Department of Chemistry - New York University - Molecular Design Institute
WELCOME TO THE LEE LAB
We are crystal engineers addressing critical issues of climate change and sustainable energy through materials discovery. By control the sizes, orientations, and structures of nanocrystals that can convert sunlight into electricity, we are improving the performance of next-generation optoelectronics for solar energy harvesting, photodetection, and sensing.
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Nanoporous scaffolds can direct the orientation and size of crystals during solution-phase deposition to form nanowire arrays for high surface areas for optoelectronic processes. We are exploring scaffold-directed crystallization of small-molecule and halide perovskite nanowires for solar energy harvesting
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Scaffold-guided crystallization of oriented a-FAPbI3 nanowire arrays for solar cells.
Orienting and Shaping Organic Semiconductor Single Crystals through Selective Nanoconfinement
Graphoepitaxy-Directed Assembly of Organic Semiconductor Single Crystals into Trellis Structures
Directing Solution-Phase Nucleation To Form Organic Semiconductor Vertical Crystal Arrays
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Crystal twisting introduces periodicity to optoelectronic properties in organic semiconductor films and leads to wholly new properties, such as circular birefringence and dichroism. We are exploring crystal twisting in organic semiconductor films for chirooptoelectronics
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Nanoconfinement can improve the stability of metal halide perovskites against temperature-induced polymorph transitions and environmental degradation. We are exploring nanoconfined perovskite crystals in scaffolds and electrospun fibers for stable, high performance optoelectronics
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Group News
2025
01.09 Aida Alaei successfully defends her PhD thesis - congrats Dr. Alaei!!
01.02 Steph joins Crystal Growth & Design as a Topical Editor for 2025 and 2026
2024
12.30 Congrats to Rochelle for receiving the NYU GSAS 2025-2026 Ted Kuesseff Dissertation Fellowship!
12.18 Our group welcomes 1st year PhD students Althena Zhu, Amanda Rutledge and Chris Grainger (co-advised with Bart Kahr)
12.12 Congrats to Justin for passing his PhD qualifying exam!
12.11 Qintian passes his PhD thesis defense - congrats Dr. Zhou!
12.09 Mia is selected as a CHIPS4All NRT fellow
12.5 Aline and Justin are selected as a 2025 - 2027 GAANN fellow!
09.30 Steph, Marcus Weck, Jasna Brujic and Javad Shabani receive a $1.3 million US Department of Education GAANN Award!