Amiya led a project that combined analysis from modified Hubbard-style Hamiltonian with Monte Carlo simulations to understand how various quantum mechanical and structural factors govern spin density in purely organic 1D and 2D pi-conjugated systems.
Abhradeep demonstrated how the competition between Coulomb binding and spatially correlated or uncorrelated static defect types influences polaron coherence in 1D and 2D organic systems such as semiconducting polymers and covalent organic frameworks, in good agreement with polarized measurements of doped P3HT films.
In this project, Abhradeep combined insights from the Holstein Hamiltonian for polarons with data-driven experiments to understand how the distribution and location of counterions impact polaron coherence and conductivity in chemically doped conjugated polymer films.