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Detlef-M. Smilgies

Detlef-M. Smilgies

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Materials Science

D-Index
84
Citations
20809
World Ranking
2302
National Ranking
665

Overview

Detlef-M. Smilgies is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research broadly spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with significant focus on several specialized subfields. These include Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, Biomedical Engineering, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's work covers multiple main topics, such as:

  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Conducting Polymers and Applications
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Block Copolymer Self-Assembly
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Solid-state Spectroscopy and Crystallography

Detlef-M. Smilgies has published numerous papers, with several appearing in frequently chosen venues. The publication venues include:

  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Solar RRL
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Macromolecules

Recent notable papers highlight research in perovskite solar cells, hybrid perovskites, and nanoparticle dynamics. Some of these papers are:

  • Room-Temperature Partial Conversion of α-FAPbI3 Perovskite Phase via PbI2 Solvation Enables High-Performance Solar Cells (2020), published in Advanced Functional Materials
  • Wide and Tunable Bandgap MAPbBr3−xClx Hybrid Perovskites with Enhanced Phase Stability: In Situ Investigation and Photovoltaic Devices (2021), published in Solar RRL
  • In situ study of the film formation mechanism of organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells: controlling the solvate phase using an additive system (2020), published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Coupled Dynamics of Colloidal Nanoparticle Spreading and Self-Assembly at a Fluid-Fluid Interface (2020), published in Langmuir
  • Perovskite Solar Cells toward Eco-Friendly Printing (2021), published in Research

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Ruipeng Li
  • Ming-Chun Tang
  • Aram Amassian
  • Dounya Barrit
  • Mark D. Poliks

Best Publications

  • Scherrer grain-size analysis adapted to grazing-incidence scattering with area detectors.

    Detlef-M. Smilgies

  • Stable high efficiency two-dimensional perovskite solar cells via cesium doping

    Xu Zhang;Xu Zhang;Xu Zhang;Xiaodong Ren;Bin Liu;Rahim Munir

  • A bicontinuous double gyroid hybrid solar cell.

    Edward J. W. Crossland;Marleen Kamperman;Mihaela Nedelcu;Caterina Ducati

  • Induction of Circularly Polarized Electroluminescence from an Achiral Light-Emitting Polymer via a Chiral Small-Molecule Dopant

    Ying Yang;Rosenildo Correa da Costa;Detlef‐M. Smilgies;Alasdair J. Campbell

  • Origin of vertical orientation in two-dimensional metal halide perovskites and its effect on photovoltaic performance.

    Alexander Z. Chen;Michelle Shiu;Jennifer H. Ma;Matthew R. Alpert

  • Crystallization Kinetics of Organic–Inorganic Trihalide Perovskites and the Role of the Lead Anion in Crystal Growth

    David T. Moore;Hiroaki Sai;Kwan W. Tan;Detlef-M. Smilgies

  • High-Lamellar Ordering and Amorphous-Like π-Network in Short-Chain Thiazolothiazole−Thiophene Copolymers Lead to High Mobilities

    Itaru Osaka;Rui Zhang;Geneviève Sauvé;Detlef-M. Smilgies

  • Reduction in the surface energy of liquid interfaces at short length scales

    C. Fradin;A. Braslau;D. Luzet;D. Smilgies

  • Multi-inch single-crystalline perovskite membrane for high-detectivity flexible photosensors

    Yucheng Liu;Yunxia Zhang;Zhou Yang;Haochen Ye

  • High performance ambient-air-stable FAPbI3 perovskite solar cells with molecule-passivated Ruddlesden–Popper/3D heterostructured film

    Tianqi Niu;Jing Lu;Ming-Chun Tang;Dounya Barrit

  • Kinetics of the self-assembly of nanocrystal superlattices measured by real-time in situ X-ray scattering

    Mark C. Weidman;Detlef-M. Smilgies;William A. Tisdale

  • Phase Transition Control for High Performance Ruddlesden-Popper Perovskite Solar Cells

    Xu Zhang;Xu Zhang;Xu Zhang;Rahim Munir;Zhuo Xu;Yucheng Liu

  • Preparation, Structure, and Optical Properties of Nanoporous Gold Thin Films

    Matthew C. Dixon;Thomas A. Daniel;Mitsunori Hieda;Detlef M. Smilgies

  • Solution-printed organic semiconductor blends exhibiting transport properties on par with single crystals

    Muhammad R. Niazi;Ruipeng Li;Er Qiang Li;Ahmad R. Kirmani

  • Controlling nanocrystal superlattice symmetry and shape-anisotropic interactions through variable ligand surface coverage.

    Joshua J. Choi;Clive R. Bealing;Kaifu Bian;Kevin J. Hughes

  • Shape-anisotropy driven symmetry transformations in nanocrystal superlattice polymorphs.

    Kaifu Bian;Joshua J. Choi;Ananth Kaushik;Paulette Clancy

  • Phase Transition Control for High-Performance Blade-Coated Perovskite Solar Cells

    Jianbo Li;Rahim Munir;Yuanyuan Fan;Tianqi Niu

  • Order parameters and areas in fluid-phase oriented lipid membranes using wide angle X-ray scattering.

    Thalia T. Mills;Thalia T. Mills;Gilman E.S. Toombes;Gilman E.S. Toombes;Stephanie Tristram-Nagle;Detlef-M. Smilgies

  • Dynamical Transformation of Two-Dimensional Perovskites with Alternating Cations in the Interlayer Space for High-Performance Photovoltaics

    Yalan Zhang;Peijun Wang;Ming Chun Tang;Dounya Barrit

  • Multi-cation Synergy Suppresses Phase Segregation in Mixed-Halide Perovskites

    Hoang X. Dang;Hoang X. Dang;Kai Wang;Masoud Ghasemi;Ming-Chun Tang

  • Tetrathienoacene Copolymers As High Mobility, Soluble Organic Semiconductors

    Hon Hang Fong;Vladimir A. Pozdin;Aram Amassian;George G. Malliaras

Frequent Co-Authors

Aram Amassian
Aram Amassian North Carolina State University
Christine M. Papadakis
Christine M. Papadakis Technical University of Munich
Kui Zhao
Kui Zhao Shaanxi Normal University
Brian A. Korgel
Brian A. Korgel The University of Texas at Austin
Roland Resel
Roland Resel Graz University of Technology
Rahim Munir
Rahim Munir ATB Financial
Tobias Hanrath
Tobias Hanrath Cornell University
John E. Anthony
John E. Anthony University of Kentucky
Suzana Pereira Nunes
Suzana Pereira Nunes King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Shengzhong Frank Liu
Shengzhong Frank Liu Shaanxi Normal University

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