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Frédéric Castet

Frédéric Castet

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Chemistry

D-Index
45
Citations
6883
World Ranking
16513
National Ranking
718

Overview

Frédéric Castet is affiliated with the University of Bordeaux in France, specializing in materials science with a focus on materials chemistry. Their body of work spans key subfields including electrical and electronic engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, atomic and molecular physics and optics, as well as molecular biology.

The scientist's research centers on multiple topics relevant to both fundamental and applied sciences. These include nonlinear optical materials research, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, crystallization and solubility studies, luminescence and fluorescent materials, porphyrin and phthalocyanine chemistry, spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies, and photochromic and fluorescence chemistry.

Among recent publications authored or coauthored by Castet are the following:

  • "Performance of DFT functionals for calculating the second-order nonlinear optical properties of dipolar merocyanines" (2020, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics)
  • "Predicting the Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Responses of Organic Materials: The Role of Dynamics" (2022, Accounts of Chemical Research)
  • "Thin-Film Engineering of Solution-Processable n-Type Silicon Phthalocyanines for Organic Thin-Film Transistors" (2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces)
  • "Nonlinear Optical Responses of Photoswitchable Donor-Acceptor Stenhouse Adducts" (2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • "Silicon Phthalocyanines for n-Type Organic Thin-Film Transistors: Development of Structure-Property Relationships" (2020, ACS Applied Electronic Materials)

Their frequent coauthors include Claire Tonnelé, Benoı̂t Champagne, Luca Muccioli, Benoît H. Lessard, and Nicole A. Rice, indicating ongoing collaborative efforts in their research field.

Publication venues that are recurrent in Castet's portfolio include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (14 publications)
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (8 publications)
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (5 publications)
  • Dyes and Pigments (4 publications)
  • Chemistry - A European Journal (4 publications)

Best Publications

  • Design and characterization of molecular nonlinear optical switches.

    Frédéric Castet;Vincent Rodriguez;Jean-Luc Pozzo;Laurent Ducasse

  • Nonlinear optical molecular switches as selective cation sensors.

    Benoît Champagne;Aurélie Plaquet;Jean-Luc Pozzo;Vincent Rodriguez

  • Electronic Structure and Geminate Pair Energetics at Organic–Organic Interfaces: The Case of Pentacene/C60 Heterojunctions

    Stijn Verlaak;David Beljonne;David Cheyns;Cedric Rolin

  • Electronic Processes at Organic−Organic Interfaces: Insight from Modeling and Implications for Opto-electronic Devices†

    David Beljonne;David Beljonne;Jérôme Cornil;Jérôme Cornil;Luca Muccioli;Claudio Zannoni

  • In silico optimization of merocyanine-spiropyran compounds as second-order nonlinear optical molecular switches.

    Aurélie Plaquet;Aurélie Plaquet;Maxime Guillaume;Maxime Guillaume;Benoît Champagne;Frédéric Castet

  • Reference molecules for nonlinear optics: A joint experimental and theoretical investigation

    Frédéric Castet;Elena Bogdan;Aurélie Plaquet;Laurent Ducasse

  • Electrostatic phenomena in organic semiconductors: fundamentals and implications for photovoltaics

    Gabriele D’Avino;Luca Muccioli;Frédéric Castet;Carl Poelking

  • Unraveling Unprecedented Charge Carrier Mobility through Structure Property Relationship of Four Isomers of Didodecyl[1]benzothieno[3,2-b][1]benzothiophene.

    Yusuke Tsutsui;Guillaume Schweicher;Basab Chattopadhyay;Tsuneaki Sakurai

  • Energetics of Electron–Hole Separation at P3HT/PCBM Heterojunctions

    Gabriele D’Avino;Sébastien Mothy;Sébastien Mothy;Luca Muccioli;Claudio Zannoni

  • On the interface dipole at the pentacene-fullerene heterojunction : A theoretical study

    Mathieu Linares;David Beljonne;Jérôme Cornil;Kelly Lancaster

  • Two‐Way Molecular Switches with Large Nonlinear Optical Contrast

    Fabien Mançois;Jean Luc Pozzo;Jianfeng Pan;Frédéric Adamietz

  • Acido- and phototriggered NLO properties enhancement.

    Lionel Sanguinet;Jean-Luc Pozzo;Vincent Rodriguez;Frédéric Adamietz

  • Oxazines: A New Class of Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Switches

    Pierre Beaujean;Flavie Bondu;Aurélie Plaquet;Jaume Garcia-Amorós

  • Total Synthesis of (+)-Aquaticol by Biomimetic Phenol Dearomatization: Double Diastereofacial Differentiation in the Diels–Alder Dimerization of Orthoquinols with a C2-Symmetric Transition State†

    Julien Gagnepain;Frédéric Castet;Stéphane Quideau

  • Influence of Structural Dynamics on Polarization Energies in Anthracene Single Crystals

    Nicolas G. Martinelli;Julien Idé;Roel S. Sánchez-Carrera;Veaceslav Coropceanu

  • Acido-triggered nonlinear optical switches: benzazolo-oxazolidines.

    Fabien Mançois;Lionel Sanguinet;Jean-Luc Pozzo;Maxime Guillaume

  • Regio-and stereoselectivities in Diels-Alder cyclodimerizations of orthoquinonoid cyclohexa-2,4-dienones

    Julien Gagnepain;Raphaël Méreau;Delphine Dejugnac;Jean-Michel Léger

  • Investigation on the Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Responses in the Keto−Enol Equilibrium of Anil Derivatives

    Aurélie Plaquet;Maxime Guillaume;Benoît Champagne;Léa Rougier

  • Modeling Polymer Dielectric/Pentacene Interfaces: On the Role of Electrostatic Energy Disorder on Charge Carrier Mobility

    Nicolas G. Martinelli;Matteo Savini;Luca Muccioli;Yoann Olivier

  • Performance of DFT functionals for calculating the second-order nonlinear optical properties of dipolar merocyanines

    Laurie Lescos;Sebastian P. Sitkiewicz;Sebastian P. Sitkiewicz;Sebastian P. Sitkiewicz;Pierre Beaujean;Mireille Blanchard-Desce

  • Exploring the Energy Landscape of the Charge Transport Levels in Organic Semiconductors at the Molecular Scale

    J. Cornil;S. Verlaak;N. Martinelli;A. Mityashin

Frequent Co-Authors

Benoît Champagne
Benoît Champagne University of Namur
David Beljonne
David Beljonne University of Mons
Jérôme Cornil
Jérôme Cornil University of Mons
Stéphane Quideau
Stéphane Quideau University of Bordeaux
Yoann Olivier
Yoann Olivier University of Namur
David Casanova
David Casanova Donostia International Physics Center
Thierry Toupance
Thierry Toupance University of Bordeaux
Claudio Zannoni
Claudio Zannoni University of Bologna
Jean-Luc Brédas
Jean-Luc Brédas University of Arizona
Yves Geerts
Yves Geerts Université Libre de Bruxelles

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