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)

101 - 120 of 149 works

2012

Journal Article

Infrared conductivity of hole accumulation and depletion layers in (Ga,Mn)As- and (Ga,Be)As-based electric field-effect devices

Chapler, B. C., Mack, S., Ju, L., Elson, T. W., Boudouris, B. W., Namdas, E., Yuen, J. D., Heeger, A. J., Samarth, N., Di Ventra, M., Segalman, R. A., Awschalom, D. D., Wang, F. and Basov, D. N. (2012). Infrared conductivity of hole accumulation and depletion layers in (Ga,Mn)As- and (Ga,Be)As-based electric field-effect devices. Physical Review B, 86 (16) 165302. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.165302

Infrared conductivity of hole accumulation and depletion layers in (Ga,Mn)As- and (Ga,Be)As-based electric field-effect devices

2012

Journal Article

A new diketopyrrolopyrrole-based co-polymer for ambipolar field-effect transistors and solar cells

Tandy, Kristen, Dutta, Gitish K., Zhang, Yuliang, Venkatramaiah, N., Aljada, Muhsen, Burn, Paul L., Meredith, Paul, Namdas, Ebinazar B. and Patil, Satish (2012). A new diketopyrrolopyrrole-based co-polymer for ambipolar field-effect transistors and solar cells. Organic Electronics, 13 (10), 1981-1988. doi: 10.1016/j.orgel.2012.05.046

A new diketopyrrolopyrrole-based co-polymer for ambipolar field-effect transistors and solar cells

2012

Journal Article

Structured-gate organic field-effect transistors

Aljada, Muhsen, Pandey, Ajay K., Velusamy, Marappan, Burn, Paul L., Meredith, Paul and Namdas, Ebinazar B. (2012). Structured-gate organic field-effect transistors. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 45 (22) 225105, 225105. doi: 10.1088/0022-3727/45/22/225105

Structured-gate organic field-effect transistors

2012

Journal Article

Control of efficiency, brightness, and recombination zone in light-emitting field effect transistors

Hsu, Ben B.Y., Duan, Chunhui, Namdas, Ebinazar B., Gutacker, Andrea, Yuen, Jonathan D., Huang, Fei, Cao, Yong, Bazan, Guillermo C., Samuel, Ifor D. W. and Heeger, Alan J. (2012). Control of efficiency, brightness, and recombination zone in light-emitting field effect transistors. Advanced Materials, 24 (9), 1171-1175. doi: 10.1002/adma.201103513

Control of efficiency, brightness, and recombination zone in light-emitting field effect transistors

2011

Journal Article

Solution-processed organic light-emitting transistors incorporating conjugated polyelectrolytes

Seo, Jung Hwa, Namdas, Ebinazar B., Gutacker, Andrea, Heeger, Alan J. and Bazan, Guillermo C. (2011). Solution-processed organic light-emitting transistors incorporating conjugated polyelectrolytes. Advanced Functional Materials, 21 (19), 3667-3672. doi: 10.1002/adfm.201100682

Solution-processed organic light-emitting transistors incorporating conjugated polyelectrolytes

2011

Journal Article

Synthesis and self-assembly of donor-acceptor-donor based oligothiophenes and their optoelectronic properties

Siram, Raja Bhaskar Kanth, Tandy, Kristan, Horecha, Marta, Formanek, Petr, Stamm, Manfred, Gevorgyan, Suren, Krebs, Frederik C., Kiriy, Anton, Meredith, Paul, Burn, Paul L., Namdas, Ebinazar B. and Patil, Satish (2011). Synthesis and self-assembly of donor-acceptor-donor based oligothiophenes and their optoelectronic properties. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 115 (29), 14369-14376. doi: 10.1021/jp204271c

Synthesis and self-assembly of donor-acceptor-donor based oligothiophenes and their optoelectronic properties

2011

Journal Article

Optoelectronic gate dielectrics for high brightness and high-efficiency light-emitting transistors

Namdas, Ebinazar B., Hsu, Ben B. Y., Yuen, Jonathan D., Samuel, Ifor D. W. and Heeger, Alan J. (2011). Optoelectronic gate dielectrics for high brightness and high-efficiency light-emitting transistors. Advanced Materials, 23 (20), 2353-2356. doi: 10.1002/adma.201004102

Optoelectronic gate dielectrics for high brightness and high-efficiency light-emitting transistors

2011

Journal Article

A solution processable fluorene-benzothiadiazole small molecule for n-type organic field-effect transistors

Mutkins, Karyn, Gui, Ke, Aljada, Muhsen, Schwenn, Paul E., Namdas, Ebinazar, Burn, Paul L. and Meredith, Paul (2011). A solution processable fluorene-benzothiadiazole small molecule for n-type organic field-effect transistors. Applied Physics Letters, 98 (15) 153301, 153301-1-153301-3. doi: 10.1063/1.3569818

A solution processable fluorene-benzothiadiazole small molecule for n-type organic field-effect transistors

2011

Conference Publication

Is melanin a semiconductor: The mysteries of electrical conduction and melanin bioelectronics?

Meredith, P., Mostert, B., Gentle, I. R., Hanson, G., Tandy, K., Namdas, E., Pratt, F. and Powell, B. J. (2011). Is melanin a semiconductor: The mysteries of electrical conduction and melanin bioelectronics?. ipcc2011: International Pigment Cell Conference. Skin and Other Pigment Cells: Bridging Clinical Medicine and Science, Bordeaux, France, 20-24 September 2011. Malden, MA, U.S.A.: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2011.00885.x

Is melanin a semiconductor: The mysteries of electrical conduction and melanin bioelectronics?

2010

Journal Article

Split-gate organic field effect transistors: Control over charge injection and transport

Hsu, Ben B.Y., Namdas, Ebinazar B., Yuen, Jonathan D., Cho, Shinuk, Samuel, Ifor D.W. and Heeger, Alan J. (2010). Split-gate organic field effect transistors: Control over charge injection and transport. Advanced Materials, 22 (41), 4649-4653. doi: 10.1002/adma.201001509

Split-gate organic field effect transistors: Control over charge injection and transport

2010

Journal Article

Conjugated polyelectrolytes for organic light emitting transistors

Seo, Jung Hwa, Namdas, Ebinazar B., Gutacker, Andrea, Heeger, Alan J. and Bazan, Guillermo C. (2010). Conjugated polyelectrolytes for organic light emitting transistors. Applied Physics Letters, 97 (4) 043303, 043303-1-043303-3. doi: 10.1063/1.3467856

Conjugated polyelectrolytes for organic light emitting transistors

2010

Journal Article

Organic light emitting complementary inverters

Namdas, Ebinazar B., Samuel, Ifor D. W., Shukla, Deepak, Meyer, Dianne M., Sun, Yanming, Hsu, Ben B. Y., Moses, Daniel and Heeger, Alan J. (2010). Organic light emitting complementary inverters. Applied Physics Letters, 96 (4) 043304, 043304-1-043304-3. doi: 10.1063/1.3293293

Organic light emitting complementary inverters

2009

Journal Article

Phosphorescent light-emitting transistors: Harvesting triplet excitons

Namdas, Ebinazar B., Hsu, Ben B. Y., Liu, Zehua, Lo, Shih-Chun, Burn, Paul L. and Samuel, Ifor D. W. (2009). Phosphorescent light-emitting transistors: Harvesting triplet excitons. Advanced Materials, 21 (48), 4957-4961. doi: 10.1002/adma.200900919

Phosphorescent light-emitting transistors: Harvesting triplet excitons

2009

Journal Article

Low thresholds in polymer lasers on conductive substrates by distributed feedback nanoimprinting: Progress toward electrically pumped plastic lasers

Namdas, Ebinazar B., Tong, Minghong, Ledochowitsch, Peter, Mednick, Sarah R., Yuen, Jonathan D., Moses, Daniel and Heeger, Alan J. (2009). Low thresholds in polymer lasers on conductive substrates by distributed feedback nanoimprinting: Progress toward electrically pumped plastic lasers. Advanced Materials, 21 (7), 799-802. doi: 10.1002/adma.200802436

Low thresholds in polymer lasers on conductive substrates by distributed feedback nanoimprinting: Progress toward electrically pumped plastic lasers

2009

Conference Publication

Quasi one-dimensional transport in doped PBTTT and PBTTT thin film transistors

Yuen, Jonathan D., Menon, Reghu, Coates, Nelson E., Namdas, Ebinazar B., Cho, Shinuk, Hannahs, Scott T., Moses, Daniel and Heeger, Alan J. (2009). Quasi one-dimensional transport in doped PBTTT and PBTTT thin film transistors. SPIE Photonic Devices + Applications, San Diego, CA USA, 2009. doi: 10.1117/12.825695

Quasi one-dimensional transport in doped PBTTT and PBTTT thin film transistors

2008

Journal Article

High performance light emitting transistors

Namdas, Ebinazar B., Ledochowitsch, Peter, Yuen, Jonathan D., Moses, Daniel and Heeger, Alan J. (2008). High performance light emitting transistors. Applied Physics Letters, 92 (18) 183304, 183304-1-183304-3. doi: 10.1063/1.2920436

High performance light emitting transistors

2008

Journal Article

Gate-controlled light emitting diodes

Namdas, Ebinazar B., Swensen, James S., Ledochowitsch, Peter, Yuen, Jonathan D., Moses, Daniel and Heeger, Alan J. (2008). Gate-controlled light emitting diodes. Advanced Materials, 20 (7), 1321-1324. doi: 10.1002/adma.200701944

Gate-controlled light emitting diodes

2007

Journal Article

Electrochemical doping in electrolyte-gated polymer transistors

Yuen, Jonathan D., Dhoot, Anoop S., Namdas, Ebinazar B., Coates, Nelson E., Heeney, Martin, McCulloch, Iain, Moses, Daniel and Heeger, Alan J. (2007). Electrochemical doping in electrolyte-gated polymer transistors. Journal of the Americal Chemical Society, 129 (46), 14367-14371. doi: 10.1021/ja0749845

Electrochemical doping in electrolyte-gated polymer transistors

2007

Journal Article

Solution processable phosphorescent rhenium(I) dendrimers

Pu, Yong-Jin, Harding, Ruth E., Stevenson, Stuart G., Namdas, Ebinazar B., Tedeschi, Christine, Markham, Jonathan P. J., Rummings, Richard J., Burn, Paul L. and Samuel, Ifor D. W. (2007). Solution processable phosphorescent rhenium(I) dendrimers. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 17 (40), 4255-4264. doi: 10.1039/b707896j

Solution processable phosphorescent rhenium(I) dendrimers

2007

Journal Article

Effect of generation and soft lithography on semiconducting dendrimer lasers

Lawrence, Justin R., Namdas, Ebinazar B., Richards, Gary J., Burn, Paul L. and Samuel, Ifor D. W. (2007). Effect of generation and soft lithography on semiconducting dendrimer lasers. Advanced Materials, 19 (19), 3000-3003. doi: 10.1002/adma.200602392

Effect of generation and soft lithography on semiconducting dendrimer lasers

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

Enquiries

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  • Lasers
  • OLED
  • Organic Semiconductors
  • Plastic Electronics
  • Solar cells

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