Project Scope
Elham’s work focuses on advancing quasi-2D halide perovskites by synthesizing and analyzing (A′)m(A)n−1PbnI3n+1 materials with various spacer molecules (A′) and A cations. To address the challenges of traditional methods, she employs a high-throughput automated workflow to explore the complex chemical space, enabling precise and efficient examination of phase emergence, crystallization dynamics, and chemical interactions. This approach accelerates the identification of optimal spacer cations while ensuring reproducibility, offering critical insights into the impact of dipole moments, steric hindrance, and electronic interactions on material stability and optoelectronic properties. By navigating these multifaceted interactions, her research aims to design high-performance quasi-2D perovskite films for different optoelectronic applications. Using a high-throughput automated robotic workflow, she synthesizes these materials and investigates their interactions with the inorganic framework through advanced characterization techniques such as Photoluminescence spectroscopies (PL, TRPL), Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and X-ray characterizations (XRD and XPS).
Biography
Elham Foadian is currently pursuing her PhD under the guidance of Prof. Ahmadi in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Materials Engineering from the University of Tehran, Iran, in 2017 and 2020, respectively. Her research focuses on the high-throughput synthesis of perovskite materials, with a particular emphasis on their physical and chemical properties through compositional engineering. She employs advanced characterization techniques and machine learning methods to analyze these materials, aiming for a deeper understanding of their behavior and properties.