Professor
Jenny
Clark

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Head of Materials and Biological Physics Research Cluster

Professor of Materials Physics

Jenny Clark
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jenny.clark@sheffield.ac.uk
Hicks Building

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Professor Jenny Clark
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Hicks Building
Hounsfield Road

Sheffield

S3 7RH

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My research interests involve understanding the photophysics of carbon-based materials such as biological materials, organic semiconductors and graphene.

I do this using a variety of spectroscopic techniques. For more information see my or contact me.

Research Experience

  • 2009-2013 Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow, Cambridge University, UK.
  • 2009 Visiting Scholar, Hyderabad University, India.
  • 2007-2009 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
    Supervisor: Prof. Guglielmo Lanzani

Fellowships and Awards

  • 2014 University of Sheffield Vice-Chancellor's Fellowship (5 years).
  • 2010 Charles and Catherine Darwin Research Fellowship (3 years).
  • 2009 Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship (4 years).
  • 2004 European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) student award.
  • 2003 EPSRC PhD studentship and Industrial Case Award (Seiko Epson UK, 3 years).

Career Breaks

  • 2012 Maternity leave (9 months)
  • 2013 Maternity leave (13 months)
Qualifications
  • 2003-2007 PhD in Physics, Cambridge University, UK. Supervisor: Prof. C. Silva.
  • 1999-2003 MSci in Physics with a Year in Europe, Imperial College, London, UK. (First Class Degree)
Research interests

Time-resolved spectroscopy of carbon-based materials

To study organic semiconductors and biological samples, we use transient absorption and emission spectroscopy.

Transient absorption spectroscopy uses laser pulses as short as 7 femtoseconds (7 millionths of a billionth of a second) to take snapshots of the electronic and vibrational state of the molecules after they have absorbed light. By delaying the time at which the 'probe' pulse arrives to take a snapshot of the molecule, we can track the dynamics of the electrons in the molecule as a function of time.

Transient emission spectroscopy is similar, but measures the photons emitted from the sample.

We measure materials and biological samples as a function of temperature (down to 4K) and magnetic field (up to 700mT).

Publications

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Journal articles

  • Bossanyi DG, Sasaki Y, Wang S, Chekulaev D, Kimizuka N, Yanai N & Clark J (2021) . JACS Au, 1(12), 2188-2201.
  • Bossanyi DG, Matthiesen M, Wang S, Smith JA, Kilbride RC, Shipp JD, Chekulaev D, Holland E, Anthony JE, Zaumseil J , Musser AJ et al (2021) . Nature Chemistry, 13(2), 163-171.
  • Polak D, Jayaprakash R, Leventis A, Fallon KJ, Coulthard H, Petty II AJ, Anthony J, Bronstein H, Lidzey DG, Clark J & Musser AJ (2020) . Chemical Science, 11(2), 343-354.
  • Musser AJ & Clark J (2019) . Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, 70(1), 323-351.
  • Musser AJ, Maiuri M, Brida D, Cerullo G, Friend RH & Clark J (2015) . Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137(15), 5130-5139.
  • Poletayev AD, Clark J, Wilson MWB, Rao A, Makino Y, Hotta S & Friend RH (2014) . Advanced Materials, 26(6), 919-924.
  • Gelinas S, Rao A, Kumar A, Smith SL, Chin AW, Clark J, van der Poll TS, Bazan GC & Friend RH (2014) . Science, 343(6170), 512-516.

All publications

Journal articles

  • Bu Ali EM, Bertran A, Moise G, Wang S, Kilbride RC, Anthony JE, Tait CE & Clark J (2025) . Journal of the American Chemical Society.
  • Herrmann NJ, Korychenska O, Ta NP, Mayneord GE, Rodríguez-Martínez X, Toolan DTW, Robertson CC, Iraqi A, Clark J & Zaumseil J (2025) . Journal of Materials Chemistry C.
  • Hook D, Kilbride R, Gillard D, Medina Rivero S, Kumar Venkatraman R, Pidgeon J, Tartakovskii A & Clark J (2025) . Journal of Materials Chemistry C.
  • Choi H, Skalsky S, Bossanyi DG, Clark J & Parkinson P (2025) . Scientific Reports, 15(1).
  • Polak DW, Andrews I, Salvadori E, Musser AJ, Auty A, Chekulaev D, Weinstein JA, Heeney M & Clark J (2024) . Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147(1), 662-668.
  • Ishii W, Fuki M, Bu Ali EM, Sato S, Parmar B, Yamauchi A, Mulyadi CH, Uji M, Medina Rivero S, Watanabe G , Clark J et al (2024) . Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(37), 25527-25535.
  • Sasaki Y, Georgiou K, Wang S, Bossanyi DG, Jayaprakash R, Yanai N, Kimizuka N, Lidzey DG, Musser AJ & Clark J (2024) . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 26(20), 14745-14753.
  • Franca LG, Bossanyi DG, Clark J & dos Santos PL (2024) . ACS Applied Optical Materials, 2(12), 2476-2500.
  • Bossanyi DG, Matthiesen M, Jayaprakash R, Bhattacharya S, Zaumseil J & Clark J (2024) . Faraday Discussions, 250, 162-180.
  • Sutherland GA, Pidgeon JP, Lee HKH, Proctor MS, Hitchcock A, Wang S, Chekulaev D, Tsoi WC, Johnson MP, Hunter CN & Clark J (2023) . The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 14(26), 6135-6142.
  • Bossanyi DG, Matthiesen M, Wang S, Smith JA, Kilbride RC, Shipp JD, Chekulaev D, Holland E, Anthony JE, Zaumseil J , Musser AJ et al (2023) . Nature Chemistry, 15(7), 1040-1040.
  • Sasitharan K, Kilbride RC, Spooner ELK, Clark J, Iraqi A, Lidzey DG & Foster JA (2022) . Advanced Science, 9(21).
  • Bossanyi DG, Sasaki Y, Wang S, Chekulaev D, Kimizuka N, Yanai N & Clark J (2022) . Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 10(12), 4684-4696.
  • Bossanyi DG, Sasaki Y, Wang S, Chekulaev D, Kimizuka N, Yanai N & Clark J (2021) . JACS Au, 1(12), 2188-2201.
  • Bossanyi DG, Matthiesen M, Wang S, Smith JA, Kilbride RC, Shipp JD, Chekulaev D, Holland E, Anthony JE, Zaumseil J , Musser AJ et al (2021) . Nature Chemistry, 13(2), 163-171.
  • Sutherland GA, Polak D, Swainsbury DJK, Wang S, Spano FC, Auman DB, Bossanyi DG, Pidgeon JP, Hitchcock A, Musser AJ , Anthony JE et al (2020) . Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142(32), 13898-13907.
  • Sasitharan K, Bossanyi DG, Vaenas N, Parnell AJ, Clark J, Iraqi A, Lidzey DG & Foster JA (2020) . Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 8(12), 6067-6075.
  • Polak D, Jayaprakash R, Leventis A, Fallon KJ, Coulthard H, Petty II AJ, Anthony J, Bronstein H, Lidzey DG, Clark J & Musser AJ (2020) . Chemical Science, 11(2), 343-354.
  • Jayaprakash R, Georgiou K, Coulthard H, Askitopoulos A, Rajendran SK, Coles DM, Musser AJ, Clark J, Samuel IDW, Turnbull GA , Lagoudakis PG et al (2019) . Light: Science & Applications, 8(1).
  • Musser AJ, Al-Hashimi M, Heeney M & Clark J (2019) . The Journal of Chemical Physics, 151(4).
  • Musser AJ & Clark J (2019) . Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, 70(1), 323-351.
  • Grant RT, Jayaprakash R, Coles DM, Musser A, Liberato SDE, Samuel IDW, Turnbull GA, Clark J & Lidzey DG (2018) . Optics Express, 26(3), 3320-3327.
  • Yong CK, Musser AJ, Bayliss SL, Lukman S, Tamura H, Bubnova O, Hallani RK, Meneau A, Resel R, Maruyama M , Hotta S et al (2017) . Nature Communications, 8(1).
  • Musser AJ, Rajendran SK, Georgiou K, Gai L, Grant RT, Shen Z, Cavazzini M, Ruseckas A, Turnbull GA, Samuel IDW , Clark J et al (2017) . Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 33(2017), 8380-8389.
  • Grant RT, Michetti P, Musser AJ, Gregoire P, Virgili T, Vella E, Cavazzini M, Georgiou K, Galeotti F, Clark C , Clark J et al (2016) . Advanced Optical Materials.
  • Grant RT, Michetti P, Musser AJ, Gregoire P, Virgili T, Vella E, Cavazzini M, Georgiou K, Galeotti F, Clark C , Clark J et al (2016) . Advanced Optical Materials, 4(10), 1614-1614.
  • Musser AJ, Maiuri M, Brida D, Cerullo G, Friend RH & Clark J (2015) . Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137(15), 5130-5139.
  • Tahir M, Sayyad MH, Clark J, Wahab F, Aziz F, Shahid M, Munawar MA & Chaudry JA (2014) . Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 192, 565-571.
  • Poletayev AD, Clark J, Wilson MWB, Rao A, Makino Y, Hotta S & Friend RH (2014) . Advanced Materials, 26(6), 919-924.
  • Gelinas S, Rao A, Kumar A, Smith SL, Chin AW, Clark J, van der Poll TS, Bazan GC & Friend RH (2014) . Science, 343(6170), 512-516.
  • Wilson MWB, Rao A, Johnson K, Gélinas S, di Pietro R, Clark J & Friend RH (2013) . Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(44), 16680-16688.
  • Musser AJ, Al-Hashimi M, Maiuri M, Brida D, Heeney M, Cerullo G, Friend RH & Clark J (2013) . Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(34), 12747-12754.
  • Johnson K, Huang Y-S, Huettner S, Sommer M, Brinkmann M, Mulherin R, Niedzialek D, Beljonne D, Clark J, Huck WTS & Friend RH (2013) . Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(13), 5074-5083.
  • Clark J, Nelson T, Tretiak S, Cirmi G & Lanzani G (2012) . Nature Physics, 8(3), 225-231.
  • Lim G-K, Chen Z-L, Clark J, Goh RGS, Ng W-H, Tan H-W, Friend RH, Ho PKH & Chua L-L (2011) . Nature Photonics, 5(9), 554-560.
  • Wilson MWB, Rao A, Clark J, Kumar RSS, Brida D, Cerullo G & Friend RH (2011) . Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133(31), 11830-11833.
  • Scotognella F, Puzzo DP, Zavelani-Rossi M, Clark J, Sebastian M, Ozin GA & Lanzani G (2011) . Chemistry of Materials, 23(3), 805-809.
  • Charas A, Mendonça AL, Clark J, Bazzana L, Nocivelli A, Lanzani G & Morgado J (2011) . Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 49(1), 52-61.
  • Clark J & Lanzani G (2010) . Nature Photonics, 4(7), 438-446.
  • Charas A, Mendonça AL, Clark J, Cabanillas-Gonzalez J, Bazzana L, Nocivelli A, Lanzani G & Morgado J (2010) . Frontiers of Optoelectronics in China, 3(1), 45-53.
  • Chaitanya Vishnubhatla K, Clark J, Lanzani G, Ramponi R, Osellame R & Virgili T (2009) . Applied Optics, 48(31), G114-G114.
  • Clark J, Chang J-F, Spano FC, Friend RH & Silva C (2009) . Applied Physics Letters, 94(16).
  • Spano FC, Clark J, Silva C & Friend RH (2009) . The Journal of Chemical Physics, 130(7).
  • Vishnubhatla KC, Clark J, Lanzani G, Ramponi R, Osellame R & Virgili T (2009) . Applied Physics Letters, 94(4).
  • Clark J, Archer R, Redding T, Foden C, Tant J, Geerts Y, Friend RH & Silva C (2008) . Journal of Applied Physics, 103(12).
  • Bazzana L (2008) . Journal of Nanophotonics, 2(1), 023504-023504.
  • Wang S, Sutherland GA, Pidgeon JP, Å mitran M, Swainsbury DJK, Martin EC, Vasilev C, Hitchcock A, Gillard DJ, Kumar Venkatraman R , Chekulaev D et al () . Nature Chemistry.
  • Morey-Burrows FS, Yang T, Ahern W, Baker D, Hitchcock A, Leggett GJ, Clark J, Leney AC & Hunter CN () . Biochemistry.
  • Grüne J, Montanaro S, Bradbury TW, Sharma A, Dowland S, Gillett AJ, Gorgon S, Millington O, Myers WK, Behrends J , Clark J et al () . Nature Communications, 17(1).
  • Johnson EC, Bates D, Yang T, Gregory K, West J, Hammond DB, Pidgeon JP, Clark J, Williams NH, Hunter CN , Armes SP et al () . Chemical Science.
  • Aitchison CM, Albrecht K, Awaga K, Bergmann K, Calbo J, Cameron J, Clark J, Collins M, Data P, dos Santos P , Fujigaya T et al () . Faraday Discussions, 250, 298-334.
  • Bossanyi DG, Sasaki Y, Wang S, Chekulaev D, Kimizuka N, Yanai N & Clark J () . Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 12(47), 19307-19307.
  • Polak DW, Andrews I, Farrow G, Musser AJ, Auty A, Chekulaev D, Weinstein JA, Heeney M & Clark J () . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25(16), 11205-11215.
  • Virgili T, Clark J, Cabanillas-Gonzalez J, Bazzana L, Vishnubhatla KC, Osellame R, Ramponi R & Lanzani G () . J. Mater. Chem., 20(3), 519-523.
  • Clark J, Silva C, Friend RH & Spano FC () . Physical Review Letters, 98(20).
  • Chang J-F, Clark J, Zhao N, Sirringhaus H, Breiby DW, Andreasen JW, Nielsen MM, Giles M, Heeney M & McCulloch I () . Physical Review B, 74(11).

Book chapters

  • Clark J, Cabanillas-Gonzalez J, Virgili T, Bazzana L & Lanzani G (2009) , Springer Series in Chemical Physics (pp. 463-465). Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Conference proceedings

  • Polak D, Coulthard H, Jayaprakash R, Fallon K, Leventis A, Bronstein H, Anthony J, Lidzey DG, Clark J & Musser A (2018) . Physical Chemistry of Semiconductor Materials and Interfaces XVII (pp 28-28), 19 August 2018 - 23 August 2018.
  • Gelinas S, Rao A, Kumar A, Smith SL, Chin AW, Clark J, van der Poll TS, Bazan GC & Friend RH (2014) . 19th International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena (pp 07.Mon.C.7-07.Mon.C.7), 2014.
  • Luísa Mendonça A, Charas A, Clark J, Bazzana L, Nocivelli A, Lanzani G & Morgado J (2011) . SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 8001 (pp 800147-800147)
  • Sauter W, Kaldor S, Clark J, Laforte S, McCarthy C, Restaino D, Casey J & Questad D (2011) . 2011 IEEE 61st Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC) (pp 509-516), 31 May 2011 - 3 June 2011.
  • Grancini G, Polli D, Clark J, Virgili T, Cerullo G & Lanzani G (2010) . MRS Proceedings, Vol. 1270
  • Polli D, Grancini G, Clark J, Celebrano M, Virgili T, Cerullo G & Lanzani G (2010) . Advanced Materials, Vol. 22(28) (pp 3048-3051)
  • Carlson A, Bachiraju P, Clark J & Trost D (2010) . SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 7638 (pp 763818-763818)
  • Polli D, Grancini G, Virgili T, Clark J, Celebrano M, Lanzani G & Cerullo G (2010) . International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena (pp FA3-FA3), 2010.
  • Vishnubhatla KC, Crespi A, Bellini N, Clark J, Lanzani G, Ramponi R, Osellame R & Virgili T (2009) . 2009 International Symposium on Optomechatronic Technologies (pp 414-418), 21 September 2009 - 23 September 2009.
  • Vishnubhatla KC, Clark J, Osellame R, Lanzani G, Virgili T & Ramponi R (2009) . 2009 3rd ICTON Mediterranean Winter Conference (ICTON-MW) (pp 1-1), 10 December 2009 - 12 December 2009.
  • Polli D, Clark J, Celebrano M, Grancini G, Lanzani G & Cerullo G (2009) . CLEO/Europe - EQEC 2009 - European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the European Quantum Electronics Conference (pp 1-1), 14 June 2009 - 19 June 2009.
  • Vishnubhatla KC, Clark J, Lanzani G, Ramponi R, Osellame R & Virgili T (2009) . CLEO/Europe - EQEC 2009 - European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the European Quantum Electronics Conference (pp 1-1), 14 June 2009 - 19 June 2009.
  • Polli D, Celebrano M, Clark J, Grancini G, Virgili T, Lanzani G & Cerullo G (2009) (pp 161-165)
  • Polli D, Clark J, Celebrano M, Grancini G, Lanzani G & Cerullo G (2009) . Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/International Quantum Electronics Conference (pp CME3-CME3), 2009.
  • Polli D, Clark J, Celebrano M, Grancini G, Lanzani G & Cerullo G (2009) Ultrafast confocal microscope for time-resolved imaging of thin films. Optics Infobase Conference Papers
  • Vishnubhatla KC, Clark J, Lanzani G, Ramponi R, Osellame R & Virgili T (2009) Microfluidic channels fabricated by femtosecond laser irradiation and chemical etching for optofluidic devices. Optics Infobase Conference Papers
  • Vishnubhatla KC, Crespi A, Bellini N, Clark J, Lanzani G, Ramponi R, Osellame R & Virgili T (2009) Organic optofluidic devices produced by femtosecond laser micromachining. ISOT: 2009 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON OPTOMECHATRONIC TECHNOLOGIES (pp 404-408)
  • Morgado J, Mendonça AL, Charas A, Clark J, Lanzani G, Bazzana L & Nocivelli A (2008) . SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 6999 (pp 69990M-69990M)
  • Lanzani G, Clark J, Virgili T & Cabanillas-Gonzales J (2008) . Frontiers in Optics 2008/Laser Science XXIV/Plasmonics and Metamaterials/Optical Fabrication and Testing (pp LWC2-LWC2), 2008.
  • Lanzani G, Clark J, Virgili T & Cabanillas-Gonzales J (2008) Ultrafast photonics in polymers. Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
  • Virgili T, Cabanillas-Gonzalez J, Mroz M, Clark J & Lanzani G (2007) Ultrafast resonant optical switching in organic materials doped in matrix. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 1003 (pp 142-146)
  • Oliver R & Clark J () . Proceedings of the MATSUS Fall 2023 Conference, 16 October 2023 - 20 October 2023.

Datasets

  • Bossanyi D, Matthiesen M, Wang S, Smith J, Kilbride R, Shipp J, Chekulaev D, Holland E, Anthony JE, Musser A & Clark J .
  • Bossanyi D, Sasaki Y, Wang S, Chekulaev D, Kimizuka N, Yanai N & Clark J .
  • Bossanyi D, Sasaki Y, Wang S, Chekulaev D, Kimizuka N, Yanai N & Clark J .
  • Sutherland G, Pidgeon J, Lee HKH, Proctor M, Hitchcock A, Wang S, Chekulaev D, Tsoi WC, Johnson M, Hunter C & Clark J .
  • Polak D, Andrews IB, Salvadori E, Musser A, Auty A, Chekulaev D, Weinstein J, Heeney M & Clark J .
  • Leggett G, Johnson E, Bates D, Yang T, Gregory K, West J, Pidgeon J, Clark J, Williams N, Hunter C & Armes S .
  • Wang S, Sutherland G, Pidgeon J, Smitran M, Swainsbury D, Martin E, Vasilev C, Hitchcock A, Gillard D, Venkatraman RK , Chekulaev D et al .

Preprints

  • Wang S, Sutherland GA, Pidgeon JP, Swainsbury DJK, Martin EC, Vasilev C, Hitchcock A, Gillard DJ, Venkatraman RK, Chekulaev D , Tartakovskii AI et al (2024) , arXiv.
  • Pidgeon JP, Sutherland GA, Proctor MS, Wang S, Chekulaev D, Bhattacharya S, Jayaprakash R, Hitchcock A, Venkatraman RK, Johnson MP , Hunter CN et al (2024) , arXiv.
  • Ishii W, Fuki M, M Bu Ali E, Sato S, Parmar B, Yamauchi A, Helenna Mulyadi C, Uji M, Medina Rivero S, Watanabe G , Clark J et al (2024) , American Chemical Society (ACS).
  • Sutherland GA, Pidgeon JP, Lee HKH, Proctor MS, Hitchcock A, Wang S, Chekulaev D, Tsoi WC, Johnson MP, Hunter CN & Clark J (2022) , arXiv.
  • Bossanyi D, Sasaki Y, Chekulaev D, Kimizuka N, Yanai N & Clark J (2021) , American Chemical Society (ACS).
  • Polak DW, Musser AJ, Sutherland GA, Auty A, Branchi F, Dzurnak B, Chidgey J, Cerullo G, Hunter CN & Clark J (2019) Band-edge Excitation of Carotenoids Removes S* Revealing Triplet-pair Contributions to the S1 Absorption Spectrum.
  • Polak D, Jayaprakash R, Leventis A, Fallon KJ, Coulthard H, Petty AJ, Anthony J, Bronstein H, Lidzey DG, Clark J & Musser AJ (2018) , arXiv.
Research group

Links

Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy Laboratory