Professor Paul Burn
Professor

Paul Burn

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Professor Paul Burn is:
Available for supervision

Fields of research

Macromolecular and materials chemistry Organic chemistry

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sydney

Search Professor Paul Burn’s works on UQ eSpace

528 works between 1987 and 2025
All (528) Journal Article (438) Book Chapter (1) Conference Publication (84) Other Outputs (5)

1 - 20 of 528 works

2025

Journal Article

Effect of emissive ligand number on the optoelectronic properties of dendronised heteroleptic green emitting iridium(III) complexes

Koodalingam, Manikandan, Gao, Mile, Jang, Junhyuk, Burn, Paul L., Kistemaker, Jos C.M., Puttock, Emma V. and Shaw, Paul E. (2025). Effect of emissive ligand number on the optoelectronic properties of dendronised heteroleptic green emitting iridium(III) complexes. Organic Electronics, 138 107192, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.orgel.2024.107192

Effect of emissive ligand number on the optoelectronic properties of dendronised heteroleptic green emitting iridium(III) complexes

2025

Journal Article

High‐efficiency Y6 homojunction organic solar cells enabled by a secondary hole transport layer

McAnally, Shaun, Brooks, Eucalyptus, Lindsay, Oliver, Burn, Paul L., Gentle, Ian R. and Shaw, Paul E. (2025). High‐efficiency Y6 homojunction organic solar cells enabled by a secondary hole transport layer. Small, 21 (8) 2409485, 1-8. doi: 10.1002/smll.202409485

High‐efficiency Y6 homojunction organic solar cells enabled by a secondary hole transport layer

2025

Journal Article

Enhanced efficiency and stability in blade-coated perovskite solar cells through using 2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorophenylethylammonium halide additives

Feng, Yaomiao, Mallo, Neil, Lindsay, Oliver, Jin, Hui, Burn, Paul L., Gentle, Ian R. and Shaw, Paul E. (2025). Enhanced efficiency and stability in blade-coated perovskite solar cells through using 2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorophenylethylammonium halide additives. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 17 (5), 7670-7678. doi: 10.1021/acsami.4c18413

Enhanced efficiency and stability in blade-coated perovskite solar cells through using 2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorophenylethylammonium halide additives

2025

Journal Article

Switching From Acceptor to FRET Donor: How the Organic Solar Cell Architecture Can Change the Role of a Chromophore

Jin, Hui, Mallo, Neil, Zhang, Guanran, Lindsay, Oliver, Chu, Ronan, Gao, Mile, McAnally, Shaun, Etchells, Isaac M., Burn, Paul L., Gentle, Ian R. and Shaw, Paul E. (2025). Switching From Acceptor to FRET Donor: How the Organic Solar Cell Architecture Can Change the Role of a Chromophore. Advanced Functional Materials. doi: 10.1002/adfm.202420416

Switching From Acceptor to FRET Donor: How the Organic Solar Cell Architecture Can Change the Role of a Chromophore

2025

Journal Article

Effect of sensing material basicity on excited-state intramolecular proton transfer-based detection of G-series nerve agents

Fan, Shengqiang, Burn, Paul L., Gentle, Ian R. and Shaw, Paul E. (2025). Effect of sensing material basicity on excited-state intramolecular proton transfer-based detection of G-series nerve agents. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 422 136670, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.snb.2024.136670

Effect of sensing material basicity on excited-state intramolecular proton transfer-based detection of G-series nerve agents

2024

Journal Article

Free‐charge carrier generation in homojunction non‐polymeric organic semiconductor films – the role of the optical frequency dielectric constant

Mallo, Neil, McAnally, Shaun, Jin, Hui, Brooks, Eucalyptus, Chu, Ronan, Babazadeh, Mohammad, Smyth, James, Huang, David M., Hight‐Huf, Nicholas, Reid, Obadiah G., Rumbles, Garry, Burn, Paul L., Gentle, Ian R. and Shaw, Paul E. (2024). Free‐charge carrier generation in homojunction non‐polymeric organic semiconductor films – the role of the optical frequency dielectric constant. Advanced Optical Materials, 12 (36) 2401825. doi: 10.1002/adom.202401825

Free‐charge carrier generation in homojunction non‐polymeric organic semiconductor films – the role of the optical frequency dielectric constant

2024

Journal Article

Non-Bloch-Siegert-type power-induced shift of two-photon electron spin resonances in organic light-emitting diodes

Atwood, S. I., Hosseinzadeh, S., Mkhitaryan, V. V., Tennahewa, T. H., Malissa, H., Jiang, W., Darwish, T. A., Burn, P. L., Lupton, J. M. and Boehme, C. (2024). Non-Bloch-Siegert-type power-induced shift of two-photon electron spin resonances in organic light-emitting diodes. Physical Review B, 110 195304. doi: 10.1103/physrevb.110.195304

Non-Bloch-Siegert-type power-induced shift of two-photon electron spin resonances in organic light-emitting diodes

2024

Conference Publication

Analysis of uptake and release of explosive analyte from PDMS films using UV-vis absorption spectroscopy

Joseph, Osheen, Burn, Paul, Kistemaker, Jos and Shaw, Paul (2024). Analysis of uptake and release of explosive analyte from PDMS films using UV-vis absorption spectroscopy. 2024 IEEE Sensors, Kobe, Japan, 20-23 October 2024. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/sensors60989.2024.10784900

Analysis of uptake and release of explosive analyte from PDMS films using UV-vis absorption spectroscopy

2024

Journal Article

Fluorescence‐Based Detector Design Principles for Low Vapor Pressure Analytes

Loch, Alex S., Burn, Paul L. and Shaw, Paul E. (2024). Fluorescence‐Based Detector Design Principles for Low Vapor Pressure Analytes. Advanced Sensor Research, 4 (1). doi: 10.1002/adsr.202400092

Fluorescence‐Based Detector Design Principles for Low Vapor Pressure Analytes

2024

Journal Article

Free Carrier Generation Efficiency in Organic Photovoltaic Films Determined Using Photo-MIS-CELIV

Gao, Mile, McAnally, Shaun, Jin, Hui, Burn, Paul L., Pivrikas, Almantas and Shaw, Paul E. (2024). Free Carrier Generation Efficiency in Organic Photovoltaic Films Determined Using Photo-MIS-CELIV. Organic Electronics, 135 107137, 107137. doi: 10.1016/j.orgel.2024.107137

Free Carrier Generation Efficiency in Organic Photovoltaic Films Determined Using Photo-MIS-CELIV

2024

Journal Article

Unequilibrated charge carrier mobility in organic semiconductors measured using injection metal–insulator–semiconductor charge extraction by linearly increasing voltage

Gao, Mile, Burn, Paul L., Juška, Gytis and Pivrikas, Almantas (2024). Unequilibrated charge carrier mobility in organic semiconductors measured using injection metal–insulator–semiconductor charge extraction by linearly increasing voltage. Advanced Photonics Research, 5 (9) 2300325, 1-6. doi: 10.1002/adpr.202300325

Unequilibrated charge carrier mobility in organic semiconductors measured using injection metal–insulator–semiconductor charge extraction by linearly increasing voltage

2024

Journal Article

Effect of red emissive ligand number on dendronized solution‐processable iridium(III) complexes for organic light‐emitting diodes

Koodalingam, Manikandan, Jang, Junhyuk, Ranasinghe, Chandana Sampath Kumara, Gao, Mile, Burn, Paul L., Kistemaker, Jos C. M., Puttock, Emma V. and Shaw, Paul E. (2024). Effect of red emissive ligand number on dendronized solution‐processable iridium(III) complexes for organic light‐emitting diodes. Advanced Optical Materials, 12 (23) 2400640, 1-12. doi: 10.1002/adom.202400640

Effect of red emissive ligand number on dendronized solution‐processable iridium(III) complexes for organic light‐emitting diodes

2024

Journal Article

Effect of Silyl Ether Bulk on Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer-Based Sensing of Extant Hydrogen Fluoride for G-Series Nerve Agent Detection

Fan, Shengqiang, Burn, Paul L., Gentle, Ian R. and Shaw, Paul E. (2024). Effect of Silyl Ether Bulk on Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer-Based Sensing of Extant Hydrogen Fluoride for G-Series Nerve Agent Detection. ACS Sensors, 9 (8), 3921-3927. doi: 10.1021/acssensors.4c00341

Effect of Silyl Ether Bulk on Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer-Based Sensing of Extant Hydrogen Fluoride for G-Series Nerve Agent Detection

2024

Journal Article

Interplay between the Glass Transition Temperature, Analyte Diffusion, and Fluorescence Quenching for Detection of Nitro-Group Containing Explosives Using Organic Semiconducting Films

Zhang, Guanran, Fan, Shengqiang, Hutchinson, Kinitra L., Chu, Ronan, Burn, Paul L., Gentle, Ian R. and Shaw, Paul E. (2024). Interplay between the Glass Transition Temperature, Analyte Diffusion, and Fluorescence Quenching for Detection of Nitro-Group Containing Explosives Using Organic Semiconducting Films. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146 (32), 22787-22796. doi: 10.1021/jacs.4c08002

Interplay between the Glass Transition Temperature, Analyte Diffusion, and Fluorescence Quenching for Detection of Nitro-Group Containing Explosives Using Organic Semiconducting Films

2024

Journal Article

Reconstructing the 3D coordinates of guest:host OLED blends with single atom resolution

Packman, Lachlan, Philippa, Bronson, Pivrikas, Almantas, Burn, Paul L. and Gentle, Ian R. (2024). Reconstructing the 3D coordinates of guest:host OLED blends with single atom resolution. Small Methods, 8 (8) 2301305, 1-7. doi: 10.1002/smtd.202301305

Reconstructing the 3D coordinates of guest:host OLED blends with single atom resolution

2024

Journal Article

Low-temperature magnetoelectroluminescence of organic light-emitting diodes: separating excitonic effects from carrier-pair singlet-triplet mixing

Braun, F., Scharff, T., Bange, S., Jiang, W., Darwish, T. A., Burn, P. L., Mkhitaryan, V. V. and Lupton, J. M. (2024). Low-temperature magnetoelectroluminescence of organic light-emitting diodes: separating excitonic effects from carrier-pair singlet-triplet mixing. Physical Review B, 110 (1) 014204, 1-15. doi: 10.1103/physrevb.110.014204

Low-temperature magnetoelectroluminescence of organic light-emitting diodes: separating excitonic effects from carrier-pair singlet-triplet mixing

2024

Journal Article

Effect of structure on excited-state intramolecular proton transfer-based sensors for phosphonofluoridate G-series nerve agent vapour detection

Fan, Shengqiang, Burn, Paul L., Gentle, Ian R. and Shaw, Paul E. (2024). Effect of structure on excited-state intramolecular proton transfer-based sensors for phosphonofluoridate G-series nerve agent vapour detection. Sensors & Diagnostics, 3 (7), 1212-1223. doi: 10.1039/d4sd00120f

Effect of structure on excited-state intramolecular proton transfer-based sensors for phosphonofluoridate G-series nerve agent vapour detection

2024

Journal Article

Dilute donor organic solar cells based on non-fullerene acceptors

McAnally, Shaun, Jin, Hui, Chu, Ronan, Mallo, Neil, Wang, Xiao, Burn, Paul L., Gentle, Ian R. and Shaw, Paul E. (2024). Dilute donor organic solar cells based on non-fullerene acceptors. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 16 (22), 28958-28968. doi: 10.1021/acsami.4c02864

Dilute donor organic solar cells based on non-fullerene acceptors

2024

Journal Article

The Effect of Fluorinated Benzothiadiazole-dicyanovinyl Acceptors on the Dielectric Constants of Organic Photovoltaic Materials

Mallo, Neil, McAnally, Shaun, Jin, Hui, Babazadeh, Mohammad, Packman, Lachlan, Chu, Ronan, Burn, Paul L., Gentle, Ian R. and Shaw, Paul E. (2024). The Effect of Fluorinated Benzothiadiazole-dicyanovinyl Acceptors on the Dielectric Constants of Organic Photovoltaic Materials. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 7 (8), 3393-3405. doi: 10.1021/acsaem.4c00140

The Effect of Fluorinated Benzothiadiazole-dicyanovinyl Acceptors on the Dielectric Constants of Organic Photovoltaic Materials

2024

Journal Article

Solution-processed dendrimer-based bis-tridentate iridium(iii) complexes with red, green, and blue phosphorescence for white OLEDs

Pandit, V., Jang, J., Ranasinghe, C. S. K., Burn, P. L., Puttock, E. V. and Shaw, P. E. (2024). Solution-processed dendrimer-based bis-tridentate iridium(iii) complexes with red, green, and blue phosphorescence for white OLEDs. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 12 (13), 4751-4761. doi: 10.1039/d4tc00351a

Solution-processed dendrimer-based bis-tridentate iridium(iii) complexes with red, green, and blue phosphorescence for white OLEDs

Current funding

  • 2022 - 2025
    Low power explosive detection exploiting the time domain
    National Intelligence and Security Discovery Research Grants
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    Validation of predicted solution processed organic semiconductor properties
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2030
    Australian Solar Institute Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics
    University of New South Wales
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2021 - 2024
    Detection of contraband narcotics
    National Intelligence and Security Discovery Research Grants
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2024
    An Advanced Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy Facility in Queensland
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2022
    Large dielectric constant thin film solar cells
    Universities Australia - Germany Joint Research Co-operation Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2024
    Modulation of the Gastrointestinal Microbiome with probiotics and subsequent Methane production as a novel approach to treat constipation: A Proof of Principle Study (TRI Sport Grant led by PAH)
    Metro South Hospital and Health Service
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2023
    New Materials-Singlet Fission enhanced silicon solar cells (ARENA grant administered by The University of Melbourne)
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2022
    Elucidating the morphology of organic semiconductors at an atomic level
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2019
    A versatile accurate mass, high resolution QTOF mass spectrometer for chemistry and proteomic applications
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2017
    Advanced X-ray Facility for Structural Elucidation and Photocrystallography
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2021
    Large area opto-electronics for Australia and India: from materials to advanced devices
    Department of Industry, Innovation, and Science - Australia-India Strategic Research Fund
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2023
    Transformational lighting: changing the way we live
    ARC Australian Laureate Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2021
    Poly(dendrimer) organic light-emitting diodes
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    A nuclear magnetic resonance facility for modern molecular analysis
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2018
    Next Generation Plastic Optoelectronics
    Vice-Chancellor's Research Focused Fellowship
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2015
    An advanced X-ray facility for surface and in-situ materials characterization
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Arbsense Underwater Chemical Detection Feasibility Studies
    Department Defence - Defence Science & Technology
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Facility for fabrication and characterisation of micro/nano-optoelectronic devices
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2014
    Computer Modelling for Development of Phosphorescent Iridium (III)
    UniQuest Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2015
    Detecting the invisible
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2013
    Ultrafast Laser Photophysics Facilities for Physical, Chemical, Biological and Materials Sciences
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2014
    Non-radiative decay in organometallic complexes for organic light-emitting complexes: from theory to materials design
    CSIRO Flagships Collaboration Fund
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2015
    From solar to slime - the role of hierarchy in organic optoelectronics and synthetic vaccines
    Vice-Chancellor's Senior Research Fellowship
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2013
    Role of Triplet Excitons in Organic Solar Cells
    Go8 Australia - Germany Joint Research Co-operation Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2015
    Flexible transparent electrodes for plastic electronics (CSIRO Future Manufacturing Flagship Cluster)
    CSIRO Flagships Collaboration Fund
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2014
    A portable sensor for explosives
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2011
    The use of triplet states to enhance the efficiency of next generation solar cells
    Australian Academy of Science
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2014
    New Materials and Architectures for Organic Solar Cells - Beyond the Shockley-Queisser Limit
    AUSTRALIAN SOLAR INSTITUTE LIMITED
    Open grant
  • 2010
    An integrated high -throughput fluorescence imaging facility
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2013
    Organic Solar Cell Alliance (OSCA)
    Smart Futures National and International Research Alliances Program
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2011
    Dendrimers: multidimensional sensors
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2011
    Multilayer photopatterned dendrimer LEDs for colour displays
    University of St Andrews - University Court
    Open grant
  • 2008
    Automated Microvave Reactor for Polymer Chemistry, Materials Development and Nanotechnology
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2011
    Macromolecular Materials for Organic Solar Cells
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Paul Burn is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Toward stable and highly efficient Perovskite solar cells

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Paul Shaw

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Validation of predicted solution processed organic semiconductor properties

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Alan Mark, Associate Professor Paul Shaw

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Photophysics of novel solar cell materials

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Paul Shaw

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The construction of synthetic mimics of complex conformational epitopes of HIV

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Joanne Blanchfield

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Optimisation of Organic Solar Cell Efficiency through the Characterisation and Application of Cutting-Edge Non-Fullerene Acceptor Materials

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Paul Shaw

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Correlating the morphology and nanostructure of organic semiconductors with the optical and electronic properties of organic thin film devices

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Ian Gentle

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Unravelling the charge generation pathways in organic and hybrid solar cells

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Paul Shaw

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Enhanced force fields for computational drug design and materials research.

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Alan Mark

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Charge Transport of Novel Acceptors in Organic Photovoltaics

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Paul Shaw

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Morphology of Perovskite Solar Cells

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Ian Gentle

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Analysis of Nanotechnology for Preconcentrators

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Paul Shaw, Dr Jos Kistemaker

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Unravelling the charge generation pathways in organic and hybrid solar cells

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Paul Shaw

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Correlating morphology and performance in optoelectronic devices

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Paul Shaw, Professor Ian Gentle

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Nanotechnology for preconcentrators

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Jos Kistemaker

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Nanotechnology for preconcentrators

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Jos Kistemaker

Completed supervision

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