At current position, my research is directed towards the development of combined experimental and theoretical methodologies to explore charge transport through thin organic molecules (SAMs) with nanometer-scale dimension devices. The study aims to reveal  and correlate charge transport characteristics with the structures (chemical, physical, and electronic) of the molecule. These correlations will be the basis for a qualitative analysis and eventually quantitative one, focusing on “electronic coupling" and "molecular interface" based theory of charge transport.

 

The project has fundamental applications to two areas of science and technology:

• Charge transport is mechanistically important in potential applications, especially in organic photovoltaic and flexible electronics. The Molecular ensemble as self-assembled monolayers represent the best model systems to understand fundamentals of electron transport in organic molecules.

• Charge transport in living cells (especially in the respiratory chain, and in membrane-embedded redox systems) is an important and moderately understood area of mechanistic biochemistry. Molecular junctions with self-assembled bio-molecule will work as elementary models to reveal insights of complex systems in biology.