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Benjamin J. Schwartz is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with a particular emphasis on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Additional areas of study include Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's work explores a range of topics such as Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics, Conducting Polymers and Applications, Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies, Electrochemical Analysis and Applications, and Perovskite Materials and Applications.

Frequent venues for Benjamin J. Schwartz's publications include The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, and the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. Other notable publication venues are the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and Advanced Functional Materials.

Several recent papers authored by or involving Benjamin J. Schwartz include:

  • Tunable Dopants with Intrinsic Counterion Separation Reveal the Effects of Electron Affinity on Dopant Intercalation and Free Carrier Production in Sequentially Doped Conjugated Polymer Films (2020, Advanced Functional Materials)
  • Controlling the Formation of Charge Transfer Complexes in Chemically Doped Semiconducting Polymers (2021, Chemistry of Materials)
  • Counterion Control and the Spectral Signatures of Polarons, Coupled Polarons, and Bipolarons in Doped P3HT Films (2023, Advanced Functional Materials)
  • Driving Force and Optical Signatures of Bipolaron Formation in Chemically Doped Conjugated Polymers (2020, Advanced Materials)
  • Molecular Dynamics Study of the Thermodynamics of Integer Charge Transfer vs Charge-Transfer Complex Formation in Doped Conjugated Polymers (2022, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces)

Collaborations are frequent with researchers such as Sarah H. Tolbert, Charlene Z. Salamat, Sanghyun J. Park, Eric C. Wu, and Kenneth J. Mei. These partnerships have contributed to various publications throughout their career.

Best Publications

  • Semiconducting Polymers: A New Class of Solid-State Laser Materials

    Fumitomo Hide;María A. Díaz-García;Benjamin J. Schwartz;Mats R. Andersson

  • Conjugated polymers as molecular materials: how chain conformation and film morphology influence energy transfer and interchain interactions.

    Benjamin J. Schwartz

  • Controlling Interchain Interactions in Conjugated Polymers: The Effects of Chain Morphology on Exciton-Exciton Annihilation and Aggregation in MEH-PPV Films

    Thuc-Quyen Nguyen;Ignacio B. Martini;Jei Liu;Benjamin J. Schwartz

  • Conjugated polymer aggregates in solution: Control of interchain interactions

    Thuc-Quyen Nguyen;Vinh Doan;Benjamin J. Schwartz

  • Control of energy transfer in oriented conjugated polymer-mesoporous silica composites

    Thuc-Quyen Nguyen;Junjun Wu;Vinh Doan;Benjamin J. Schwartz

  • New Developments in the Photonic Applications of Conjugated Polymers

    Fumitomo Hide;MarÍa A. DÍaz-GarcÍa;Benjamin J. Schwartz;Alan J. Heeger

  • Mutation of A677 in histone methyltransferase EZH2 in human B-cell lymphoma promotes hypertrimethylation of histone H3 on lysine 27 (H3K27)

    Michael T. McCabe;Alan P. Graves;Gopinath Ganji;Elsie Diaz

  • Laser emission from solutions and films containing semiconducting polymer and titanium dioxide nanocrystals

    Fumitomo Hide;Benjamin J. Schwartz;María A. Díaz-García;Alan J. Heeger

  • Quantum decoherence and the isotope effect in condensed phase nonadiabatic molecular dynamics simulations

    Benjamin J. Schwartz;Benjamin J. Schwartz;Eric R. Bittner;Oleg V. Prezhdo;Peter J. Rossky

  • Reappraising the Need for Bulk Heterojunctions in Polymer−Fullerene Photovoltaics: The Role of Carrier Transport in All-Solution-Processed P3HT/PCBM Bilayer Solar Cells

    Alexander L. Ayzner;Christopher J. Tassone;Sarah H. Tolbert;Benjamin J. Schwartz

  • Direct observation of fast proton transfer: femtosecond photophysics of 3-hydroxyflavone

    Benjamin J. Schwartz;Linda A. Peteanu;Charles B. Harris

  • Does the Hydrated Electron Occupy a Cavity

    Ross E. Larsen;William J. Glover;Benjamin J. Schwartz

  • Aqueous solvation dynamics with a quantum mechanical Solute: Computer simulation studies of the photoexcited hydrated electron

    Benjamin J. Schwartz;Peter J. Rossky

  • The Effects of Crystallinity on Charge Transport and the Structure of Sequentially Processed F4TCNQ-Doped Conjugated Polymer Films

    D. Tyler Scholes;Patrick Y. Yee;Jeffrey R. Lindemuth;Hyeyeon Kang

  • Single-shot two-photon exposure of commercial photoresist for the production of three-dimensional structures

    George Witzgall;Rutger Vrijen;Eli Yablonovitch;Vinh Doan

  • Improving the performance of conjugated polymer-based devices by control of interchain interactions and polymer film morphology

    Thuc-Quyen Nguyen;Raymond C. Kwong;Mark E. Thompson;Benjamin J. Schwartz

  • Overcoming Film Quality Issues for Conjugated Polymers Doped with F4TCNQ by Solution Sequential Processing: Hall Effect, Structural, and Optical Measurements

    D Tyler Scholes;Steven A Hawks;Patrick Y Yee;Hao Wu

  • Mean-field dynamics with stochastic decoherence (MF-SD): a new algorithm for nonadiabatic mixed quantum/classical molecular-dynamics simulations with nuclear-induced decoherence.

    Michael J. Bedard-Hearn;Ross E. Larsen;Benjamin J. Schwartz

  • Improving the Reproducibility of P3HT:PCBM Solar Cells by Controlling the PCBM/Cathode Interface

    Bertrand Tremolet de Villers;Christopher J. Tassone;Sarah H. Tolbert;Benjamin J. Schwartz

  • Ultrafast Studies of Photochromic Spiropyrans in Solution

    Jin Z. Zhang;Benjamin J. Schwartz;Jason C. King;Charles B. Harris

Frequent Co-Authors

Sarah H. Tolbert
Sarah H. Tolbert University of California, Los Angeles
Alan J. Heeger
Alan J. Heeger University of California, Santa Barbara
Thuc-Quyen Nguyen
Thuc-Quyen Nguyen University of California, Santa Barbara
Yves Rubin
Yves Rubin University of California, Los Angeles
Peter J. Rossky
Peter J. Rossky Rice University
Charles B. Harris
Charles B. Harris University of California, Berkeley
Mats Andersson
Mats Andersson Flinders University
Jin Z. Zhang
Jin Z. Zhang University of California, Santa Cruz
Michael D. McGehee
Michael D. McGehee University of Colorado Boulder
Samson A. Jenekhe
Samson A. Jenekhe University of Washington

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