Dr. Barlow’s research interests center on organic and metal-organic compounds with electronic and/or optical magnetic properties of relevance to materials, either directly for use in applications, or indirectly, as model compounds. Areas of interest include: highly reducing or oxidizing organic and metal-organic molecules as n- or p-dopants for organic semiconductors and as redox agents for chemistry; structure-property relations for lead-halide perovskites and related materials; (metal-)organic surface modification of inorganic materials such as oxides in to control properties such as work function, wettability, and electron-transfer chemistry; and development of polymeric, molecular, and monolayer-based interlayers for organic and lead-halide perovskite solar cells and light-emitting diodes. This highly disciplinary research involves organic, inorganic, and physical chemistry, as well as extensive collaboration with other chemists, materials scientists, engineers, and physicists.
