Dr. David Curiel Casado received his Degree in Chemistry at the University of Alicante in 1996. Then he moved to the University of Murcia where he obtained his PhD in 2002. Since 2002 to 2004 he worked as a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oxford (UK) with Professor P. D. Beer. In 2005 he moved to the University of Sydney (Australia) to work as a Postdoctoral Researcher with Professor M. J. Crossley. Back in Spain, during the period 2005-2010 he was contracted as a research fellow of the “Ramón y Cajal” Program at the University of Murcia, where at present he holds a permanent position as Assistant Professor and leads the Multifunctional Molecular Materials Group. His research interests are included in the areas of supramolecular chemistry and molecular materials.
About his group
The research of the Multifunctional Molecular Materials Group focuses on the synthesis and characterization of polyheteroaromatic molecules and their application as organic semiconductors. Our interest aims at the study of the structure-property relationship behind the charge transport ability of conjugated materials, where optical, electrochemical, structural and morphological aspects intervene. Since the molecular arrangement in the solid state plays a critical role in the charge transport properties of organic semiconductors, supramolecular self-assembly of rationally designed conjugated molecules is explored as an approach to control their electronic features. The synthesized organic materials are characterized as charge transporting layers in optoelectronic devices such as Organic Field-Effect Transistors (OFETs), Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) and Organic or Hybrid Solar Cells.
Recent publications
- Gómez, J. Wang, M. Más-Montoya, D. Bautista, C. H. L. Weijtens, D. Curiel*, R. A. J. Janssen*. Pyrene-Based Small-Molecular Hole Transport Layers for Efficient and Stable Narrow-Bandgap Perovskite Solar Cells. Solar RRL,2021, 5, 2100454. DOI:10.1002/solr.202100454
- Gómez, J. Cerdá, M. Más-Montoya, S. Georgakopoulos, I. da Silva, A. García, E. Ortí*, J. Aragó*, D. Curiel*. Effect of molecular geometry and extended conjugation on the performance of hydrogen-bonded semiconductors in organic thin-film field-effect transistors. J. Mater. Chem. C,2021, 9, 10819. DOI: 10.1039/D1TC01328A
- Gómez, S. Georgakopoulos, M. Más-Montoya, J. Cerdá, J. Pérez, E. Ortí, J. Aragó*, D. Curiel*. Improving the Robustness of Organic Semiconductors through Hydrogen Bonding. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces,2021, 13, 8620. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c18928
- M. Rodríguez, P. Gómez, M. Más-Montoya, J. Abad, A Tárraga, J. I. Cerdá, J. Méndez*, D. Curiel*. Synthesis and Two-Dimensional Chiral Surface Self-Assembly of a π-Conjugated System with Three-Fold Symmetry: Benzotri(7-Azaindole). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.,2021, 60, 1782. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202012100
- Más-Montoya, P. Gómez, D. Curiel*, I. da Silva, J. Wang, R. A. J. Janssen*. A Self-Assembled Small Molecule-Based Hole Transporting Material for Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells. Chem. Eur. J.,2020, 26, 10276. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202000005