Frank C. Spano

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Frank C. Spano

  • College of Science and Technology

    • Chemistry

      • Professor

Courses Taught

Number

Name

Level

CHEM 1952

Honors General Chemical Science II

Undergraduate

CHEM 5301

Quantum Chemistry

Graduate

CHEM 5302

Statistical Thermodynamics

Graduate

CHEM 8301

Molecular Spectroscopy

Graduate

Selected Publications

Recent

  • Qarai, M., Ghosh, R., & Spano, F. (2021). Understanding Bipolarons in Conjugated Polymers Using a Multiparticle Holstein Approach. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 125(44), 24487-24497. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c06767.

  • Chang, X., Qarai, M.B., & Spano, F.C. (2021). HJ-aggregates of donor-acceptor-donor oligomers and polymers. J Chem Phys, 155(3), 034905. United States. 10.1063/5.0054877

  • Kim, J.H., Liess, A., Stolte, M., Krause, A., Stepanenko, V., Zhong, C., Bialas, D., Spano, F., & Würthner, F. (2021). An Efficient Narrowband Near-Infrared at 1040 nm Organic Photodetector Realized by Intermolecular Charge Transfer Mediated Coupling Based on a Squaraine Dye. Adv Mater, 33(26), e2100582. Germany. 10.1002/adma.202100582

  • Qarai, M.B., Chang, X., & Spano, F. (2020). Vibronic exciton model for low bandgap donor-acceptor polymers. J Chem Phys, 153(24), 244901. United States. 10.1063/5.0029193

  • Ghosh, R. & Spano, F.C. (2020). Excitons and Polarons in Organic Materials. Acc Chem Res, 53(10), 2201-2211. United States. 10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00349

  • Sutherland, G.A., Polak, D., Swainsbury, D.J., Wang, S., Spano, F.C., Auman, D.B., Bossanyi, D.G., Pidgeon, J.P., Hitchcock, A., Musser, A.J., Anthony, J.E., Dutton, P.L., Clark, J., & Hunter, C.N. (2020). A Thermostable Protein Matrix for Spectroscopic Analysis of Organic Semiconductors. J Am Chem Soc, 142(32), 13898-13907. United States. 10.1021/jacs.0c05477

  • Spano, F.C. (2020). Exciton-phonon polaritons in organic microcavities: Testing a simple ansatz for treating a large number of chromophores. J Chem Phys, 152(20), 204113. United States. 10.1063/5.0002164

  • Janke, S.M., Qarai, M.B., Blum, V., & Spano, F.C. (2020). Frenkel-Holstein Hamiltonian applied to absorption spectra of quaterthiophene-based 2D hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites. J Chem Phys, 152(14), 144702. United States. 10.1063/1.5139044

  • Zheng, C., Mark, M., Wiegand, T., Diaz, S., Cody, J., Spano, F., McCamant, D., & Collison, C. (2020). Measurement and Theoretical Interpretation of Exciton Diffusion as a Function of Intermolecular Separation for Squaraines Targeted for Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 124(7), 4032-4043. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b11816.

  • Zhong, C., Bialas, D., & Spano, F. (2020). Unusual Non-Kasha Photophysical Behavior of Aggregates of Push-Pull Donor-Acceptor Chromophores. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 124(3), 2146-2159. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b09368.