Fernando Research Group

From Processing to Performance: Understanding Organic Electronic Materials

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2025

Chiral Assemblies of π-Conjugated Molecules: Fundamentals, Processing Strategies, and Applications in (Opto) Electronics
Fernando, Pravini S ; Chen, Yen-Chi; Baek, Janice M; Diao, Ying.
Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 16, 2025.
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Review Paper
Lyotropic Liquid Crystal Mediated Assembly of Donor Polymers Enhances Efficiency and Stability of Blade‐Coated Organic Solar Cells
Khasbaatar, Azzaya; Damron, Alec M; Fernando, Pravini S; Williams, Jasmine S; Zhu, Chenhui; Gann, Eliot H; Lee, Jong-Hoon; Birge, Adrian; Kim, Bora; Sabury, Sina; Lee, Minjoo L; Reynolds, John R; and Diao, Ying.
Advanced Materials, 37(11), 2414632, 2025.
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Lyotropic Liquid Crystal Publication

2024

Tuning the Solution Aggregate Structure of a PM7-Based Conjugated Polymer to Enable Green Solvent Processing of Organic Solar Cells
Khasbaatar, Azzaya; Jones, Austin L; Fernando, Pravini S ; Sai, Hiroaki; Zhu, Chenhui; Gann, Eliot; Reynolds, John R; Diao, Ying.
Chemistry of Materials, 36(6), 2819–2834, 2024.
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green Publication

2023

Unambiguous Measurement of Local Hole Current in Organic Semiconductors Using Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy
Fernando, Pravini S; Mativetsky, Jeffrey M.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127(20), 9903–9910, 2023. Publisher: American Chemical Society.
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c-afm Publication
Remarkable Electrical Connectivity in the Acceptor Phase of Y6-and Fullerene-Based Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells
Fernando, Pravini S; Mativetsky, Jeffrey M.
ACS Applied Energy Materials, 6(21), 10951–10960, 2023. Publisher: American Chemical Society.
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c-afm Publication
Probing Electrical Connectivity in Organic Photovoltaic Materials
Fernando, Pravini S. Ph.D. thesis, State University of New York at Binghamton, 2023.
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2022

Mixed Molecular Orientations Promote Charge Transport in Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells
Fernando, Pravini S; Smilgies, Detlef-M; Mativetsky, Jeffrey M.
Chemical Communications, 58, 5765–5768, 2022. Publisher: The Royal Society of Chemistry.
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c-afm Publication
Probing the Contribution of Lateral Pathways to Out-of-Plane Charge Transport in Organic Bulk Heterojunctions
Fernando, Pravini S; Mehta, Jeremy S; Smilgies, Detlef-M; Mativetsky, Jeffrey M.
Advanced Electronic Materials, 8(6), 2200156, 2022.
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c-afm Publication

2021

Freeing Organic Semiconductor Nanowires from Nanoporous Aluminum Oxide Templates: Effects on Morphology, Crystal Structure, and Molecular Aggregation
Haruk, Alexander M; Fernando, Pravini S; Smilgies, Detlef-M; Mativetsky, Jeffrey M.
Crystal Growth & Design, 21(4), 2309–2318, 2021.
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nanowires
Probing the Role of Lateral Charge Transport in Organic Solar Cell Active Layers
Fernando, Pravini S; Mehta, Jeremy S; Smilgies, Detlef-M; Mativetsky, Jeffrey M.
MRS Spring 2021 Meeting Abstract, 2021.
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2020

Tuning Organic Semiconductor Alignment and Aggregation via Nanoconfinement
Haruk, Alexander M; Leng, Collen Z; Fernando, Pravini S; Smilgies, Detlef-M; Loo, Yueh-Lin; Mativetsky, Jeffrey M.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 124(17), 9378–9388, 2020. Publisher: ACS.
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nanowires

2019

Colocalized Nanoscale Electrical and Compositional Mapping of Organic Solar Cells
Mehta, Jeremy S; Fernando, Pravini S; Grazul, John L; Mativetsky, Jeffrey M.
ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2(7), 5146–5153, 2019. Publisher: ACS Publications.
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nanowires