Prof. Graham Turnbull

- Position:
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Professor
- Research Theme:
- Condensed Matter and Photonics
- Research Group:
- Photonics
- Institution:
- St. Andrews
- Email address:
- gat@st-andrews.ac.uk
- Address:
- School of Physics & Astronomy, Physical Science Building, North Haugh, St Andrews, KY16 9SS, United Kingdom
Research interests
Graham Turnbull’s research interests are focused on photonic applications of soft materials, including organic semiconductors, plastic lasers, chemical sensing and nanophotonics.
Current research activities include the development of miniature organic and perovskite lasers, explosive vapour sensors, nanoimprint lithography , hybrid optoelectronics, photophysics of organic semiconductors, visible light data communications, and strong coupling in organic materials.
Admin & Teaching- Head of School
- Polymer & Liquid Crystal Displays (PH5209)
- Past Chair of the IEEE Photonics Society Scottish Chapter
Teaching
Semiconductor Physics and Devices (PH5208)
Polymer & Liquid Crystal Displays (PH5209)
Research outputs
- Flexible and ultra-lightweight polymer membrane lasers DOI, Nature Communications (2018)
- Carbon‐bridged p‐phenylenevinylene polymer for high‐performance solution‐processed distributed feedback lasers DOI, Advanced Optical Materials, Early View (2018)
- An organic vortex laser DOI, ACS Nano, 12, 3 , p. 2389-2394 (2018)
- Ormosil-coated conjugated polymers for the detection of explosives in aqueous environments DOI, Talanta, 179, p. 426-429 (2018)
- Flexible glass hybridized colloidal quantum dots for Gb/s visible light communications DOI, IEEE Photonics Journal, 10, 1 (2018)
- Strong coupling in a microcavity containing β-carotene DOI, Optics Express, 26, 3 , p. 3320-3327 (2018)
- Advances in optical sensing of explosive vapours DOI, p. 323-327 (2018)
- Polymer colour converter with very high modulation bandwidth for visible light communications DOI, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 5, 35 , p. 8916-8920 (2017)
- Green perovskite distributed feedback lasers DOI, Scientific Reports, 7 (2017)
- Intermolecular states in organic dye dispersions DOI, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 5, 33 , p. 8380-8389 (2017)
Last updated: 06 Mar 2019 at 10:14