Dr. Tommaso Francese
The University of Chicago
Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
5640 South Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: (773) 834-7392
Email: tfrancese at uchicago edu
Former Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Education
- Ph.D. in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen (2019); Advisors: Ria Broer-Braam & Remco W. A. Havenith
- Ph.D. in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling, University of Barcelona (2019); Advisor: Juan Novoa & Jordi Ribas
- M.Sc. in Sciences and Technologies of Bio- and Nanomaterials, University Ca' Foscari of Venice (2015); Advisors: Stefano Fabris & Alvise Benedetti
- B.Sc. in Sciences and Technologies of Materials, University Ca' Foscari of Venice (2011); Advisor: Alvise Benedetti
Areas of Interest
- Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations
- Density Functional Theory
- First-principles approaches
- Condensed and molecular systems
Experience
- 2019-Present: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Chicago
- 2017-2019: Ph.D. Researcher in Theoretical Chemistry, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials
- 2015-2017: Ph.D. Researcher in Theoretical Chemistry and Physical-Chemistry Laboratory Assistant, University of Barcelona
- 2014-2015: Internship at Scuola Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA) in Trieste, Italy
- 2013-2013: Exchange Programme at the Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan
Publications
- Y. Wu, S. Schneider, Y. Yuan, R. M. Young, T. Francese, I. F. Mansoor, P. J. Dudenas, Y. Lei, E. D. Gomez, D. M. DeLongchamp, M. C. Lipke, G. Galli, M. R. Wasielewski, J. B. Asbury, M. F. Toney, and Z. Bao
Twisted A-D-A Type Acceptors with Thermally-Activated Delayed Crystallization Behavior for Efficient Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells
Adv. Energy Mater. 2103957 (2022)
- T. Francese, S. Vela, M. Deumal, F. Mota, J. J. Novoa, M. F. Camellone S. Fabris, R.W.A. Havenith, R. Broer and J. Ribas-Arino
Two different mechanisms of stabilization of regular π-stacks of radicals in switchable dithiazolyl-based materials
J. Mater. Chem. C, 8, 5437-5448 (2020)
- T. Francese, F. Mota, M. Deumal, J. Novoa, R.W.A. Havenith, R. Broer, J. Ribas-Arino
Reorganization of Intermolecular Interactions in the Polymorphic Phase Transition of a Prototypical Dithiazolyl-Based Bistable Material
Crystal Growth and Design 19 (4), pp 2329-2339 (2019)
- T. Francese, J. Ribas-Arino, J.J. Novoa, C. de Graaf, R.W. A. Havenith, R. Broer, M. Deumal
Magnetic Fingerprint of Dithiazolyl-Based Molecule Magnets
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 20(31), 20406-20416 (2018)
- M. Boffelli, W. Zhu, M. Back, G. Sponchia, T. Francese, P. Riello, A. Benedetti, and G. Pezzotti
Oxygen Hole States in Zirconia Lattices: Quantitative Aspects of Their Cathodoluminescence Emission
J. Phys. Chem. A. 118(42), 9828-9836 (2014)
