Dr Sara Sangtarash
Dr. Sangtarash is an Assistant Professor of Nanoelectronics and Leverhulme Fellow in the School of Engineering at the University of Warwick. She obtained her PhD from Lancaster University as a Marie-Curie Early Stage Researcher, developing the theory of nanoscale transport, within the EU Innovative Training Network MOLESCO“Molecular-scale Electronics: Concepts, Contacts and Stability” . She was awarded the Lancaster JUNO Prize for research excellence in 2016. After finishing her PhD, she became a Senior Research Associate at Physics department, Lancaster University and in 2018 she awarded a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship working on material engineering for high-performance molecular-scale thermoelectricity. Dr Sangtarash joined the University of Warwick in 2020.
Research Area
Graphene-like molecules
Graphene nanoribbons
Quantum interference
Biological sensing
Spintronics
Deep learning
Research Overview
Magic ratios and mid gap theory for molecular electronics
Magic ratio theory provides a simple but accurate design tool to predict electrical codncutance and thermoelectricity in graphene like molecules.
Related publications
S Sangtarash, Theory of mid-gap quantum transport through single molecule: new approach to transport modelling of nanoelectronic devices, PhD thesis, 2017.
S Sangtarash, et al., JACS, 2015. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b06558.
S Sangtarash, et al, Nanoscale, 2016. DOI: 10.1039/C6NR01907B
Y Geng, et al., JACS, 2015. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b00335
S Sangtarash, et al., PCCP, 2018. DOI: 10.1039/C8CP00381E
A Daaoub, et al., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202302150
Graphene nanoribbon electronics
Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) are quasi one-dimensional single-atom-thin carbon-based nanostructures. Their electronic properties can be controlled by engineering their shape and edge structure which makes them attractive for nanoelectronic applications.
Related publications
ML Abbassi, et al, ACS Nano, 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c00604
P Rémy, et al. JACS, 2020, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c03946
ML Abbassi, et al, Nature Nano, 2019, DOI: 10.1038/s41565-019-0533-8
J Zhang, et al, Nature Electronics, 2023. DOI: 10.1038/s41928-023-00991-3
Quantum interference for molecular electronics
Quantum interference can be used to enhance electronic properties of molecular junctions at room temperature.
Related publications
S Sangtarash, 2021, arXiv:2102.09936
W Chuanli, et al. Nano Letters, 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c02815
S Sangtarash, et al. Nanoscale Advances, 2020, DOI: 10.1039/C9NA00649D
Bai et al, Nature Materials, 2019. DOI: 10.1038/s41563-018-0265-4
S Naghibi, et al., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202116985
Teaching
ES195: Materials for Engineering
Publications
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Research Funding
EPSRC new investigator award, May 2023: responsive mode, Principle investigator
Project Title: Quantum Engineering of Atomically Precise Nanoclusters for Cooling and Energy Harvesting (NanoCool)Value: £447k | Duration: 01/02/2025 - 31/01/2028Horizon Europe EIC PathFinderOpen - UKRI InnovateUK Guarantee Scheme, Co investigator, No: 101099098
Project Title: Atomically Precise Nanoribbons Quantum Platform (ATYPIQUAL).Value: €3.4M (Warwick share: £772K) | Duration: 01/10/2023 - 31/03/2027The Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship, (Covid Extension)
Duration: 01/05/2022 - 30/04/2024The Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship, Principle investigator, No: ECF-2018-375
Project Title: Quantum engineering of high-performance molecular-scale thermoelectricity.Value: £120K | Duration: 01/05/2019 - 30/04/2022