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

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

149 works between 1996 and 2025
All (149) Journal Article (128) Conference Publication (13) Book (1) Other Outputs (7)

61 - 80 of 149 works

2018

Journal Article

An external quantum efficiency of &gt;20% from solution-processed poly(dendrimer) organic light-emitting diodes

Maasoumi, Fatemeh, Jansen-van Vuuren, Ross D., Shaw, Paul E., Puttock, Emma V., Nagiri, Ravi Chandra Raju, McEwan, Jake A., Bown, Mark, O’Connell, Jenny L., Dunn, Christopher J., Burn, Paul L. and Namdas, Ebinazar B. (2018). An external quantum efficiency of &gt;20% from solution-processed poly(dendrimer) organic light-emitting diodes. npj Flexible Electronics, 2 (1) 27, 1-6. doi: 10.1038/s41528-018-0038-9

An external quantum efficiency of &gt;20% from solution-processed poly(dendrimer) organic light-emitting diodes

2018

Journal Article

High-speed OLEDs and area-emitting light-emitting transistors from a tetracyclic lactim semiconducting polymer

Ahmad, Viqar, Shukla, Atul, Sobus, Jan, Sharma, Anirudh, Gedefaw, Desta, Andersson, Gunther G., Andersson, Mats R., Lo, Shih-Chun and Namdas, Ebinazar B. (2018). High-speed OLEDs and area-emitting light-emitting transistors from a tetracyclic lactim semiconducting polymer. Advanced Optical Materials, 6 (21) 1800768, 1800768. doi: 10.1002/adom.201800768

High-speed OLEDs and area-emitting light-emitting transistors from a tetracyclic lactim semiconducting polymer

2018

Journal Article

Polymer light emitting devices: high-speed OLEDs and area-emitting light-emitting transistors from a tetracyclic lactim semiconducting polymer (Advanced Optical Materials 21/2018)

Ahmad, Viqar, Shukla, Atul, Sobus, Jan, Sharma, Anirudh, Gedefaw, Desta, Andersson, Gunther G., Andersson, Mats R., Lo, Shih-Chun and Namdas, Ebinazar B. (2018). Polymer light emitting devices: high-speed OLEDs and area-emitting light-emitting transistors from a tetracyclic lactim semiconducting polymer (Advanced Optical Materials 21/2018). Advanced Optical Materials, 6 (21), 1870084. doi: 10.1002/adom.201870084

Polymer light emitting devices: high-speed OLEDs and area-emitting light-emitting transistors from a tetracyclic lactim semiconducting polymer (Advanced Optical Materials 21/2018)

2018

Journal Article

Low amplified spontaneous emission threshold and efficient electroluminescence from a carbazole derivatized excited-state intramolecular proton transfer dye

Mai, Van T. N., Shukla, Atul, Mamada, Masashi, Maedera, Satoshi, Shaw, Paul E., Sobus, Jan, Allison, Ilene, Adachi, Chihaya, Namdas, Ebinazar B. and Lo, Shih-Chun (2018). Low amplified spontaneous emission threshold and efficient electroluminescence from a carbazole derivatized excited-state intramolecular proton transfer dye. ACS Photonics, 5 (11) acsphotonics.8b00907, 4447-4455. doi: 10.1021/acsphotonics.8b00907

Low amplified spontaneous emission threshold and efficient electroluminescence from a carbazole derivatized excited-state intramolecular proton transfer dye

2018

Journal Article

Field-effect transistors: high performance p- and n-type light-emitting field-effect transistors employing thermally activated delayed fluorescence (Adv. Funct. Mater. 28/2018)

Sobus, Jan, Bencheikh, Fatima, Mamada, Masashi, Wawrzinek, Robert, Ribierre, Jean-Charles, Adachi, Chihaya, Lo, Shih-Chun and Namdas, Ebinazar B. (2018). Field-effect transistors: high performance p- and n-type light-emitting field-effect transistors employing thermally activated delayed fluorescence (Adv. Funct. Mater. 28/2018). Advanced Functional Materials, 28 (28), 1870193. doi: 10.1002/adfm.201870193

Field-effect transistors: high performance p- and n-type light-emitting field-effect transistors employing thermally activated delayed fluorescence (Adv. Funct. Mater. 28/2018)

2018

Journal Article

High performance p- and n-type light-emitting field-effect transistors employing thermally activated delayed fluorescence

Sobus, Jan, Bencheikh, Fatima, Mamada, Masashi, Wawrzinek, Robert, Ribierre, Jean-Charles, Adachi, Chihaya, Lo, Shih-Chun and Namdas, Ebinazar B. (2018). High performance p- and n-type light-emitting field-effect transistors employing thermally activated delayed fluorescence. Advanced Function Materials, 28 (28) 1800340, 1800340. doi: 10.1002/adfm.201800340

High performance p- and n-type light-emitting field-effect transistors employing thermally activated delayed fluorescence

2018

Journal Article

Nano-alignment in semiconducting polymer films: a path to achieve high current density and brightness in organic light emitting transistors

Chaudhry, Mujeeb Ullah, Muhieddine, Khalid, Wawrzinek, Robert, Li, Jun, Lo, Shih-Chun and Namdas, Ebinazar B. (2018). Nano-alignment in semiconducting polymer films: a path to achieve high current density and brightness in organic light emitting transistors. ACS Photonics, 5 (6), 2137-2144. doi: 10.1021/acsphotonics.8b00011

Nano-alignment in semiconducting polymer films: a path to achieve high current density and brightness in organic light emitting transistors

2017

Journal Article

Effect of capping group on the properties of non-polymeric diketopyrrolopyrroles for solution-processed bulk heterojunction solar cells

Chandrasekharan, Ajeesh, Hambsch, Mike, Jin, Hui, Maasoumi, Fatemeh, Shaw, Paul E., Raynor, Aaron, Burn, Paul L., Lo, Shih-Chun, Meredith, Paul and Namdas, Ebinazar B. (2017). Effect of capping group on the properties of non-polymeric diketopyrrolopyrroles for solution-processed bulk heterojunction solar cells. Organic Electronics, 50, 339-346. doi: 10.1016/j.orgel.2017.08.008

Effect of capping group on the properties of non-polymeric diketopyrrolopyrroles for solution-processed bulk heterojunction solar cells

2017

Journal Article

UV-deep blue-visible light-emitting organic field effect transistors with high charge carrier mobilities

Ullah, Mujeeb, Wawrzinek, Robert, Nagiri, Ravi C. R., Lo, Shih-Chun and Namdas, Ebinazar B. (2017). UV-deep blue-visible light-emitting organic field effect transistors with high charge carrier mobilities. Advanced Optical Materials, 5 (8) 1600973, 1600973.1-1600973.7. doi: 10.1002/adom.201600973

UV-deep blue-visible light-emitting organic field effect transistors with high charge carrier mobilities

2017

Journal Article

Host-free blue phosphorescent dendrimer organic light-emitting field-effect transistors and equivalent light-emitting diodes: a comparative study

Ullah, Mujeeb, Tandy, Kristen, Clulow, Andrew J., Burn, Paul L., Gentle, Ian R., Meredith, Paul, Lo, Shih-Chun and Namdas, Ebinazar B. (2017). Host-free blue phosphorescent dendrimer organic light-emitting field-effect transistors and equivalent light-emitting diodes: a comparative study. ACS Photonics, 4 (4), 754-760. doi: 10.1021/acsphotonics.6b01019

Host-free blue phosphorescent dendrimer organic light-emitting field-effect transistors and equivalent light-emitting diodes: a comparative study

2017

Journal Article

A thiocarbonyl-containing small molecule for optoelectronics

Gendron, David, Maasoumi, Fatemeh, Armin, Ardalan, Pattison, Katherine, Burn, Paul L., Meredith, Paul, Namdas, Ebinazar B. and Powell, Benjamin J. (2017). A thiocarbonyl-containing small molecule for optoelectronics. RSC Advances, 7 (17), 10316-10322. doi: 10.1039/c7ra00693d

A thiocarbonyl-containing small molecule for optoelectronics

2017

Journal Article

Aggregates of diketopyrrolopyrrole dimers in solution

Wawrzinek, Robert, Zhou, Xiuwen, Ullah, Mujeeb, Namdas, Ebinazar B. and Lo, Shih-Chun (2017). Aggregates of diketopyrrolopyrrole dimers in solution. Dyes and Pigments, 136, 678-685. doi: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2016.08.064

Aggregates of diketopyrrolopyrrole dimers in solution

2016

Journal Article

Orange-red-light-emitting field-effect transistors based on phosphorescent Pt(II) complexes with area emission

Wawrzinek, Robert, Muhieddine, Khalid, Ullah, Mujeeb, Koszo, Peter B., Shaw, Paul E., Grosjean, Arnaud, Maasoumi, Fatemeh, Stoltzfus, Dani M., Clegg, Jack K., Burn, Paul L., Namdas, Ebinazar B. and Lo, Shih-Chun (2016). Orange-red-light-emitting field-effect transistors based on phosphorescent Pt(II) complexes with area emission. Advanced Optical Materials, 4 (11), 1867-1874. doi: 10.1002/adom.201600460

Orange-red-light-emitting field-effect transistors based on phosphorescent Pt(II) complexes with area emission

2016

Journal Article

Semitransparent and low-voltage operating organic light-emitting field-effect transistors processed at low temperatures

Ullah, Mujeeb, Wawrzinek, Robert, Maasoumi, Fatemeh, Lo, Shih-Chun and Namdas, Ebinazar B. (2016). Semitransparent and low-voltage operating organic light-emitting field-effect transistors processed at low temperatures. Advanced Optical Materials, 4 (7), 1022-1026. doi: 10.1002/adom.201600050

Semitransparent and low-voltage operating organic light-emitting field-effect transistors processed at low temperatures

2015

Journal Article

Hybrid Light-Emitting Transistors Based on Low-Temperature Solution-Processed Metal Oxides and a Charge-Injecting Interlayer

Ullah, Mujeeb, Lin, Yen-Hung, Muhieddine, Khalid, Lo, Shih-Chun, Anthopoulos, Thomas D. and Namdas, Ebinazar B. (2015). Hybrid Light-Emitting Transistors Based on Low-Temperature Solution-Processed Metal Oxides and a Charge-Injecting Interlayer. Advanced Optical Materials, 4 (2), 231-237. doi: 10.1002/adom.201500474

Hybrid Light-Emitting Transistors Based on Low-Temperature Solution-Processed Metal Oxides and a Charge-Injecting Interlayer

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2015

Journal Article

High-performance, fullerene-free organic photodiodes based on a solution-processable indigo

Kim, Il Ku, Li, Xin, Ullah, Mujeeb, Shaw, Paul E., Wawrzinek, Robert, Namdas, Ebinazar B. and Lo, Shih-Chun (2015). High-performance, fullerene-free organic photodiodes based on a solution-processable indigo. Advanced Materals, 27 (41), 6390-6395. doi: 10.1002/adma.201502936

High-performance, fullerene-free organic photodiodes based on a solution-processable indigo

2015

Journal Article

Hybrid area-emitting transistors: solution processable and with high aperture ratios

Muhieddine, Khalid, Ullah, Mujeeb, Maasoumi, Fatemeh, Burn, Paul L. and Namdas, Ebinazar B. (2015). Hybrid area-emitting transistors: solution processable and with high aperture ratios. Advanced Materials, 27 (42), 6677-6682. doi: 10.1002/adma.201502554

Hybrid area-emitting transistors: solution processable and with high aperture ratios

2015

Journal Article

Singlet fission and triplet exciton dynamics in rubrene/fullerene heterojunctions: implications for electroluminescence

Ullah, Mujeeb, Yambem, Soniya D., Moore, Evan G., Namdas, Ebinazar B. and Pandey, Ajay K. (2015). Singlet fission and triplet exciton dynamics in rubrene/fullerene heterojunctions: implications for electroluminescence. Advanced Electronic Materials, 1 (12) 1500229, 1500229. doi: 10.1002/aelm.201500229

Singlet fission and triplet exciton dynamics in rubrene/fullerene heterojunctions: implications for electroluminescence

2015

Journal Article

Charge transport and recombination in heterostructure organic light emitting transistors

Maasoumi, Fatemeh, Ullah, Mujeeb, Shaw, Paul E., Li, Jun, Burn, Paul L., Meredith, Paul and Namdas, Ebinazar B. (2015). Charge transport and recombination in heterostructure organic light emitting transistors. Organic Electronics, 25 3113, 37-43. doi: 10.1016/j.orgel.2015.05.051

Charge transport and recombination in heterostructure organic light emitting transistors

2015

Journal Article

Efficient and bright polymer light emitting field effect transistors

Ullah, Mujeeb, Tandy, Kristen, Yambem, Soniya D., Muhieddine, Khalid, Ong, Wen Jie, Shi, Zugui, Burn, Paul L., Meredith, Paul, Li, Jun and Namdas, Ebinazar B. (2015). Efficient and bright polymer light emitting field effect transistors. Organic Electronics: physics, materials, applications, 17, 371-376. doi: 10.1016/j.orgel.2014.12.014

Efficient and bright polymer light emitting field effect transistors

Current funding

  • 2025 - 2027
    Global Hub of Advanced Materials and Integrated Optoelectronics (GH-AMIO)
    Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
    Open grant
  • 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

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  • Lasers
  • OLED
  • Organic Semiconductors
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  • Solar cells

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