Oana Jurchescu

Oana Diana Jurchescu
Alma mater	University of Groningen West University of Timișoara
Scientific career
Institutions	Wake Forest University
Thesis	Molecular organic semiconductors for electronic devices  (2006)

Oana Jurchescu is a Romanian physicist who is the Baker Family Physics Professor at Wake Forest University. Her research considers charge transport in organic and organic/inorganic hybrid semiconductors. In 2022, she was awarded a National Science Foundation Special Creativity Award for her work translating organic electronic materials into real-world devices.

Early life and education

Jurchescu was an undergraduate student at the West University of Timișoara in Romania. ^[1] She moved to the University of Groningen in the Netherlands for her doctoral research, where she studied organic semiconductors for optoelectronic devices. She was a postdoctoral researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. ^[1]

Research and career

In 2009, Jurchescu joined the Department of Physics at Wake Forest University. Her work considers novel functional materials and their application in electronic devices. She has particularly explored organic and hybrid organic-inorganic semiconductors and how they can realize large-area, flexible electronic devices. ^{[2] [3]}

Jurchescu worked with physicians to realize organic field-effect transistor- based radiation detectors for patients undergoing cancer treatment. These devices, based on 2,8-difluoro-5,11-bis(triethylsilylethynyl)anthradithiophene (diF-TES ADT), acted as in vivo dosimeters to monitor radiation levels on a patient's skin in real time. ^[4] As well as pursuing high charge carrier mobilities, Jurchescu is interested in the degradation pathways that can impede the performance and lifetime of organic electronic devices. ^{[5] [6]}

Jurcheschu was named Baker Family Professor of Physics in 2021. ^[7] In 2022, she was awarded an NSF Special Creativity Award to develop OSCAR, Organic Semiconductors by Computation on the Accelerated Refinement. ^{[8] [9]} OSCAR look to develop novel functional molecular materials to accelerate commercialization. ^[10]

Awards and honors

• 2012 Wake Forest University Faculty Endowment Fund Fellowship ^[11]
• 2013 Wake Forest University Reid-Doyle Prize for Excellence in Teaching ^[12]
• 2013 National Science Foundation CAREER Award ^[13]
• 2013 Wake Forest University Innovation Award^{[ citation needed ]}
• 2014 Journal of Materials Chemistry C Emerging Investigators Issue^{[ citation needed ]}
• 2015 Wake Forest University Award for Excellence in Research ^[14]
• 2017 Kulynych Family Omicron Delta Kappa Award ^[15]
• 2018 URECA Award For Excellence in Mentorship in Research and Creative Work ^[16]
• 2020 Graduate School Student Association Faculty Excellence Award ^[17]
• 2024 Fellow of the American Physical Society ^[18]

Selected publications

• Jurchescu, Oana D.; Baas, Jacob; Palstra, Thomas T. M. (2004-04-19). "Effect of impurities on the mobility of single crystal pentacene". Applied Physics Letters. 84 (16): 3061–3063. arXiv: cond-mat/0404130 . Bibcode:2004ApPhL..84.3061J. doi:10.1063/1.1704874. ISSN   0003-6951. S2CID   118849296.
• D J Gundlach; J E Royer; S K Park; et al. (17 February 2008). "Contact-induced crystallinity for high-performance soluble acene-based transistors and circuits". Nature Materials . 7 (3): 216–221. doi:10.1038/NMAT2122. ISSN   1476-1122. PMID   18278050. Wikidata   Q47910287.
• Emily G Bittle; James I Basham; Thomas N Jackson; Oana D Jurchescu; David J Gundlach (10 March 2016). "Mobility overestimation due to gated contacts in organic field-effect transistors". Nature Communications . 7: 10908. Bibcode:2016NatCo...710908B. doi:10.1038/NCOMMS10908. ISSN   2041-1723. PMC   4792947 . PMID   26961271. Wikidata   Q36690168.
• Oana D Jurchescu; Auke Meetsma; Thomas T M Palstra (15 March 2006). "Low-temperature structure of rubrene single crystals grown by vapor transport". Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science. 62 (Pt 2): 330–334. doi:10.1107/S0108768106003053. ISSN   0108-7681. PMID   16552167. Wikidata   Q82904721.

References

1. Anthopoulos, Thomas D.; Noh, Yong-Young; Jurchescu, Oana D. (2020). "Emerging Thin-Film Transistor Technologies and Applications". Advanced Functional Materials. 30 (20) 2001678. doi: 10.1002/adfm.202001678 . hdl: 10754/662986 . ISSN   1616-301X. S2CID   219648687.
2. "High performance semiconductor spray paint could be a game changer for organic electronics". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
3. "First field-effect transistors on hybrid perovskites fabricated for first time". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
4. Zeidell, Andrew M.; Ren, Tong; Filston, David S.; Iqbal, Hamna F.; Holland, Emma; Bourland, J. Daniel; Anthony, John E.; Jurchescu, Oana D. (September 2020). "Organic Field-Effect Transistors as Flexible, Tissue-Equivalent Radiation Dosimeters in Medical Applications". Advanced Science. 7 (18) 2001522. doi:10.1002/advs.202001522. ISSN   2198-3844. PMC   7509662 . PMID   32999849.
5. "A new pathway to stable, low-cost, flexible electronics". Wake Forest News. 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
6. Iqbal, Hamna F.; Ai, Qianxiang; Thorley, Karl J.; Chen, Hu; McCulloch, Iain; Risko, Chad; Anthony, John E.; Jurchescu, Oana D. (2021-04-21). "Suppressing bias stress degradation in high performance solution processed organic transistors operating in air". Nature Communications. 12 (1): 2352. Bibcode:2021NatCo..12.2352I. doi:10.1038/s41467-021-22683-2. ISSN   2041-1723. PMC   8060299 . PMID   33883553. S2CID   233352281.
7. "Jurchescu Named Baker Family Professor of Physics". Undergraduate College. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
8. "Physics professor brings first NSF Special Creativity award to WFU". Wake Forest News. 2022-03-08. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
9. Laws, Breanna. "Physics professor wins prestigious grant". Old Gold & Black. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
10. "NSF Award Search: Award # 1627925 - DMREF: Collaborative Research: Organic Semiconductors by Computationally-Accelerated Refinement (OSCAR)". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
11. "Prof. Jurchescu awarded WFU Faculty Endowment Fund Fellowship -- WFU Physics". physics.wfu.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
12. "Oana Jurchescu Awarded Reid-Doyle Prize for Excellence in Teaching". Center for Energy, Environment & Sustainability. 2013-02-24. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
13. "Wake Forest researcher awarded NSF grant to develop novel flexible electronics". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
14. "Prof. Jurchescu Receives Wake Forest 2015 Excellence in Research Award -- WFU Physics". physics.wfu.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
15. "Oana Jurchescu receives Kulynych Family Award -- WFU Physics". www.physics.wfu.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
16. "Oana Jurchescu receives award for Excellence in Mentorship – WFU Physics" . Retrieved 2022-04-22.
17. "2019-20 Graduate School Student Association Faculty Excellence Award – WFU Physics" . Retrieved 2022-04-22.
18. "APS Fellows archive". American Physical Society. Retrieved 2024-12-14.