Dr. Mantas Šimėnas

Dr. Mantas Šimėnas

Phone: +370 523 34 537

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Institute of Applied Electrodynamics and Telecommunications (IAET)

Senior researcher, Associate professor

Electron paramagnetic resonance, hybrid materials, spin-based quantum materials, Monte Carlo simulations

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mantas-Simenas

1. M. Ptak, A. Sieradzki, M. Šimėnas, M. Maczka. Molecular spectroscopy of hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites and related compounds. Coord. Chem. Rev. 448, 214180 (2021).
2. K. H. Richardson, J. J. Wright, M. Šimėnas, J. Thiemann, W. K. Myers, G. McGuire, A. M. Esteves, J. J. L. Morton, M. Hippler, M. M. Nowaczyk, G. T. Hanke, M. M. Roessler. Functional basis of electron transport within photosynthetic complex I. Nat. Comm. 12, 5387 (2021).
3. A. Gonzalez-Nelson, S. Mula, M. Šimėnas, S. Balčiūnas, A. R. Altenhof, C. S. Vojvodin, S. Canossa, J. Banys, R. W. Schurko, F.-X. Coudert, M. A. van der Veen. Emergence of coupled rotor dynamics in metal–organic frameworks via tuned steric interactions. JACS 143, 12053 (2021).
4. M. Šimėnas, S. Balčiūnas, S. Svirskas, M. Kinka, M. Ptak, V. Kalendra, A. Gągor, D. Szewczyk, A. Sieradzki, R. Grigalaitis, A. Walsh, M. Mączka, J. Banys. Phase Diagram and Cation Dynamics of Mixed MA1-xFAxPbBr3 Hybrid Perovskites. Chem. Mater. 33, 5926 (2021).
5. M. Šimėnas, S. Balčiūnas, J. N. Wilson, S. Svirskas, M. Kinka, A. Garbaras, V. Kalendra, A. Gagor, A. Szewczyk, A. Sieradzki, M. Maczka, V. Samulionis, A. Walsh, R. Grigalaitis, J. Banys. Suppression of phase transitions and glass phase signatures in mixed cation halide perovskites. Nat. Comm. 11, 5103 (2020).
6. S. Svirskas, S. Balčiūnas, M. Šimėnas, G. Usevičius, M. Kinka, M. Velicka, D. Kubicki, M.E. Castillo, A. Karabanov, V.V. Shvartsman, M.R. Soares, V. Sablinskas, A.N. Salak, D.C. Lupascu, J. Banys. Phase transitions, screening and dielectric response of CsPbBr3. J. Mater. Chem. A 8, 14015 (2020).
7. M. Šimėnas, D. Klose, M. Ptak, K. Aidas, M. Mączka, J. Banys, A. Pöppl, G. Jeschke. Magnetic excitation and readout of methyl group tunnel coherence. Sci. Adv. 6, eaba1517 (2020).
8. M. Maczka, A. Gagor, J.K. Zareba, D. Stefanska, M. Drozd, S. Balčiūnas, M. Šimėnas, J. Banys, A. Sieradzki. Three-Dimensional Perovskite Methylhydrazinium Lead Chloride with Two Polar Phases and Unusual Second-Harmonic Generation Bistability above Room Temperature. Chem. Mater. 32, 4072 (2020).

Thermodynamics

“The best PhD thesis award” (Union of Lithuanian Young Scientists)

“Vilnius University Rector prize” for outstanding scientific performance

"The best young researcher and PhD student" (Lithuanian Academy of Sciences)