Dr Jan-Michael Mewes

Computational Quantum Chemistry from Bonn
Photochemistry and Charge-Transfer | Periodic Trends | DFT | Blue OLEDs

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Last updated Aug 2024.
Old website/blog.

CT States in OLEDs, TADF/INVEST, ΔDFT, Excited State Solvation

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I study charge-transfer (CT) states and how they interact with their molecular environment.
CT states are crucial in (nature’s) photochemistry as well as our technology (e.g. OPV and OLED).

I also develop state-specific ΔDFT (also ΔSCF) to accurately model CT states. Such time-indenpendent methods are superior to the prominent workhorse TD-DFT in many aspects, as exemplified for TADF and INVEST emitters below.

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Density Functional Theory, Application, and Development (Composite Methods, Solvent Models)

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I teach and develop density functional theory: The most efficient and robust electronic-structure method available to mankind. My projects focus on the interface between molecular and periodic systems, on London dispersion, and on establishing best practices for standard DFT calculations (recent article).

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Melting and Boiling Super-Heavy Elements, Their Band Gaps & Periodic Trends

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I explore periodic trends of the bulk properties, their (dis)continuity in the heaviest (main group) elements, and how this relates to relativistic effects. For these studies, I use and develop first-principles free-energy methods, such as λ-scaled DFT, thermodynamic integration, and perturbation theory.

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