Vladimir Bulović

  • Title: Professor
  • Department: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Postdoctoral Associates

  • Trisha Andrew
  • Ronny Costi
  • Parag Deotare
  • Yu Gu
  • Dong Kyun Ko
  • Katey Lo
  • Andrea Maurano
  • Katherine Stone
  • William Tisdale
  • Annie Wang

Collaborators

  • Prof. Kathy Aidala, Mt. Holyoke
  • Prof. Trisha Andrew, U. Wisconsin
  • Prof. Tayo Akinwande, M.I.T.
  • Prof. Nageh Allam, Amer.U.Cairo
  • Prof. Marc Baldo, M.I.T.
  • Prof. Moungi Bawendi, M.I.T.
  • Dr. Ted Bloomstein, Lincoln Lab.
  • Prof. Silvija Gradečak, M.I.T.
  • Prof. Jeff Lang, M.I.T.
  • Prof. Richard Lunt, Michigan State
  • Prof. Martin Schmidt, M.I.T.
  • Prof. Tim Swager, M.I.T.
  • Prof. William Tisdale, M.I.T.

Graduate Students

  • Matthew D’Asaro (EECS)
  • Gleb Akselrod (Physics)
  • Patrick Brown (Physics)
  • Wendi Chang (EECS)
  • Eletha Flores (EECS)
  • Christina Hanson (Chem)
  • Joel Jean (EECS)
  • Apoorva Murarka (EECS)
  • Farnaz Niroui (EECS)
  • Tim Osedach (Harvard Univ.)
  • Sarah Paydavosi (EECS)
  • Sulinya Ramanan (EECS)
  • Jill Macko (DMSE)
  • Thomas Mahoney (EECS)
  • Yasuhiro Shirasaki (EECS)
  • Katherine Song (EECS)
  • Geoffrey Supran (DMSE)
  • Mun Ee Woo (DMSE)

Support Staff

  • Monica Pegis, Administrative Assistant

Selected Publications

(see onelab.mit.edu for full listing)

Shirasaki, Y., Supran, G.J., Tisdale, W.A., V. Bulović, “Origin of Efficiency Roll-Off in Colloidal Quantum-Dot Light-Emitting Diodes,” Phys. Rev. Lett., 110, 217403 (2013).

Mashford, B.S., Stevenson, M., Popovic, Z., Hamilton, C., Zhou, Z., Breen, C., Steckel, J., V. Bulović, Bawendi, M., Coe-Sullivan, S., Kazlas, P.T.,

“High-efficiency quantum-dot light-emitting devices with enhanced charge injection,” Nature Photonics, Accepted (2013).

Akselrod, G.M., Young, E.R.,Bradley, M.S., V. Bulović, “Lasing through a strongly-coupled mode by intra-cavity pumping,” Optics Express, 21, 12122-12128 (2013).

Costi, R., Young, E.R., V. Bulović, Nocera, D.G. “Stabilized CdSe-CoPi Composite Photoanode for Light-Assisted Water Oxidation by Transformation of a CdSe/Cobalt Metal Thin Film,” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 5, 2364-2367 (2013).

Jean, J., Chang, S., Brown, P.R., Cheng, J.J., Rekemeyer, P.H., Bawendi, M.G., Gradecak, S., V. Bulović “ZnO Nanowire Arrays for Enhanced Photocurrent in PbS Quantum Dot Solar Cells,” Adv. Mater., 25, 2790-2796 (2013).

Chang L-Y, Lunt,R.R., Brown, P.R., V. Bulović, Bawendi, M.G. “Low-Temperature Solution -Processed Solar Cells Based on PbS Colloidal Quantum Dot/CdS Heterojunctions,” Nano Lett., 13, 994-999(2013).

Osedach, T.P., Andrew, T.L., V. Bulović, “Effect of Synthetic Accessability on the Commercial Viability of Organic Photovoltaics,” Energy & Environ. Sci., 6, 711-716 (2013).

Shirasaki, Y., Supran, G.J., Bawendi, M.G., V. Bulović, “Emergence of Colloidal Quantum-Dot Light-Emitting Technologies,” Nature Photonics, 7, 13-23 (2013).

Song, K.W., Costi, R., V. Bulović, “Electrophoretic Deposition of CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots for Light-Emitting Devices,” Adv. Mater., 25, 1420-1423 (2013).

Park, H., Chang, S., Jean, J., Cheung, J.J, Araujo, P.T., Wang, M., Bawendi, M.G., Dresselhaus, M.S., V. Bulović, Kong, J., Gradecak, S. “Graphene Cathode-Based ZnO Nanowire Hybrid Solar Cells,” Nano Lett., 13, 233-239 (2013).

Arias, D.H., Stone, K.W., Vlaming, S.M., Walker, B.J, Bawendi, M.G., Silbey, R.J., V. Bulović, Nelson, K.A. “Thermally-Limited Exciton Delocalization in Superradiant Molecular Aggregates,” J. Phys. Chem. B., 117, 4553-4559 (2013).

Barr, M.C., Carbonera, C., Po, R., V. Bulović, Gleason, K.K. “Cathode buffer layers based on vacuum and solution deposited poly(3,4- ethylenedioxythiophene) for efficient inverted organic solar cells,” Appl. Phys. Lett., 100, 183301 (2012).

Borrelli, D.C., Barr, M.C., V. Bulović, Gleason, K.K. “Bilayer heterojunction polymer solar cells using unsubstituted polythiophene via oxidative chemical vapor deposition,” Solar Energ. Mater. & Solar Cells, 99, 190-196 (2012)

Barr, M.C., Howden, R.M., Lunt, R.R., V. Bulović, Gleason, K.K. “Top-Illuminated Organic Photovoltaics on a Variety of Opaque Substrates with Vapor-Printed Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) Top Electrodes and MoO3 Buffer Layer,” Adv. Energ. Mater., 2, 1404-1409 (2012).

Panzer, M.J., Aidala, K.E., V. Bulović “Contact printing of colloidal nanocrystal thin films for hybrid organic/quantum dot optoelectronic devices,” Nano Rev., 3, 16144 (2012).

Jadhav, P.J., Brown, P.R., Thompson, N., Wunsch, B., Mohanty, A., Yost, S.R., Hontz, E., Van Voorhis, T., Bawendi, M.G., V. Bulović, Baldo, M.A. “Triplet Exciton Dissociation in Singlet Exciton Fission Photovoltaics,” Adv. Mater., 24, 6169-6174 (2012).

Osedach, T.P., Iacchetti, A., Lunt, R.R., Andrew, T.L., Brown, P.R., Akselrod, G.M., V. Bulović, “Near-infrared photodetector consisting of J-aggregating cyanine dye and metal oxide thin films,” Appl. Phys. Lett., 101, 113303 (2012).

Bozyigit, D., Wood, V., Shirasaki, Y., V. Bulović, “Study of field driven electroluminescence in colloidal quantum dot solids,” J Appl. Phys., 111, 113701 (2012).

J.A. Macko, R.R. Lunt, T.P. Osedach, P.R. Brown, M.C. Barr, K.K. Gleason, V. Bulović, “Multijunction organic photovoltaics with a broad spectral response,” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 14, 14548-14553 (2012).

Yaul, F.M., V. Bulović, Lang, J.H. “A Flexible Underwater Pressure Sensor Array Using a Conductive Elastomer Strain Gauge,” Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 21, 897-906 (2012).

Yu, J., C.E. Packard, V. Bulović, “Subtractive contact-patterning of molecular organic films,” Organic Electronics, 13, 1779-1784 (2012).

Park, H., R.M. Howden, M.C. Barr, V. Bulović, K. Gleason, J. Kong, “Organic Solar Cells with Graphene Electrodes and Vapor Printed PEDOT as the Hole Transporting Layers,” ACS Nano (2012).

Andrew, T.L., V. Bulović, “Bulk Heterojuction Solar Cells Containing 6,6-Dicyanofulvenes as n-Type Additives,” ACS Nano, 6, 4671 (2012).

Borelli, D.C., M.C. Barr, V. Bulović, K.K. Gleason, “Bilayer heterojunction polymer solar cells using unsubstituted polythiophene via oxidative chemical vapor deposition,” Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 99, 190 (2012).

Osedach, T.P., N. Zhao, T.L. Andrew, P.R. Brown, D.D. Wanger, D.B. Strasfeld, L.-Y. Chang, M.G. Bawendi, V. Bulović, “Bias-Stress Effect in 1,2-ETD-Treated PbS Quantum Dot Field-Effect Transistors,” ACS Nano, 6, 3121 (2012).

Bradley, S.M., V. Bulović, “Micron-Scale Molecular Organic Microcavity Arrays Patterned With Thin-Film Contact-Patterning,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 24, 104 (2012).

Murarka, A., S. Paydavosi, T.L. Andrew, A.I. Wang, J.H. Lang, V. Bulović, “Printed MEMS Membranes on Silicon,” IEEE 25th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, 309  (2012).

Paydavosi, S., F.M. Yaul, A.I. Wang, F. Niroui, T.L. Andrew, V. Bulović, J.H. Lang, “MEMS Switches Employing Active Metal-Polymer Nanocomposites,” IEEE 25th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, 180 (2012).

Lobez, J.M, T.L. Andrew, V. Bulović, T.M. Swager, “Improving the Performance of P3HT–Fullerene Solar Cells with Side-Chain-Functionalized Poly(thiophene) Additives: A New Paradigm for Polymer Design,” ACS Nano, 6, 3044 (2012).

Paydavosi, S., K.E. Aidala, P.R. Brown, P. Hashemi, G.J. Supran, T.P. Osedach, J.L. Hoyt, V. Bulović, “Detection of Charge Storage on Molecular Thin Films of Tris(8-hydroxyquinoline) Aluminum (Alq3) by Kelvin Force Microscopy: A Candidate System for High Storage Capacity Memory Cells,” Nano Letters, 12, 1260 (2012).

Akselrod, G.M., B.J. Walker, W.A. Tisdale, M.G. Bawedi, V. Bulović, “Twenty-Fold enhancement of molecular fluoresence by coupling to a J-aggregate critically coupled resonator,” ACS Nano 6, 467 (2012).

Park, H., P.R. Brown, V. Bulović, J. Kong, “Graphene as transparent conducting electrodes in organic photocoltaics: Studies in graphene morphology, hole transporting layers and counter electrodes,” Nano Letters 12, 133-140 (2012).

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