Prof. Ifor D. W. Samuel
Director Organic Semiconductor Ctr at Univ of St Andrews
SPIE Involvement:
Conference Program Committee | Symposium Chair | Editorial Board Member: Journal of Photonics for Energy | Author | Editor
Area of Expertise:
Organic semiconductor , Organic solar cell , Photophysics , OLED , Organic laser , Biophotonics
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Profile Summary

Professor of Physics and Director of the Organic Semiconductor Centre, University of St Andrews, Scotland. Founder of Ambicare Health Ltd. Regional/Associate editor of Journal of Photonics for Energy, and Synthetic Metals. Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, SPIE, the Institute of Physics and the Royal Society of Chemistry. I lead a research group exploring the physics of organic semiconductor materials and devices - such as organic light-emitting diodes, solar cells and lasers. The group has particular expertise in photophysics including time resolved luminescence from femtosecond to microsecond timescales and its application to the development of advanced materials such as dendrimers and star-shaped truxenes. In addition I explore emerging applications of organic semiconductors, such as explosive sensing and skin cancer treatment. The work of the centre has been recognised through awards such as the Beilby Medal (Insitute of Materials, Royal Society of Chemistry and Society of the Chemical Industry), the Ben Sturgeon Award (Society for Information Display) and the academic R&D award (from idtechex at Printed Electronics USA). I am co-chair of the Organic Photonics and Electronics symposium at the annual Optics and Photonics meeting in San Diego and on the program committees for several SPIE conferences.
Publications (41)

SPIE Journal Paper | 14 December 2023 Open Access
Annick Anctil, Meghan Beattie, Christopher Case, Aditya Chaudhary, Benjamin Chrysler, Michael Debije, Stephanie Essig, David Ferry, Vivian Ferry, Marina Freitag, Isaac Gould, Karin Hinzer, Harald Hoppe, Olle Inganäs, Lethy Krishnan Jagadamma, Min Hun Jee, Raymond Kostuk, Daniel Kirk, Stephan Kube, Minyoung Lim, Joseph Luther, Lorelle Mansfield, Michael McGehee, Duong Nguyen Minh, Preeti Nain, Matthew Reese, Angèle Reinders, Ifor D. Samuel, Wilfried van Sark, Hele Savin, Ian Sellers, Sean Shaheen, Zheng Tang, Fatima Toor, Ville Vähänissi, Ella Wassweiler, Emily Warren, Vincent Whiteside, Han Young Woo, Gang Xiong, Xitong Zhu
JPE, Vol. 13, Issue 04, 042301, (December 2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JPE.13.042301
KEYWORDS: Solar cells, Photovoltaics, Solar energy, Silicon, Perovskite, Manufacturing, Sustainability, Dye sensitized solar cells, Design, Energy efficiency

Proceedings Article | 1 October 2023 Presentation
Proceedings Volume PC12659, PC126590D (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2681784
KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, Organic semiconductors, Polarons, Optical pumping, Laser optics

Proceedings Article | 8 June 2023 Presentation
Le Zhang, Stefan Diesing, Arvydas Ruseckas, Ifor D. Samuel
Proceedings Volume PC12584, PC1258403 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2668433
KEYWORDS: Organic light emitting diodes, Metals, Medicine, Light sources and illumination, Iridium, Fluorescence, Biomedical applications

Proceedings Article | 3 October 2022 Presentation
Youichi Tsuchiya, Stefan Diesing, Eli Zysman-Colman, Ifor D. Samuel, Chihaya Adachi
Proceedings Volume PC12208, PC122080V (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2631810
KEYWORDS: Luminescence, Solid state physics, Phosphorescence, Energy transfer, Electroluminescence

Proceedings Article | 30 May 2022 Presentation
Graham Turnbull, Mengjie Wei, Arvydas Ruseckas, Van T. Mai, Atul Shukla, Ilene Allison, Shih-Chun Lo, Ebinazar Namdas, Ifor D. Samuel
Proceedings Volume PC12149, PC121490V (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2621585
KEYWORDS: Polaritons, Optical microcavities, Laser damage threshold, Photons, Excitons, Organic semiconductors, Superposition, Semiconductors, Semiconductor lasers, Quasiparticles

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Proceedings Volume Editor (3)

SPIE Conference Volume | 28 November 2016

SPIE Conference Volume | 27 October 2015

SPIE Conference Volume | 5 November 2014

Conference Committee Involvement (67)
Ultra-High-Definition Imaging Systems VIII
25 January 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States
Advanced Materials, Biomaterials, and Manufacturing Technologies for Security and Defence II
16 September 2024 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Organic, Hybrid, and Perovskite Photovoltaics XXV
20 August 2024 | San Diego, California, United States
Organic and Hybrid Sensors and Bioelectronics XVII
19 August 2024 | San Diego, California, United States
SPIE Organic Photonics + Electronics
18 August 2024 | San Diego, United States
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