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standrewsosc.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social · 2d

Last week's group coffee saw us welcoming two new members to the group, Masato Kato for his PhD and Dr Buddhika Karunathilaka as a Postdoctoral Fellow. Masato brought some green tea chocolates for everyone to enjoy!

standrewsosc.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social · 2d

This week we are very happy to welcome Dr Buddhika Karunathilaka to the group. He will be supervised by Prof Ifor Samuel and Prof Graham Turnbull, and his research will focus on developing organic lasers that operate under continuous-wave (CW) conditions.

standrewsosc.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social · 7d

This week we are pleased to welcome Masato Kato to the group. His PhD, supervised by Dr Jean-Charles Ribierre and Prof Ifor Samuel, will focus on researching Organic Hyperbolic Metamaterials for optoelectronic applications.

Left to right: Prof Ifor Samuel, Masato Kato, Dr Jean-Charles Ribierre

standrewsosc.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social · 9d

Ifor attended the Optical Probes meeting in Fukuoka last week and gave an invited talk. Also attending were four former OSC members who now lead their own research groups (Prof John Lupton, Prof P. Rajamalli, Dr Gordon Hedley and Prof Paloma dos Santos).

Ifor presenting at the Optical probes conference

Ifor with former OSC member Gordon Hedley and his former student Nicola FairBairn

standrewsosc.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social · 28d

This week we are pleased to welcome Yamini Sharma to the group. She is visiting us from the IPCMS in Strasbourg. During her one month stay she will be researching the photophysics of TADF materials.

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standrewsosc.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social · Aug 29

Today is international day in the school of Physics and Astronomy. It is a great opportunity to celebrate the diversity in the OSC that helps make our research world class.

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standrewsosc.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social · Aug 28

Congratulations to the authors of the paper “OLED illuminated metasurfaces for holographic image projection” which has just been published with Light: Science & Applications. DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s413...

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standrewsosc.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social · Aug 5

We are happy to welcome Chico Paulics Bresler to the group for his PhD on the HISOPE project, researching fast organic optoelectronic materials and devices. He is jointly supervised by Prof Ifor Samuel and Prof Graham Turnbull.

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EZ-C Group @ezc-group.bsky.social · Jun 12

Congratulations to Jingxiang, Dongyang, & Yan for their paper accepted in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social ,(doi.org/10.1002/anie...) work in collab with Ifor Samuel's group and @jeannecrassousiscr.bsky.social ⚗️🧪@standrewschem.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social #TADFSolutions

EZ-C Group @ezc-group.bsky.social · Mar 31

Check out our latest in @chemrxiv.bsky.social (doi.org/10.26434/che...) showcasing helically chiral N/C=O #mrtadf emitters and high-performance #oleds. Work in collaboration with the groups of Jeanne Crassous & Ifor Samuel. @st-andrewschem.bsky.social

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standrewsosc.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social · Jul 30

This week we are pleased to welcome Shintaro Kohata to the group. He is visiting us from the Adachi lab at Kyushu University. During his two month stay he will be investigating photophysics in novel TADF systems.

standrewsosc.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social · Jul 25

Today we celebrated Ifor's birthday with some cake and pastries. Happy birthday Ifor, we hope you enjoy the presents!

The group, sat around the table, celebrating Ifor's birthday!

standrewsosc.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social · Jul 24

Last month, Aswin attended the Algal BBB conference in Arizona, US. He gave a talk on 'Unlocking the optimal wavelength for different growth phases for Arthrospira platensis in a cylindrical airlift photobioreactor'.

standrewsosc.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social · Jul 11

Congratulations to Liam, Kou, and our collaborators at the University of Cambridge, led by Harald Haas for the paper "Visible light communication using thermally activated delayed fluorescent OLEDs". DOI: lnkd.in/er_6ZuiQ

standrewsosc.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social · Jul 10

Recently Sagarika attended the International Meeting on Chemical sensors in Freiburg, Germany where she presented some of her recent work.

standrewsosc.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social · Jun 23

Working with the team of Prof Harald Haas we have demonstrated a record communication rate in OLEDs. The new paper "High-speed organic light-emitting diodes based on dinaphthylperylene achieving 4-Gbps communication" published with Advanced Photonics. DOI: doi.org/10.1117/1.AP...

standrewsosc.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social · Jun 20

This week Ifor gave presented work on high brightness OLEDs and lasers at the Excited State Processes conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Former group member Prof John Lupton spoke directly after him.

standrewsosc.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social · Jun 19

Yesterday OSC members had the opportunity to attend an excellent seminar "Digital Discovery for Organic Electronics" by Prof. Alessandro Troisi where he was presented with his RSC Tilden Prize for Chemistry medal. @ezc-group.bsky.social

Prof Troisi (left) shaking hands with Prof O'Hagan (right) after receiving the RSC Tilden Prize for Chemistry medal.

OSC members having Coffee with Prof Troisi. Front to back - left: Edward, Arvydas, Prof Troisi, Eglė. Front to back - right: Maddie, Saban, Michele.

standrewsosc.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social · May 29

We are pleased to announce that our paper "Enabling the Next-Generation Network of Networks" has now been published with IEEE. We have worked closely on this with Prof Harald Haas and his team at the LiFi Research and Development Centre at the University of Cambridge. DOI: doi.org/10.1109/MVT....

A picture of a city skyline with a representation of a network connecting different places.

standrewsosc.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social · May 20

Last week, Kou attended the SID Display Week 2025 and gave an invited talk on our work on electrically driven organic lasers.

It was an exciting opportunity to learn about the latest developments in OLED research from both academic and industry researchers.
Photos courtesy of Mr. Shintaro Nomura.

standrewsosc.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social · May 9

Ifor, Kou and Graham are visiting the National Taiwan University to discuss joint research and Ifor presented some of the latest work of the OSC.

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standrewsosc.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social · Apr 28

DOI: doi.org/10.1002/anie...
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standrewsosc.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social · Apr 28

Congratulations to the authors of "Merging Boron and Carbonyl based MR-TADF Emitter Designs to Achieve High Performance Pure Blue OLEDs". The paper ranked within the top 10% of most-viewed papers published by @wiley.com @angewandtechemie.bsky.social International Edition in 2023. #TopViewedArticle

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EZ-C Group @ezc-group.bsky.social · Jan 23

🥳Congrats to Abhi for his paper accepted in @jmaterchem.bsky.social (JMCC) on red-to-NIR donor-acceptor #tadf emitters and #oleds. @standrewschem.bsky.social

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EZ-C Group @ezc-group.bsky.social · Dec 13

Finally, after more than 4 years of work, our review on #tadf materials is out!!!. The Golden Age of Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials: Design and Exploitation | Chemical Reviews pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/.... @StAndrewsChem @StAndrewsOsc @chemguyeli.bsky.social

The Golden Age of Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials: Design and Exploitation

Since the seminal report by Adachi and co-workers in 2012, there has been a veritable explosion of interest in the design of thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) compounds, particularly as ...

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standrewsosc.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social · Apr 25

Shoutout to our Angstrom evaporator users and cleanroom techs for teaming up on a quick, thorough glove box clean!
Awesome work — efficient, collaborative, and spotless!

Cleanroom users dressed in their white PPE suits. Behind them are the fume hoods.

Cleanroom users dressed in their white PPE suits. One user is carrying a window to attach to the glovebox.

Cleanroom users dressed in their white PPE suits. They are replacing the glovebox window.

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