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Dr Sam Stranks selected in MIT's list of Innovators Under 35

3 October 2017

Dr Sam Stranks has been named by MIT Technology Review on a list of 35 European "Innovators under the age of thirty five". He works in the Optoelectronics Group in the Cavendish Laboratory on "Perovskites": new materials that show much promise for Light Emitting Diodes and Photovoltaic (Solar Cell) applications. https://...

OE 'Hub' administrators arrive

21 September 2017

Welcome to four new members of staff in the Department who will be giving administrative support to the Optoelectronics, Microelectronics and Nanophotonics groups (OE, ME and NP). They are Hub Lead: Jennie Nelson HR and Events Administrator: Janette Roberts Finance Administrator: William Mortimer Administrative Assistant...

Dr Akshay Rao wins IoP award

15 August 2017

Congratulations to Dr Akshay Rao , who has won the Henry Moseley Award and Prize (formerly the Boys Medal ) from the Institute of Physics "for groundbreaking studies in the electronic properties of organic semiconductors, particularly the roles of electron spin in the operation of solar cells". http://www.iop.org/about/...

Roger Beadle retires

29 April 2017

Roger Beadle has retired after 36 years at the Cavendish Laboratory - much of that time working as a technician in the Optoelectronics Group. Many members of the group will remember how he was able to help them with the practicalities of getting research done. At the OE group presentation, Professor Sir Richard Friend said...

A new class of bright and efficient OLEDs

3 April 2017

A team of scientists from OE have developed a new class of bright and efficient OLEDs using materials designed at the University of East Anglia, with quantum chemical calculations conducted at the University of Eastern Finland. Their paper, to be published in Science magazine, was selected for First Release, early online...

FlexEnable wins awards

22 November 2016

We are pleased to note that FlexEnable won two categories (Emerging Technology and Startup) in the recent IET Innovation Awards FlexEnable originated as a spinout company (originally, as 'Plastic Logic') from the Optoelectronics Group in 2000, and is developing flexible displays and sensors. http://www.flexenable.com/

New arrivals

28 September 2016

October is the traditional time of year to start in the OE group, and in 2016 we welcome 17 new arrivals - mostly Graduate Students. That's in addition to the 10 "postdocs", staff and visitors that came over the summer. They are listed in the OE Staff Directory on our new website - but note that we don't have pictures of...

Start of the Academic Year

13 September 2016

Michaelmas Term starts officially on Tuesday 3rd October, with lectures for undergraduates starting on Thursday 5th. Optoelectronics will have many new people starting, graduate students and postdocs: details will appear on the " OE Staff Directory " soon. We have updated our website so that we have the same style and...

New class of ultra-efficient organometallic phosphors discovered

6 June 2016

A new class of ultra-efficient organometallic phosphors was discovered through a collaboration with UEA and the University of Eastern Finland External link to paper. AS Romanov et al. Chemical Communications 52 (38), 6379-6382

World's first lead-free luminescent perovskite quantum dots synthesised

6 June 2016

World's first lead-free luminescent perovskite quantum dots synthesised. External link to paper. TC Jellicoe et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society 138 (9), 2941-2944

Dr Sam Stranks selected in MIT's list of Innovators Under 35

OE 'Hub' administrators arrive

Dr Akshay Rao wins IoP award

Roger Beadle retires

A new class of bright and efficient OLEDs

FlexEnable wins awards

New arrivals

Start of the Academic Year

New class of ultra-efficient organometallic phosphors discovered

World's first lead-free luminescent perovskite quantum dots synthesised

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