{"id":606,"date":"2016-03-15T11:00:44","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-ret\/?page_id=606"},"modified":"2021-09-28T12:41:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T16:41:19","slug":"sahar-sharifzadeh","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-ret\/research-projects\/projects-2025\/2016-summer-projects\/sahar-sharifzadeh\/","title":{"rendered":"Sahar Sharifzadeh"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Computational Design of Organic Semiconductors<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment958\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment958\" style=\"width: 165px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/photonics-ret\/files\/2017\/06\/ECE_Faculty_Sharifzadeh-683x1024-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Sahar Sharifzadeh\" width=\"155\" height=\"233\" class=\"wp-image-958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-ret\/files\/2017\/06\/ECE_Faculty_Sharifzadeh-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-ret\/files\/2017\/06\/ECE_Faculty_Sharifzadeh-683x1024-424x636.jpg 424w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment958\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prof. Sahar Sharifzadeh ECE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>PROJECT DESCRIPTION<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>The REU research project is aimed at computational modeling of material properties within semiconductor, with the ultimate goal of designing new electronic materials. In particular, we will utilize first-principles density functional theory (DFT) to explore the electronic properties of organic materials (i.e. solids composed of organic molecule aggregates). These materials are currently being pursued as components in molecular electronics, thermoelectrics, and solar cells. In collaboration with experimentalists who synthesize such wires, we will understand how changing molecular chemistry and aggregate arrangement will modify material functionality, and provide molecular design rules to guide synthesis of improved materials. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>LEARNING GOALS<br \/>\n<\/strong><span><span>\u2022 Learn to think critically about materials problems<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span><span>\u2022 Relate an undergraduate knowledge of physics and chemistry to engineering<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span><span>\u2022 Learn to run state-of-the-art first-principles simulations<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span><span>\u2022 Qualitatively understand the physics of semiconductor devices<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/sahar-sharifzadeh\/\">Professor Sharifzadeh&#8217;s<\/a> work at her <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sharifzadeh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lab website<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Computational Design of Organic Semiconductors PROJECT DESCRIPTION The REU research project is aimed at computational modeling of material properties within semiconductor, with the ultimate goal of designing new electronic materials. In particular, we will utilize first-principles density functional theory (DFT) to explore the electronic properties of organic materials (i.e. solids composed of organic molecule aggregates). [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11551,"featured_media":0,"parent":780,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-ret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/606"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-ret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-ret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-ret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11551"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-ret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-ret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1753,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-ret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/606\/revisions\/1753"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-ret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-ret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}