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Prof. Sir Richard Friend Polymer semiconductors, Fastlab Characterisation of conjugated materials and devices; ultrafast (transient) absorption, photoconductivity and luminescence in organic semiconductor materials and proteins
Dr. Howard Hughes Nanostructures Computational studies of nano-structured low-dimensional metallic and semiconductor systems.
Dr. Neil Greenham Nanocrystals Characterisation of novel semiconductor materials, blends and devices
Dr. Chris McNeill Structure/Function Relationships Device physics and film structure, with particular reference to polymer solar cells
Prof. Henning Sirringhaus Field effect transistors (FETs) Functional electronic circuits from inkjet-printed semiconductor solutions; optical characterisation; scanning probe characterisation

The Optoelectronics Group was formed in 1993 when four members of the Physics and Chemistry of Solids Group decided to operate as a separate entity, with the common thread of opto-electronic properties of materials as the link between their activities. There is a strong element of collaboration within the group, but the different staff members follow their own interests within the broad areas summarised above.

The head of the group is currently Prof. Henning Sirringhaus.

For collaborations see the links page. You can find some old project pages here.