Associate Professor Ebinazar Namdas
Associate Professor

Ebinazar Namdas

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Background

Dr Ebinazar Namdas is an Associate Professor in the School of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Queensland. Dr Namdas has a strong international track record in the field of organic optoelectronics materials and device research across several platforms including organic transistors, light emitting transistors, OLEDS, organic lasers, and photo-sensors. He has published more than 110 papers in top international journals including 15 x Advanced Materials; 4 x Nature Communications; 7 x Advanced Functional Materials; 11 x Advanced Optical Materials; Nature Materials; Nature Photonics; Science; 3 x Laser & Photonics Reviews; 2 x JACS; 5 x ACS Photonics and 10 x Applied Physics Letters. Additionally, he has co-authored the first ever academic textbook on semiconducting and metallic polymers with Nobel Laureate Professor Alan Heeger and Professor Serdar Sariciftci. The book, titled Semiconducting and Metallic Polymers was published by Oxford University Press. Currently, Dr Namdas is an Editorial board member of Communications Materials (nature.com).

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Fields of research

Chemical Sciences Macromolecular and materials chemistry

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Mumbai

Research interests

  • Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Photo sensors (2D materials, and organic semiconductors)

  • Organic Light Emitting Diodes (based on TADF; Triplet-Triplet Up-conversion, and Phosphorescent materials)

  • Electrically Driven Organic Semicondctor Lasers (including polariton lasing)

  • Thin Film Transistors (based on solution processed organic and inorganic semiconductors)

  • Light Emitting Field Effect Transistors

  • Flexible and Printable Integrated Optoelectronics and Systems

Research impacts

SELECTED PRIZES, HONOURS AND AWARDS

  • 2012 ARC Future Fellowship.
  • 2016 UQ Fellowship (Success rate <15%).
  • 2016 Visiting Professorship at Kyushu University, Japan.
  • 2017 Australia-India Strategic Research Fund (Program Manager, Success rate <10%).
  • 2018 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Core-to-Core program (Core Manager, Australia)

RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

  • Year 2006 – 2010: Project Scientist at University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), CA, USA. This was a full-time research position in the team of Nobel Laureate Prof. Alan Heeger (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000).
  • Year 2006-2004: Senior Research Fellow at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
  • Year 2004-2001: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK.
  • Year 1999-2001: Visiting Research Scientist at Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

Search Professor Ebinazar Namdas’s works on UQ eSpace

146 works between 1996 and 2024
All (146) Journal Article (125) Conference Publication (13) Book (1) Other Outputs (7)

1 - 20 of 146 works

Featured

2020

Journal Article

Solid cyclooctatetraene-based triplet quencher demonstrating excellent suppression of singlet–triplet annihilation in optical and electrical excitation

Mai, Van T. N., Ahmad, Viqar, Mamada, Masashi, Fukunaga, Toshiya, Shukla, Atul, Sobus, Jan, Krishnan, Gowri, Moore, Evan G., Andersson, Gunther G., Adachi, Chihaya, Namdas, Ebinazar B. and Lo, Shih-Chun (2020). Solid cyclooctatetraene-based triplet quencher demonstrating excellent suppression of singlet–triplet annihilation in optical and electrical excitation. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 5623, 1-9. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19443-z

Solid cyclooctatetraene-based triplet quencher demonstrating excellent suppression of singlet–triplet annihilation in optical and electrical excitation

Featured

2020

Journal Article

Charge and exciton dynamics of OLEDs under high voltage nanosecond pulse: towards injection lasing

Ahmad, Viqar, Sobus, Jan, Greenberg, Mitchell, Shukla, Atul, Philippa, Bronson, Pivrikas, Almantas, Vamvounis, George, White, Ronald, Lo, Shih-Chun and Namdas, Ebinazar B. (2020). Charge and exciton dynamics of OLEDs under high voltage nanosecond pulse: towards injection lasing. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 4310, 4310. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18094-4

Charge and exciton dynamics of OLEDs under high voltage nanosecond pulse: towards injection lasing

Featured

2010

Book

Semiconducting and metallic polymers

Heeger, Alan J., Sariciftci, Niyazi Serdar and Namdas, Ebinazar B. (2010). Semiconducting and metallic polymers. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press.

Semiconducting and metallic polymers

Featured

2009

Journal Article

How to recognize lasing

Samuel, Ifor D. W., Namdas, Ebinazar B. and Turnbull, Graham A. (2009). How to recognize lasing. Nature Photonics, 3 (10), 546-549. doi: 10.1038/nphoton.2009.173

How to recognize lasing

Featured

2009

Journal Article

Nonlinear transport in semiconducting polymers at high carrier densities

Yuen, Jonathan D., Menon, Reghu, Coates, Nelson E., Namdas, Ebinazar B., Cho, Shinuk, Hannahs, Scott T., Moses, Daniel and Heeger, Alan J. (2009). Nonlinear transport in semiconducting polymers at high carrier densities. Nature Materials, 8 (7), 572-575. doi: 10.1038/NMAT2470

Nonlinear transport in semiconducting polymers at high carrier densities

2024

Journal Article

End Cap Effect on Solution-Processable Deep Blue Lasing Materials with Low-Amplified Spontaneous Emission Thresholds

Sugai, Yoshiki, Rahane, Vijay P., Gale, Innes, Verdi, Carla, Ireland, Alexander R., Canola, Sofia, McGregor, Sarah K. M., Moore, Evan G., Jain, Nidhi, Namdas, Ebinazar B. and Lo, Shih-Chun (2024). End Cap Effect on Solution-Processable Deep Blue Lasing Materials with Low-Amplified Spontaneous Emission Thresholds. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 16 (35), 46506-46515. doi: 10.1021/acsami.4c07286

End Cap Effect on Solution-Processable Deep Blue Lasing Materials with Low-Amplified Spontaneous Emission Thresholds

2024

Journal Article

Highly Stable Red Emissive Organic Semiconductor Materials with Low Amplified Spontaneous Emission Thresholds

Rahane, Vijay P., Roseli, Ras Baizureen, Ireland, Alexander R., Gale, Innes, Shukla, Atul, Moore, Evan G., Krenske, Elizabeth H., Namdas, Ebinazar B., Jain, Nidhi and Lo, Shih‐Chun (2024). Highly Stable Red Emissive Organic Semiconductor Materials with Low Amplified Spontaneous Emission Thresholds. Advanced Optical Materials, 12 (25) 2400892. doi: 10.1002/adom.202400892

Highly Stable Red Emissive Organic Semiconductor Materials with Low Amplified Spontaneous Emission Thresholds

2024

Journal Article

Low amplified spontaneous emission threshold from solution processable excited‐state intramolecular proton transfer chromophores

Rahane, Vijay P., Shukla, Atul, Roseli, Ras Baizureen, Ireland, Alexander R., Gale, Innes, Krenske, Elizabeth H., Moore, Evan G., Namdas, Ebinazar B., Jain, Nidhi and Lo, Shih‐Chun (2024). Low amplified spontaneous emission threshold from solution processable excited‐state intramolecular proton transfer chromophores. Advanced Optical Materials, 12 (24). doi: 10.1002/adom.202400840

Low amplified spontaneous emission threshold from solution processable excited‐state intramolecular proton transfer chromophores

2024

Journal Article

Response Speed of Organic Photodiodes as a Function of Incident Optical Intensity

Saggar, Siddhartha, Mahmood, Asad, Nayak, Nagaraj, Kumar, Anil, Andersson, Mats R., Philippa, Bronson, Lo, Shih‐Chun and Namdas, Ebinazar B. (2024). Response Speed of Organic Photodiodes as a Function of Incident Optical Intensity. Advanced Optical Materials, 12 (16) 2302916, 1-9. doi: 10.1002/adom.202302916

Response Speed of Organic Photodiodes as a Function of Incident Optical Intensity

2024

Journal Article

Management and utilization of triplet excitons in organic optoelectronic devices

Gao, Can, Miao, Zhagen, Wong, Wallace W.H., Smith, Trevor A., Lo, Shih-Chun, Hu, Wenping, Namdas, Ebinazar B. and Dong, Huanli (2024). Management and utilization of triplet excitons in organic optoelectronic devices. Fundamental Research. doi: 10.1016/j.fmre.2024.05.009

Management and utilization of triplet excitons in organic optoelectronic devices

2024

Journal Article

Narrow Band Organic Photodiode with Photoresponse at 808 nm for Photoplethysmography

Saggar, Siddhartha, Shukla, Atul, Lo, Shih‐Chun and Namdas, Ebinazar B. (2024). Narrow Band Organic Photodiode with Photoresponse at 808 nm for Photoplethysmography. Advanced Photonics Research, 1-6. doi: 10.1002/adpr.202400003

Narrow Band Organic Photodiode with Photoresponse at 808 nm for Photoplethysmography

2024

Journal Article

Accelerated redox reactions enable stable tin‐lead mixed perovskite solar cells

He, Dongxu, Chen, Peng, Hao, Mengmeng, Lyu, Miaoqiang, Wang, Zhiliang, Ding, Shanshan, Lin, Tongen, Zhang, Chengxi, Wu, Xin, Moore, Evan, Steele, Julian A., Namdas, Ebinazar, Bai, Yang and Wang, Lianzhou (2024). Accelerated redox reactions enable stable tin‐lead mixed perovskite solar cells. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 63 (4) e202317446, e202317446. doi: 10.1002/anie.202317446

Accelerated redox reactions enable stable tin‐lead mixed perovskite solar cells

2024

Journal Article

Accelerated redox reactions enable stable tin‐lead mixed perovskite solar cells

He, Dongxu, Chen, Peng, Hao, Mengmeng, Lyu, Miaoqiang, Wang, Zhiliang, Ding, Shanshan, Lin, Tongen, Zhang, Chengxi, Wu, Xin, Moore, Evan, Steele, Julian A., Namdas, Ebinazar B., Bai, Yang and Wang, Lianzhou (2024). Accelerated redox reactions enable stable tin‐lead mixed perovskite solar cells. Angewandte Chemie, 136 (4) e202317446, 1-8. doi: 10.1002/ange.202317446

Accelerated redox reactions enable stable tin‐lead mixed perovskite solar cells

2024

Other Outputs

Triplet quenching

Mai, Van T. N., Lo, Shih-Chun, Ahmad, Viqar, Sobus, Jan and Namdas, Ebinazar B. (2024). Triplet quenching. US20240008358A1.

Triplet quenching

2023

Journal Article

Blue emitting exciplex for yellow and white organic light-emitting diodes

Rajeev, Kavya, Vipin, C. K., Sajeev, Anjali K., Shukla, Atul, McGregor, Sarah K. M., Lo, Shih-Chun, Namdas, Ebinazar B. and Narayanan Unni, K. N. (2023). Blue emitting exciplex for yellow and white organic light-emitting diodes. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 16 (1) 46, 1-13. doi: 10.1007/s12200-023-00101-3

Blue emitting exciplex for yellow and white organic light-emitting diodes

2023

Journal Article

High‐performance air‐stable 2D‐WSe2/P3HT based inorganic–organic hybrid photodetector with broadband visible to near‐IR light detection

Khanikar, Prabal Dweep, Dewan, Sheetal, John, John Wellington, Shukla, Atul, Das, Pritam, Dhara, Sajal, Karak, Supravat, Lo, Shih‐Chun, Namdas, Ebinazar B. and Das, Samaresh (2023). High‐performance air‐stable 2D‐WSe2/P3HT based inorganic–organic hybrid photodetector with broadband visible to near‐IR light detection. Advanced Electronic Materials, 9 (12) 2300514, 1-11. doi: 10.1002/aelm.202300514

High‐performance air‐stable 2D‐WSe2/P3HT based inorganic–organic hybrid photodetector with broadband visible to near‐IR light detection

2023

Journal Article

Large area inkjet-printed OLED fabrication with solution-processed TADF ink

Kant, Chandra, Shukla, Atul, McGregor, Sarah K. M., Lo, Shih-Chun, Namdas, Ebinazar B. and Katiyar, Monica (2023). Large area inkjet-printed OLED fabrication with solution-processed TADF ink. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 7220, 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-43014-7

Large area inkjet-printed OLED fabrication with solution-processed TADF ink

2023

Journal Article

Light blue rigid excited-state intramolecular proton transfer organic semiconductor laser chromophores

Allison, Ilene, Mamada, Mashashi, Shukla, Atul, McGregor, Sarah K. M., Roseli, Ras Baizureen, Gale, Innes, Rahane, Vijay P., Moore, Evan G., Krenske, Elizabeth H., Jain, Nidhi, Adachi, Chihaya, Namdas, Ebinazar B. and Lo, Shih-Chun (2023). Light blue rigid excited-state intramolecular proton transfer organic semiconductor laser chromophores. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 11 (45), 15861-15872. doi: 10.1039/d3tc02707d

Light blue rigid excited-state intramolecular proton transfer organic semiconductor laser chromophores

2023

Conference Publication

High Performance CVD Grown Nanolayered PtSe<sub>2</sub>/SOI Heterostructure for Broadband Photodetection

Khanikar, Prabal Dweep, Moudgil, Akshay, Sandhu, Harmanpreet Kaur, Dewan, Sheetal, Sharma, Sumit, Lo, Shih-Chun, Namdas, Ebinazar B. and Das, Samaresh (2023). High Performance CVD Grown Nanolayered PtSe2/SOI Heterostructure for Broadband Photodetection. IEEE 23rd International Conference on Nanotechnology (NANO), Jeju, South Korea, 2-5 July 2023. Piscataway, NJ United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/nano58406.2023.10231181

High Performance CVD Grown Nanolayered PtSe<sub>2</sub>/SOI Heterostructure for Broadband Photodetection

2023

Journal Article

Harvesting triplet excitons in high mobility emissive organic semiconductor for efficiency enhancement of light‐emitting transistors

Gao, Can, Shukla, Atul, Gao, Haikuo, Miao, Zhagen, Zhang, Yihan, Wang, Pu, Luo, Guiwen, Zeng, Yi, Wong, Wallace W. H., Smith, Trevor A., Lo, Shih‐Chun, Hu, Wenping, Namdas, Ebinazar B. and Dong, Huanli (2023). Harvesting triplet excitons in high mobility emissive organic semiconductor for efficiency enhancement of light‐emitting transistors. Advanced Materials, 35 (13) e2208389, 1-9. doi: 10.1002/adma.202208389

Harvesting triplet excitons in high mobility emissive organic semiconductor for efficiency enhancement of light‐emitting transistors

Current funding

  • 2025 - 2027
    Queensland Photon Detector Characterisation Facility
    Queensland Government Department of Environment, Science and Innovation
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2021 - 2024
    An Advanced Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy Facility in Queensland
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2024
    High-brightness, low-efficiency roll-off materials for augmented realities
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2019
    Molecular Beam Epitaxy and Chain Sublimation Instrumentation for Organic-Inorganic Interfaces
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    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
  • 2016 - 2019
    Next-generation hybrid semiconductors and light-emitting devices
    UQ Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2020
    Light Emitting Transistors: A New Route to Digital Displays and Lasers
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    Advanced Superfluid Physics Facility
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Facility for fabrication and characterisation of micro/nano-optoelectronic devices
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2017
    Molecular Alignments in Organic Semiconductors
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2016
    Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Electronic Devices and Logic Circuits
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2016
    Fundamental Processes in Organic Photodetectors - Towards Next Generation Imaging and Sensing Systems
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2012
    Construction and study of Bipolar Organic Field Effect Transistors
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2013
    Active Channel Organic Transistors
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant

Availability

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Available projects

  • Organic Semiconducting Lasers

Supervision history

Current supervision

Completed supervision

Enquiries

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  • Lasers
  • OLED
  • Organic Semiconductors
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  • Solar cells

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