Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research overview
Graham Turnbull’s research interests are focused on photonic applications of soft materials, including organic semiconductors, plastic lasers, chemical sensing and nanophotonics.
Current research activities include the development of miniature organic and perovskite lasers, explosive vapour sensors, nanoimprint lithography , hybrid optoelectronics, photophysics of organic semiconductors, visible light data communications, and strong coupling in organic materials.
- Postdoctoral positions available - noe currently available
- Applications for PhD projects
Admin & Teaching
- Head of School (2015-2019)
Collaborative Research Projects
- Hybrid Polaritonics
- Bees for Explosives Detection: NATO SPS project in humanitarian demining
- Super Receivers for VLC
past projects
External positions
- Chair of the St Andrews Physics Trust
Industrial relevance
optical sensors for chemical detection
Smart lighting technologies for data communications and photosynthesis
Organic semiconductor optoelectronic devices
nanoimprint lithography
technologies for security marking
Academic/Professional Qualification
MSci Hons University of St Andrews (1995)
PhD University of St Andrews (1999)
Senior Member of the IEEE (2010)
Fellow of the Institute of Physics (2019)
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Organic semiconductor lasers
Samuel, I. D. W. & Turnbull, G. A., Apr 2007, In: Chemical Reviews. 107, p. 1272-1295 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How to recognize lasing
Samuel, I. D. W., Namdas, E. B. & Turnbull, G. A., Oct 2009, In: Nature Photonics. 3, 10, p. 546-549 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
199 Citations (Scopus) -
Hybrid optoelectronics: A polymer laser pumped by a nitride light-emitting diode
Yang, Y., Turnbull, G. A. & Samuel, I. D. W., 21 Apr 2008, In: Applied Physics Letters. 92, 16, 3 p., 163306.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
189 Citations (Scopus) -
Preconcentration techniques for trace explosive sensing
Gillanders, R. N., Glackin, J. M. E., Filipi, J., Kezic, N., Samuel, I. D. W. & Turnbull, G. A., Mar 2019, In: Science of the Total Environment. 658, p. 650-658Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile9 Citations (Scopus) -
Flexible and ultra-lightweight polymer membrane lasers
Karl, M., Glackin, J. M. E., Schubert, M., Kronenberg, N. M., Turnbull, G. A., Samuel, I. D. W. & Gather, M. C., 1 May 2018, In: Nature Communications. 9, 7 p., 1525.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile74 Citations (Scopus)
Datasets
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Optically trapped room temperature polariton condensate in an organic semiconductor (dataset)
Wei, M. (Creator), Verstraelen, W. (Creator), Orfanakis, K. (Creator), Ruseckas, A. (Creator), Liew, T. (Creator), Samuel, I. D. W. (Creator), Turnbull, G. (Creator) & Ohadi, H. (Creator), University of St Andrews, 22 Nov 2022
DOI: 10.17630/46b1551a-f39c-47cf-b16d-44d84350bea4
Dataset
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Room Temperature Polariton Lasing in Ladder-type Oligo(p-phenylene)s with Different π-conjugation Lengths (dataset)
Wei, M. (Creator), Rajendran, S. K. (Creator), Fang, M. (Creator), Lai, W. (Creator), Turnbull, G. (Creator) & Samuel, I. D. W. (Creator), University of St Andrews, 13 Jan 2021
DOI: 10.17630/7bd2b281-2ae9-4de8-a091-4f409cbe7cb1
Dataset
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Biomonitoring for wide area surveying in landmine detection using honeybees and optical sensing (dataset)
Gillanders, R. (Creator), Turnbull, G. (Creator) & Glackin, J. M. E. (Creator), Elsevier, 18 Jan 2021
DOI: 10.17630/bf7a117d-9e9f-419f-855c-add2b1e10449
Dataset
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Ormosil-Coated Conjugated Polymers for the Detection of Explosives in Aqueous Environments (dataset)
Gillanders, R. (Creator), Campbell, I. A. (Creator), Glackin, J. M. E. (Creator), Samuel, I. D. W. (Creator) & Turnbull, G. (Creator), University of St Andrews, 1 Dec 2017
DOI: 10.17630/3875a099-bb75-4ae1-82e5-0b98b6b7ebc6
Dataset
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Primary data for the fast-red polymer (BBEHBO-PPV)
Vithanage, C. D. A. (Creator), Rajbhandari, S. (Creator), Manousiadis, P. (Contributor), Sajjad, M. T. (Contributor), Chun, H. (Contributor), Kanibolotsky, A. (Creator), Faulkner, G. (Contributor), O'Brien, D. (Contributor), Skabara, P. (Creator), Samuel, I. D. W. (Creator) & Turnbull, G. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 7 Oct 2016
DOI: 10.15129/d8fbd4d0-a6f1-493c-abae-95ff2b54fede
Dataset
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Biological Method for Explosive Detect: Biological Method (Bees) for Explosive Detection
3/11/17 → 2/11/20
Project: Standard
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Super receivers for visible light: Super Receivers for Visible Light Communications
Turnbull, G. & Samuel, I. D. W.
1/08/17 → 31/07/20
Project: Standard
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Hybrid Polaritonics: Hybrid Polaritonics
Samuel, I. D. W., Höfling, S., Keeling, J. M. J. & Turnbull, G.
1/09/15 → 31/08/20
Project: Standard
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CDT Applied Photonics with Heriot Watt: Heriot-Watt led Applied Photonics Centre for Doctoral Training
1/09/14 → 28/02/23
Project: Standard
Activities
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Visit by John Phair, CTO of Pyreos
Peter Wahl (Participant), Graham Alexander Turnbull (Participant) & John Thomas Sirr Irvine (Participant)
5 Oct 2016Activity: Consultancy types › Other external non-academic engagement
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Organic Semiconductor Light Sources for visible light communications, EOS Annual Meeting, Berlin
Graham A. Turnbull (Invited speaker)
Sept 2014Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Organic semiconductor colour convertors for high speed visible light communication , Photon 14, London
Graham A. Turnbull (Invited speaker)
Sept 2014Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Diode-pumped polymer lasers:photophysics of long pulse operation, SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego
Graham A. Turnbull (Invited speaker)
Aug 2014Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Organic Optoelectronic Sensors for Security and Medical Applications, SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego
Graham A. Turnbull (Invited speaker)
Aug 2014Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Prizes
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Fellow of the Institute of Physics
Turnbull, Graham (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Election to learned society
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Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland Research Scholar,
Turnbull, Graham (Recipient), 1995
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Press/Media
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Detecting Explosives
Ross Gillanders & Graham A. Turnbull
3/03/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Relating to Research
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Re: Tiere als Helfer Im Einsatz für den Menschen
Ross Gillanders & Graham A. Turnbull
12/12/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Relating to Research
Impacts
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An Optical Sensor Platform for Detection of Explosive Remnants of War
Graham Turnbull (Participant) & Ross Gillanders (Participant)
Impact: Economic, Commercial Impact, Health and Welfare Impact