. Aldahhak, S. Matencio, E. Barrena, C. Ocal, W. G. Schmidt and E. Rauls 
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 8776—8783. DOI: 10.1039/c4cp05271d
 
Intramolecular force contrast and dynamic current-distance measurements at room temperature
F. Huber, S. Matencio, A.J. Weymouth, C. Ocal, E. Barrena, and F.J. Giessibl
Phys. Rev. Lett. 2015, 066101-1-4. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.066101
(Article Selected for a Viewpoint in Physics)
 
Enhanced conduction and ferromagnetic order at (100)-type twin walls in La0.7Sr0.3MNOthin films
Ll. Balcells, M.Paradinas, N.Baguès, N.Domingo, R.Moreno, R.Galceran, M.Walls, J.Santiso, Z.Konstantinovic, A.Pomar, M_J. Casanove, C. Ocal, B. Martínez, F.Sandiumenge
Phys:Rev. B 2015, 92, 075111,1-4 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.92.075111

Instability and Surface Potential Modulation of Self-Patterned (001)SrTiO3 Surfaces 
L. Aballe, S. Matencio, M. Foerster, E. Barrena, F. Sánchez, J. Fontcuberta and C. Ocal 
Chem.Mater. 2015, 27, 6198−6204 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b00661

Threshold-Voltage Shifts in Organic Transistors Due to SelfAssembled Monolayers at the Dielectric: Evidence for Electronic Coupling and Dipolar Effects
M. Aghamohammadi, R.Rödel, U.Zschieschang, C. Ocal, H. Boschker, R. T. Weitz, E. Barrena, H. Klauk
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2015, 7, 22775−22785 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b02747

 

 

 

 

 

 

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