Research output per year
Research output per year
Prof
KY16 9SS
United Kingdom
Polymer optoelectronics.
Most polymers, or plastics, are electrical insulators. However there is one class of polymers, known as 'conjugated' polymers which can conduct electricity. These materials are semiconductors, and open new directions in optoelectronics. They combine novel semiconducting electronic properties with the processing flexibility of polymers. When a voltage is applied to them, they emit light, providing an important new display technology that could give flat and even flexible displays. Semiconducting polymers can be used to make field effect transistors, solar cells, and even lasers. In the polymer optoelectronics group we seek to understand the physics of these remarkable materials and devices, with the aim of improving them. The research has both fundamental and applied aspects, and the main activities are: - optical amplifiers - wavelength scale microstructure - new materials - charge transport in LEDs - understanding the light emission process
I am also researching fluorescence and its applications in medicine and biology.
For further information, see the Organic Semiconductor Centre and the Polymer Optoelectronics group website.
field effect transistors; solar cells; lasers; broad-band optical amplifers; fluorescence measurements
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):
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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
Wei, M. (Creator), Rajendran, S. K. (Creator), Fang, M. (Creator), Lai, W.-Y. (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
Diesing, S. (Creator), Samuel, I. D. W. (Supervisor) & Zysman-Colman, E. (Supervisor), University of St Andrews, 9 Oct 3025
DOI: 10.17630/5a006c14-47f8-4309-81ab-ddc2fd25191f, https://doi.org/10.17630/sta/635
Dataset: Thesis dataset
Ruseckas, A. (Creator), Matheson, A. B. (Creator), Pearson, S. J. (Creator) & Samuel, I. D. W. (Creator), University of St Andrews, 27 Feb 2019
DOI: 10.17630/ca6397c2-16f4-4329-a1e5-5cd7832f68ce, https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2019/MH/C8MH01204K
Dataset
Gillanders, R. (Creator), Campbell, I. A. (Creator), Glackin, J. M. E. (Creator), Samuel, I. D. W. (Creator) & Turnbull, G. A. (Creator), University of St Andrews, 1 Dec 2017
DOI: 10.17630/3875a099-bb75-4ae1-82e5-0b98b6b7ebc6
Dataset
Samuel, I. D. W. (PI)
1/03/24 → 28/02/27
Project: Standard
Samuel, I. D. W. (PI), Di Falco, A. (CoI) & Turnbull, G. (CoI)
1/03/23 → 28/02/25
Project: Standard
Samuel, I. D. W. (PI)
1/07/22 → 30/06/25
Project: Standard
Samuel, I. D. W. (PI) & Turnbull, G. (CoI)
1/01/22 → 30/09/24
Project: Standard
Samuel, I. D. W. (PI), Blaikie, A. (CoI), Kousha, O. (CoI) & Williams, W. J. (CoI)
STAIRS - St Andrews Interdisciplinary Research Support
1/08/21 → 31/07/22
Project: Standard
Samuel, I. D. W. (Participant)
Activity: Membership types › Membership of peer review panel or committee
Samuel, I. D. W. (Participant)
Activity: Membership types › Membership of research network
Samuel, I. D. W. (External examiner)
Activity: Examination types › External examination
Samuel, I. D. W. (Participant)
Activity: Membership types › Membership of peer review panel or committee
Samuel, I. D. W. (Editor)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of research journal
Samuel, I. D. W. (Recipient), 2003
Prize: Election to learned society
Samuel, I. D. W. (Recipient), 2003
Prize: Election to learned society
Samuel, I. D. W. (Recipient), 2000
Prize: Appointment
Samuel, I. D. W. (Recipient), 2004
Prize: Appointment
Samuel, I. D. W. (Recipient), 2002
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Samuel, I. D. W. (Participant)
Impact: Health and Welfare Impact