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Hatef Sadeghi

Hatef Sadeghi is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Hatef Sadeghi rather than just read about it. In short: Hatef Sadeghi is Professor of Quantum Engineering, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow (UKRI FLF) and Head of Device Modelling Group in the School of Engineering at the University of Warwick. He is known for his work in theory of molecular electronics and quantum, phonon and spin interference for quantum energy conversion.

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Reference excerpt

Hatef Sadeghi is Professor of Quantum Engineering, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow (UKRI FLF) and Head of Device Modelling Group in the School of Engineering at the University of Warwick. He is known for his work in theory of molecular electronics and quantum, phonon and spin interference for quantum energy conversion.

Education Sadeghi earned his PhD in Physics (Nanoelectronics) from Lancaster University, where he received the best student award in 2015.

Career and research He obtained his PhD in Physics - Nanoelectronics from Lancaster University in 2016 and appointed as a Senior Research Associate at Lancaster University. He then was awarded a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship in 2017 and a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship in 2019 and in 2023 to exploit quantum and phonon interference in molecular-scale thermoelectric materials for energy harvesting and biosensing. He joined the School of Engineering at the University of Warwick in September 2019 as an assistant professor, was promoted to associate professor in 2021, and to Full Professor and Chair of Quantum Engineering and Device Modelling in 2023. His main research area is the theory of quantum engineering of advanced quantum materials and devices, and he has played a foundational role in the development of innovative strategies for demonstrating, controlling, and exploiting quantum, spin, and phonon interference for applications in quantum energy conversion, quantum sensing, and quantum computing. He develops fundamental ideas and theories, and is proactive in designing experiments for their implementation in the laboratory. He currently collaborates with several internationally recognised experimental groups and industries in the UK, EU, USA, and Asia. He has published more than 150 peer-reviewed papers, some of which are in top journals such as Nature, Nature Materials, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Electronics, Nano Letters, PNAS, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nature Communications, ACS Nano, Advanced Functional Materials, Science Advances, and Angewandte Chemie.

Selected publications Sibug-Torres, SM; Niihori, M.; Wyatt, E.; Arul, R.; Spiesshofer, N.; Jones, T.; Graham, D.; de Nijs, B.; Scherman, O. A.; Rao, R. R.; Ryan, M. P.; Squires, A.; Savory, C. N.; Scanlon, D. O.; Daaoub, A. H. S.; Sangtarash, S.; Sadeghi, Hatef; Baumberg, J. J. (2025). "Transient Au–Cl adlayers modulate the surface chemistry of gold nanoparticles during redox reactions". Nature Chemistry. doi:10.1038/s41557-025-01989-4. Zheng, L.; Farahani, E. N.; Daaoub, A. H. S.; Sangtarash, S.; Sadeghi, Hatef (2025). "Rules of connectivity-dependent phonon interference in molecular junctions". Nano Letters. 25 (16): 6524–6529. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c00225. Bar-David, J.; Daaoub, A.; Chen, S.; Sibug-Torres, S. M.; Rocchetti, S.; Kang, G.; Davidson, R. J.; Salthouse, R. J.; Guo, C.; Mueller, N. S.; Sangtarash, S.; Bryce, M. R.; Sadeghi, Hatef; Baumberg, J. J. (2025). "Electronically perturbed vibrational excitations of the luminescing stable Blatter radical". ACS Nano. 19 (18): 7650–7660. doi:10.1021/acsnano.4c09661. Sil, A.; Hamilton, L.; Morris, J. M. F.; Daaoub, A. H. S.; Burrows, J. H. H.; Robertson, C. M.; Luzyanin, K.; Higgins, S. J.; Sadeghi, Hatef; Nichols, R. J.; Sangtarash, S.; Vezzoli, A. (2024). "Zero-bias anti-ohmic behaviour in diradicaloid molecular wires". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. doi:10.1002/anie.202410304. Qiao, A. X.; Sil, A.; Sangtarash, S.; Smith, S.; Wu, C.; Robertson, C. M.; Nichols, R. J.; Higgins, S. J.; Sadeghi, Hatef; Vezzoli, A. (2024). "Nuclear magnetic resonance chemical shift as a probe for single-molecule charge transport". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. doi:10.1002/anie.202402413. He, P.; Daaoub, A.; Sangtarash, S.; Sadeghi, Hatef; Yoon, H. J. (2024). "Thermopower in underpotential deposition based molecular junctions". Nano Letters. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c04438. Chelli, Y.; Sandhu, S.; Daaoub, A. H. S.; Sangtarash, S.; Sadeghi, Hatef (2023). "Controlling spin interference in single radical molecules". Nano Letters. 23 (9): 3748–3753. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c05068. Gao, T.; Daaoub, A.; Pan, Z.; Hu, Y.; Yuan, S.; Li, Y.; Dong, G.; Huang, R.; Liu, J.; Sangtarash, S.; Sadeghi, Hatef; Hong, W. (2023). "Supramolecular radical electronics". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145 (31): 17232–17241. doi:10.1021/jacs.3c04323. Chavez-Angel, E.; Tsipas, P.; Xiao, P.; Ahmadi, M.; Daaoub, A.; Sadeghi, Hatef; Sotomayor Torres, C.; Dimoulas, A.; El Sachat, A. (2023). "Engineering heat transport across epitaxial lattice-mismatched van der Waals heterointerfaces". Nano Letters. 23 (15): 6883–6891. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c01280. Xu, Xiaohong; Wang, Jing; Blankevoort, N.; Daaoub, A.; Sangtarash, S.; Shi, Jiawei; Fang, Chunhui; Yuan, Siyuan; Chen, L.; Liu, J.; Yang, Y.; Sadeghi, Hatef; Hong, Weihua (2022). "Scaling of quantum interference from single molecules to molecular cages and their monolayers". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119 (46) e2211786119. doi:10.1073/pnas.2211786119. Sadeghi, Hatef (2019). "Quantum and phonon interference enhanced molecular-scale thermoelectricity". The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 123 (20): 12556–12562. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b12538. Sadeghi, Hatef; Lambert, C. J. (2018). "Interference effects in charge transport through molecular junctions". Accounts of Chemical Research. 51 (9): 2158–2168. doi:10.1021/acs.accounts.8b00429. Mol, J. A.; Lau, C. S.; Lewis, W. J. M.; Sadeghi, H.; Roche, C.; Cnossen, A.; Warner, J. H.; Lambert, C. J.; Anderson, H. L.; Briggs, G. A. D. (2015). "Graphene–porphyrin single-molecule transistors". Nanoscale. 7 (31): 13181–13185. doi:10.1039/C5NR03294F.

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References

External links University of Warwick profile

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Hatef Sadeghi

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Hatef Sadeghi claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In physics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Hatef Sadeghi before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Hatef Sadeghi ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Hatef Sadeghi

In research: Hatef Sadeghi appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Hatef Sadeghi in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Hatef Sadeghi is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Academics of the University of Warwick, Alumni of Lancaster University, Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship recipients, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Hatef Sadeghi outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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