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Non-Equilibrium Charge Transport Paper Published in Nature Materials

26 July 2024

Our paper 'Non-Equilibrium Transport in Polymer Mixed Ionic–Electronic Conductors at Ultrahigh Charge Densities' has been published in Nature Materials. Our work identifies new strategies for substantially enhancing the transport properties of conducting polymers by exploiting non-equilibrium states in the coupled system...

Researchers from Cambridge and Oxford to develop novel energy and bioelectronic materials with new EPSRC Programme Grant

19 May 2022

Originally published on phy.cam.ac.uk The new EPSRC Programme Grant will investigate and tackle some fundamental research challenges that could lead to a new generation of soft functional materials for applications in photodetection and photovoltaics, photocatalysis, thermal energy harvesting, energy storage and...

We are hiring!

30 August 2021

Postdoc position We are looking for applicants for a PDRA position to work on thermoelectric properties of organic semiconductors. The post is funded by the Royal Society. For more information click here . PhD studentships We would also like to advertise several funded PhD student positions for entry in October 2022. These...

Henning is awarded the ERC Advanced Grant

28 April 2021

Congratulations to Professor Sirringhaus for receiving advanced funding from the European Research Council (ERC)! Supporting his NANO-DECTET project, this research is a collection of initiatives aimed at leveraging the unique properties of molecular organic semiconductors and organic-inorganic hybrids to design more...

Henning is awarded a Royal Society Research Professorship

16 April 2020

A piece of good news during the self-isolation era: Congratulations to our group leader, Henning Sirringhaus, for being awarded a Royal Society Reserach Professorship! This prestiguous appointment provides a long term-support for internationally recognised researchers from a wide range of scientific fields. The award will...

Charge transport review paper published in Nature Materials

16 April 2020

Together with Dr Simone Fratini and Prof. Alberto Salleo we have published a review paper on charge transport in Nature Materials. Check out the full text here .

Ivan passes his PhD viva!

6 December 2019

Congratulations to Ivan for passing his 3.5 hr long PhD viva. Thank you Dr Dimov for your contributions to the field of biocompatible electronics, you are a star!

Martin is co-organising the Cavendish Graduate Student Conference 2019

4 November 2019

With five graduate student colleagues from accross the Cavendish Laboratory, Martin is currently organising the Cavendish Graduate Student Conference 2019 (5th Dec 2019). The conference is a unique opportunity for graduate students, postdocs and senior scientists from the Cavendish to exchange their current research and...

Ian dressed as a glovebox wins the best costume prize!

3 November 2019

Congratulations to Ian on winning a prestiguous best Halloween costume prize! His enginnering skills were put to good use when designing this complex cardboard costume. He is an inspiration to us all.

Welcome our new group members!

4 October 2019

We are delighted to welcome Dr Van Cao Nguyen who is joining us as a Postdoctoral Researcher and our three new PhD students: Tian Wu, Youcheng Zhang and Haoxin Gong.