Joshua Schuster

Electronic Structure Characterization of Gold Bis(dithiolene) Species

I am working on the electronic structure characterization of gold bis(dithiolene) species, where each dithiolene ligand has different substituents, which could have application as potential molecular quantum bits or in non-linear optics. Through spectroscopy,  we probe how the push-pull-effect of the coordinated ligands influences the electronic structure of these paramagnetic complexes.