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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Associate Professor Ebinazar Namdas is:
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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)

141 - 149 of 149 works

2003

Journal Article

Highly efficient single-layer dendrimer light-emitting diodes with balanced charge transport

Anthopoulos, Thomas D., Markham, Jonathan P. J., Namdas, Ebinazar B., Samuel, Ifor D. W., Lo, Shih-Chun and Burn, Paul L. (2003). Highly efficient single-layer dendrimer light-emitting diodes with balanced charge transport. Applied Physics Letters, 82 (26), 4824-4826. doi: 10.1063/1.1586999

Highly efficient single-layer dendrimer light-emitting diodes with balanced charge transport

2001

Journal Article

Luminescence quenching by inter-chain aggregates in substituted polythiophenes

Ruseckas, A., Namdas, E. B., Theander, M., Svensson, M., Yartsev, A., Zigmantas, D., Andersson, M. R., Inganas, O. and Sundstrom, V. (2001). Luminescence quenching by inter-chain aggregates in substituted polythiophenes. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 144 (1), 3-12. doi: 10.1016/S1010-6030(01)00517-2

Luminescence quenching by inter-chain aggregates in substituted polythiophenes

2001

Journal Article

Intra- and interchain luminescence in amorphous and semicrystalline films of phenyl-substituted polythiophene

Ruseckas, Arvydas, Namdas, Ebinazar B., Ganguly, Tapan, Theander, Mathias, Svensson, Mattias, Andersson, Mats R., Inganas, Olle and Sundstrom, Villy (2001). Intra- and interchain luminescence in amorphous and semicrystalline films of phenyl-substituted polythiophene. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 105 (32), 7624-7631. doi: 10.1021/jp010511n

Intra- and interchain luminescence in amorphous and semicrystalline films of phenyl-substituted polythiophene

2001

Conference Publication

Luminescence from inter-chain aggregates in polythiophene films

Ruseckas, A., Namdas, E., Theander, M., Svensson, M., Yartsev, A., Zigmantas, D., Andersson, M. R., Inganas, O. and Sundstrom, V. (2001). Luminescence from inter-chain aggregates in polythiophene films. 16th International Conference on Science and Technology of Synthetic Metals (ICSM 2000), Gastein, Austria, 15-21 July 2000. Lausanne, Switzerland: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/S0379-6779(00)00721-9

Luminescence from inter-chain aggregates in polythiophene films

2000

Journal Article

Correlation between lasing and photophysical performance of dyes in polymethylmethacrylate

Deshpande, A. V. and Namdas, E. B. (2000). Correlation between lasing and photophysical performance of dyes in polymethylmethacrylate. Journal of Luminescence, 91 (1-2), 25-31. doi: 10.1016/S0022-2313(00)00210-6

Correlation between lasing and photophysical performance of dyes in polymethylmethacrylate

1998

Journal Article

Effects of oxygen and temperature on phosphorescence and delayed fluorescence of erythrosin B trapped in sol-gel silica

Lam, Sio Kuan, Namdas, Ebinazar and Lo, Dennis (1998). Effects of oxygen and temperature on phosphorescence and delayed fluorescence of erythrosin B trapped in sol-gel silica. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 118 (1), 25-30.

Effects of oxygen and temperature on phosphorescence and delayed fluorescence of erythrosin B trapped in sol-gel silica

1997

Journal Article

Spectroscopic properties of Na-fluorescein in polyacrylic acid films

Deshpande, Aparna V. and Namdas, Ebinazar B. (1997). Spectroscopic properties of Na-fluorescein in polyacrylic acid films. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 110 (2), 177-182. doi: 10.1016/S1010-6030(97)00181-0

Spectroscopic properties of Na-fluorescein in polyacrylic acid films

1997

Journal Article

Lasing action of rhodamine B in polyacrylic acid films

Deshpande, A. V. and Namdas, E. B. (1997). Lasing action of rhodamine B in polyacrylic acid films. Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, 64 (4), 419-422. doi: 10.1007/s003400050193

Lasing action of rhodamine B in polyacrylic acid films

1996

Journal Article

Efficient lasing action of Rhodamine 6G in Nafion membranes

Deshpande, Aparna V. and Namdas, Ebinazar B. (1996). Efficient lasing action of Rhodamine 6G in Nafion membranes. Chemical Physics Letters, 263 (3-4), 449-455. doi: 10.1016/S0009-2614(96)01247-X

Efficient lasing action of Rhodamine 6G in Nafion membranes

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

Associate Professor Ebinazar Namdas is:
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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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