Refereed Publications from Carlos Silva
Students
or postdoctoral
associates trained under my direct supervision
are underlined. Contributions where I am the corresponding author are
indicated with an asterisk next to my name.
1. Femtosecond Absorption Anisotropy of the Aqueous Solvated Electron.
P.J. Reid, C. Silva, P.K. Walhout, and P.F. Barbara, Chemical Physics
Letters 228, 658–664 (1994).
2. Direct Pump/Probe Spectroscopy of the Near-IR Band of the Solvated
Electron in Alcohols. P.K. Walhout, J.C. Alfano, Y.
Kimura, C. Silva,
P.J. Reid, and P.F. Barbara, Chemical
Physics Letters 232, 135–140 (1995).
3. Electronic Coherence, Vibrational Coherence, and Solvent Degrees of
Freedom in the Femtosecond Spectroscopy of Mixed-Valence Metal Dimers
in H2O and D2O.
P.J. Reid, C.
Silva, P.F. Barbara, L. Karki, and J.T. Hupp, Journal of Physical
Chemistry 99, 2609–2616 (1995).
4. Ultrafast Study of the Photodissociation and Recombination of
Aqueous O3 . P.K. Walhout, C.
Silva, and
P.F. Barbara, Journal of Physical Chemistry 100, 5188–5199
(1996).
5. Femtosecond Solvation Dynamics of the Hydrated Electron.
C. Silva,
P.K. Walhout, K. Yokoyama, and P.F. Barbara, Physical Review Letters
80, 1086–1089 (1998).
6. Detailed Investigations of the Pump-Probe Spectroscopy of the
Equilibrated Solvated Electron in Alcohols. C. Silva, P.K.
Walhout,
P.J. Reid, and P.F. Barbara, Journal of
Physical Chemistry A 102, 5701–5707 (1998).
7. Detailed Investigation of the Femtosecond Pump-Probe Spectroscopy of
the Hydrated Electron. K. Yokoyama, C. Silva, D. Son, P.K.
Walhout, and
P.F. Barbara, Journal of Physical
Chemistry A 102, 6957–6966 (1998).
8. Excited-State Absorption in Luminescent Conjugated Polymer Thin
Films: Ultrafast Studies of Processable Polyindenofluorene Derivatives.
C. Silva, D.M. Russell, M.A. Stevens,
J.D. MacKenzie, S. Setayesh, K. M ̈ullen, and R.H. Friend, Chemical
Physics Letters 319, 494–500 (2000).
9. Exciton Dissociation Mechanisms in the Polymeric Semiconductors
Poly- (9,9-dioctylfluorene) and Poly-
(9,9-dioctylfluorene-co-benzothiadiazole). M.A. Stevens,
C.
Silva∗ , D.M. Russell, and R.H. Friend, Physical Review B
63, 165213 (2001).
10. Efficient Exciton Dissociation Via Two-Step Photoexcitation in
Polymeric Semiconductors. C. Silva∗ , A.S.
Dhoot, D.M.
Russell, M.A. Stevens, A.C. Arias, J.D. MacKenzie, N.C.
Greenham, S. Setayesh, K. M ̈ullen, R.H. Friend, Physical Review B 64,
125211 (2001).
11. Effects of Aggregation on the Excitation Transfer in
Perylene-End-Capped Polyindenofluorene Studied by Time-Resolved
Photoluminescence Spectroscopy. L.M. Herz, C. Silva, R.H.
Friend, R.T. Phillips, S. Becker, S. Setayesh, and K. M ̈ullen,
Physical Review B 64, 195203 (2001).
12. Exciton Migration to Chain Aggregates in Conjugated Polymers:
Influence of Side-Chain Substitution. L.M. Herz, C. Silva,
R.T.
Phillips, S. Setayesh, and K. M ̈ullen,
Chemical Physics Letters 347, 318–324 (2001).
13. Efficient Light Harvesting in Photovoltaic Diodes Composed of
Semiconductor Conjugated Copolymer Blends. D.M. Russell,
A.C. Arias,
R.H. Friend, C. Silva∗ ,
C. Ego, A.C. Grimsdale, and K. M ̈ullen, Applied Physics Letters 80,
2204–2206 (2002).
14. Correlation Between Molecular Structure, Microscopic Morphology and
Optical Properties of Poly(tetra-alkylindenofluorene)s. A.C.
Grimsdale,
P. Lecl`ere, R. Lazzaroni, J.D.
MacKenzie, C. Murphy, S. Setayesh, C. Silva, R.H. Friend, and K. M
̈ullen, Advanced Functional Materials 12,
729–733 (2002).
15. Interchain vs. Intrachain Energy Transfer in a Dye-End-Capped
Polyindenofluorene. D. Beljonne, G. Pourtois, C. Silva,
E. Hennebicq,
L.M. Herz, R.H. Friend, G.D. Scholes, S.
Setayesh, S. Becker, D. Marsitsky, K. M ̈ullen, and J.L.
Brédas, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA
99, 10982–10987 (2002).
16. Exciton and Polaron Dynamics in Semiconductor Conjugated Polymers:
The Influence of Interchain Order. C. Silva∗ ,
D.M. Russell,
A.S. Dhoot, L.M. Herz, C. Daniel,
N.C. Greenham, A.C. Arias, S. Setayesh, K. M ̈ullen, and R.H. Friend,
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 14, 9803–9824
(2002).
17. Amplified Spontaneous Emission in Close-packed Films of
Semiconductor Nanocrystals Using Picosecond Excitation.
C.E. Finlayson,
D.M. Russell, C.M. Ramsdale, D.S. Ginger,
C. Silva, and N.C. Greenham, Advanced Functional Materials 12,
537–540 (2002).
18. Electroluminescent Insulated Molecular Wires With Reduced
Interstrand Interactions: Cyclodextrin- Threaded Conjugated
Polyroxtanes. F. Cacialli, J. Wilson, J. Michels,
C. Daniel, C. Silva, R.H. Friend, N. Severin, P. Samori, J.P. Rabe,
M.J. O’Connell, P.N. Taylor, and H.L.
Anderson, Nature Materials 1 160–164 (2002).
19. Charge Generation Kinetics and Transport Mechanisms in Blended
Polyfluorene Photovoltaic Devices. H.J. Snaith, A.C.
Arias, A.C.
Morteani, C. Silva, R.H. Friend, Nanoletters
2, 1353–1357 (2002).
20. Attaching Perylene Dyes to Polyfluorene: Three Simple, Efficient
Methods for Facile Colour-Tuning of Light-Emitting Polymers.
C. Ego, D.
Marsitzky, S. Becker, A.C.
Grimsdale, K. M ̈ulen, J.D. MacKenzie, C. Silva, and R.H. Friend,
Journal of the American Chemical Society 125,
437–443 (2003).
21. Barrier-Free Electron-Hole Capture in Polymer Blend Hetero junction
Light-Emitting Diodes. A.C. Morteani, A.S. Dhoot, J.-S.
Kim, C. Silva,
N.C. Greenham, R.H.
Friend, C. Murphy, E. Moons, S. Ciná, and J. Burroughes,
Advanced
Materials 15, 1708–1712 (2003).
22. Fast Exciton Diffusion in Chiral Stacks of Conjugated p
-phenylenevinylene Oligomers. L.M. Herz, C. Daniel, C.
Silva, F.J.
Hoeben, A.P.H.J. Schenning, E.W. Meijer, R.H. Friend,
and R.T. Phillips, Physical Review B 68, 045203 (2003). (Article
selected for the August 11, 2003 issue of the Virtual
Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology
(http://www.vjnano.org) and the August 2003 issue of the Virtual
Journal of Ultrafast Science (http://www.vjultrafast.org).)
23. Exciton Bimolecular Annihilation Dynamics in Supramolecular
Nanostructures of Conjugated Oligomers. C. Daniel, L.M.
Herz, C.
Silva∗ , F.J.M. Hoeben, A.P.H.J.
Schenning, and E.W. Meijer, Physical Review B 68, 235212 (2003).
24. Exciton Regeneration at
Polymeric Semiconductor Hetero
junctions.
A.C. Morteani, P. Sreearunothai, L.M. Herz, R.H. Friend, and C.
Silva∗ , Physical Review Letters
92, 247402 (2004). (Article selected for the July 2004 issue of the
Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science (http://www.vjultrafast.org).)
25. Efficient Energy Transfer in Mixed Columnar Stacks of
Hydrogen-Bonded Oligo(p -phenylene vinylenes)s in Solution.
F.J.M.
Hoeben, L.M. Herz, C. Daniel, P. Jonkheijm,
A.P.H.J. Schenning, C. Silva, S.C.J. Meskers, D. Beljonne, R.T.
Phillips, R.H. Friend, and E.W. Meijer, Angewandte
Chemie 43, 1976–1979 (2004).
26. Supramolecular Architectures. F. Cacialli, P. Samor`ı,
and C.
Silva, Materials Today 7 (issue 4 ), 24–32 (2004).
27. Endothermic Exciplex-Exciton Energy Transfer in a Blue-Emitting
Polymeric Hetero junction System. A.C. Morteani, R.H.
Friend and C.
Silva, Chemical Physics Letters 391,
81–84 (2004).
28. Time-Dependent Energy
Transfer Rates in a Conjugated
Polymer
Guest-Host System. L.M. Herz, C. Silva, A.C. Grimsdale, K.
M ̈ullen,
and R.T. Phillips, Physical Review B 70,
165207 (2004). (Article selected for the November 2004 issue of the
Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Ultrafast Science
(http://www.vjultrafast.org).)
29. Exciton Migration in Rigid-Rod Conjugated Polymers: An Improved
Förster Model. E. Hennebicq, G. Pourtois, G.
Scholes, L.M. Herz, D.M.
Russell, C. Silva, S. Setayesh,
A.C. Grimsdale, K. M ̈ullen, and D. Beljonne, The Journal of the
American Chemical Society (in press; web release on 11
March 2005).
30. Substrate Heating Effects in Scanning Near-Field Optical
Experiments with Apertured Probes. G. Latini, A. Downes,
O. Fenwick,
P.G. Gucciardi, S. Patanè, A. Ambrosio, M.
Allegrini, C. Daniel, C. Silva, R. Daik, W.J. Feast, and F. Cacialli,
Applied Physics Letters 86, 011102 (2005).
31. Exciton Migration in a Polythiophene: Probing the Spatial and
Energy Domain by Line-Dipole Förster- Type Energy Transfer .
S.
Westenhoff, C. Daniel, R.H. Friend, C. Silva,
V. Sundstr ̈om, and A. Yartsev, Journal of Chemical Physics 122, 094903
(2005).
32. Electric Field-Induced Transition from Hetero junction to Bulk
Charge Recombination in Bilayer Polymer Light-emitting Diodes.
A.C.
Morteani, P.K.H. Ho, R.H. Friend, and C.
Silva∗ Applied Physics Letters (in press).
33. Exciton Trapping at Hetero junctions in Polymer Blends. A.C.
Morteani, R.H. Friend, and C. Silva∗ Journal of Chemical
Physics (in press).
34. Ultrafast Spectroscopy of the Solvent Dependence of Electron
Transfer in a Perylenebisimide Dimer. M.W. Holman, P. Yan,
D.M. Adams,
S. Westenhoff, and C. Silva (manuscript
submitted to the Journal of Physical Chemistry A).
35. Excitation Migration Along Oligophenylenevinylene-Based Chiral
Stacks: Towards Coherent Transport. D. Beljonne, E.
Hennebicq, C.
Daniel, L.M. Herz, C. Silva, G.D. Scholes,
F.J.M. Hoeben, P. Jonkheijm, A.P.H.J. Schenning, S.C.J. Meskers, R.T.
Phillips, R.H. Friend, and E.W. Meijer (manuscript
submitted to the Journal of Physical Chemistry B ).
36. Monte Carlo Simulation of Exciton Bimolecular Annihilation Dynamics
in Supramolecular Semiconductor Architectures. C. Daniel,
S.
Westenhoff, F. Makereel, D. Beljonne, L.M.
Herz, F.J.M. Hoeben, P. Jonkheijm, A.P.H.J. Schenning, E.W. Meijer,
R.H. Friend, and C. Silva∗ ,
Physical Review B (in press).
37. The Effects of Supramolecular Assembly on Exciton Decay Rates in
Organic Semiconductors. C. Daniel, F. Makereel, L.M. Herz,
F.J.M.
Hoeben, P. Jonkheijm, A.P.H.J.
Schenning, E.W. Meijer, R.H. Friend, and C. Silva∗ , Journal
of Chemical Physics (in press).
38. Förster Energy Transfer in Supramolecular Architectures of
Conjugated Oligomers. C. Daniel, F. Makereel, L.M. Herz,
F.J.M. Hoeben,
P. Jonkheijm, A.P.H.J. Schenning, E.W.
Meijer, and C. Silva∗ (manuscript submitted to Chemical
Physics Letters ).
39. Excitonic States in Supramolecular Nanostructures of Conjugated Discotic Molecules. C. Daniel, L. Schmidt- Mende, N. Stutzmann. J.-P. Calbert, J. Cornil, A. Fechtenkötter, K. Müllen, and C. Silva (manuscript submitted to the Journal of Physics: Condensed Mater ).
