Xinran Zhang

Research Assistant Professor

Regents Hall Room 122
Telephone: (202) 687-9140
E-mail: xz247@georgetown.edu
Website: http://softmatter.georgetown.edu

Dr. Xinran Zhang received both his Ph. D. (2006) and B. S. (2000) in Chemistry from Peking University, China. His thesis research focused on the design and synthesis of solution-processible organic semiconducting materials for environmentally friendly organic xerographic photoreceptors. Prior to joining the faculty at Georgetown University in 2013, he was a guest researcher in the Materials Science and Engineering Division (formerly known as the Polymers Division) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). His work at NIST dealt with the development of microscopic and spectroscopic characterization methods to reveal the structure-property relationship of organic semiconducting thin films for organic field-effect transistors (OFET) and organic photovoltaics (OPV). He is currently serving as the Assistant Director of the Institute for Soft Matter Synthesis and Metrology, or I(SM)2, and is responsible for the technical and scientific operation of the instrumentation associated with I(SM)2.

Selected Publications

O’Connor, B.; Reid, O.; Zhang, X.; Kline, R. J.; Richter, L. J.; Gundlach, D. J.; DeLongchamp, D. M.; Toney, M. F.; Kopidakis, N.; Rumbles, G. “Morphological Origin of Charge Transport Anisotropy in Aligned Polythiophene Thin Films“, Advanced Functional Materials, 24, 3422-3431 (2014).
Zhang, X.; Bronstein, H.; Kronemeijer, A.; Smith, J.; Kim, Y.; Kline, R. J.; Richter, L. J.; Anthopoulos, T. D.; Sirringhaus, H.; Song, K.; Heeney, M.; Zhang, W.; McCulloch, I.; DeLongchamp, D. M.; “Molecular Origin of High Field-Effect Mobility in an Indacenodithiophene-Benzothidiazole Copolymer“, Nature Communications, 4, 2238 (2013).
Zhang, X.; Richter, L. J.; DeLongchamp, D. M.; Kline, R. J.; Hammond M. R.; McCulloch, I.; Heeney, M.; Ashraf, R. S.; Smith, J.; Anthopoulos, T. D.; Schroeder, B. C.; Geerts, Y.; Fisher D. A.; Toney, M. F.; “Molecular Packing of High-Mobility Diketo Pyrrolo-Pyrrole Copolymers with Branched Alkyl Side Chains“, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133, 15073-15084 (2011).
Kline, R. J.; Hudson, S. D.; Zhang, X.; Gundlach, D. J.; Moad, A. J.; Jurchescu, O. D.; Jackson, T. N.; Subramanian S.; Anthony J. E.; Toney, M. F.; Richter, L. J.; “Controlling the Microstructure of Solution-Processible Small Molecules in Thin-Film Transistors through Substrate Chemistry“, Chemistry of Materials, 23, 1194-1203 (2011).
Zhang, X.; Hudson, S. D.; DeLongchamp, D. M.; Gundlach, D. J.; Heeney, M.; McCulloch, I.; “In-Plane Liquid Crystalline Texture of High Performance Thienothiophene Copolymer Thin Films“, Advanced Functional Materials, 20, 4098-4106 (2010).
Wang, Y; Zhang, X.; Ye, Y.; Wu, K; Wang, Y. “Self-Assemblies of Oxovanadium Phthalocyanine (VOPc) Molecules and Nanoparticles from Colloidal Solutions on Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite“, Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica, 26, 933-938 (2010).
Chao, W.; Zhang, X.; Wang, Y.; “An Excellent Single-Layered Photoreceptor composed of Oxotitanium Phthalocyanine (TiOPc) nanoparticles and an Insulating Resin“, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 325, 198-202 (2008).
Wang, X.; Zhang, X.; Wu, Y.; Zhang, J.; Ai, X.; Wang, Y.; Sun, M.; “Two-Photon Photophysical Properties of Tri-9-Anthrylborane“, Chemical Physics Letters, 436, 280-286 (2007).
Zhang, X.; Chao, W.; Chuai, Y.; Ma, Y.; Hao, R.; Zou, D.; Wei, Y.; Wang, Y.; “A New n-Type Organic Semiconductor Synthesized by Knoevenagel Condensation of Truxenone and Ethyl Cyanoacetate“, Organic Letters, 8, 2563-2566 (2006).
Zhang, X.; Wang, Y.; Ma, Y.; Ye, Y.; Wang, Y.; Wu, K.; “Solvent-Stabilized Oxovanadium Phthalocyanine (VOPc) Nanoparticles and Their Application in Xerographic Photoreceptors“, Langmuir, 22, 344-348 (2006).
Zhang, X.; Huang, J.; Mao, M.; Tang, S.; Zhu, B.; “From Precipitate to Vesicles: a Study on Self-Organized Assemblies by Alkylammonium and Its Mixtures in Polar Solvents“, Colloid and polymer Science, 279, 1245-1249 (2001).