8/24/2026 - Russ presents the group research on OLEDs and microcavities at SPIE Optics and Photonics.
08/19/2026 - Russ presents the group's research on spontaneous orientation polarization in OLEDs and exciton-polaron quenching in microcavity OLEDs at iMiD 2026 in Busan, Korea.
08/10/2026 - New publication in Optics Express (https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.607222). This collaborative work was led by Maya Ramamurthy of the Ferry Group and involved several current and former group members (Evgeny, Brian, Abhinav, and Kyle!) as part of work with Microsoft.
07/27/2026 - Muntaka passes her qualifying exam! Congrats Muntaka!
07/21/2026 - Russ presents the group's research on OLEDs at the International Symposium on Optoelectronic Components and Materials, celebrating the career of Prof. Steve Forrest.
06/26/2026 - The new Angstrom chamber is installed! Great job to the whole group!
05/27/2026 - Abhinav, Akib, Gourav, and Muntaka present talks and/or posters at the 2026 UMN IPRIME Meeting.
05/13/2026 - Betty defends her Ph.D. thesis! Good luck at Lam Research!
05/06/2026 - Gourav passes his qualifying exam! Congrats Gourav!
03/26/2026 - Russ presents and invited talk at the American Chemical Society meeting on spontaneous orientation polarization in vapor-processed organic thin films in Atlanta.
03/19/2026 - Betty presents a talk at the APS Global Physics Summit on her work looking at exciton-polaron quenching in microcavity OLEDs in Denver.
12/12/2025 - Emma defends her Ph.D. thesis! Good luck at Seagate!
11/28/2025 - New publication in Advanced Optical Materials (https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202501416). This work was led by Brian and also involved Abhinav, as well as former group members Evgeny and Ryker.
10/29/2025 - Russ presents an invited talk at the Japan-Germany workshop on Spontaneous Orientation Polarization in Organic Semiconductors - From Basic Science to Applications in Japan on the group's work related to spontaneous orientation polarization in OLEDs,
8/14/2025 - Brian defends his Ph.D. thesis! Congratulations Brian and good luck at Apple!
8/5/2025 - Brian presents a poster at SPIE Optics and Photonics in San Diego on collaborative work with Meta related to circularly polarized luminescence in organic nanostructures.
7/21/25 - Russ presents an invited talk at the 10th International Discussion Meeting on Relaxations in Complex Systems (10thIDMRCS) in Barcelona on the group's work related to spontaneous orientation polarization in organic thin films.
6/2/25 - New paper published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C entitled: "Controlling Preferred Grain Orientation in Vapor-Deposited Metal-Halide Perovskite Thin Films." This was collaborative work with MIT, funded by the Department of Energy Solar Energy Technology Office (SETO). Congratulations Emma!
5/29/25 - Brian, Betty, and Emma present their research at the UMN IPRIME Annual Meeting.
5/21/25 - Russ presents an invited talk at the Society for Vacuum Coaters Conference in Nashville on the group's work related to molecular alignment in organic films and the vapor processing of metal-halide perovskites.
5/9/25 - New paper published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces entitled "Uncovering S-Shaped IV Curves in Organic Photovoltaics: The Role of DIO-Driven Vertical Segregation." This was a collaboration with the group of Prof. David Lidzey at the University of Sheffield and includes data from Kaicheng Shi's thesis research. Congratulations Kaicheng!
5/5/25 - New paper published in Applied Physics Letters entitled "Numerical design considerations for vapor transport deposition of metal-halide perovskite thin films." This was collaborative work with MIT, funded by the Department of Energy Solar Energy Technology Office (SETO), congratulations Wan-Ju and Emma.
4/11/25 - New paper published in Advanced Optical Materials entitled "Continuously Tuning Strong Exciton-Photon Coupling via Molecular Orientation in Organic Microcavities." This work was funded through the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) via a MURI. Congratulations Betty.
4/03/25 - Our new Angstrom High Vacuum Thermal Evaporation system has arrived! We look forward to getting it set up and running.
3/20/25 - Russ presents an invited talk at the American Physical Society Global Physics Summit on the group's work related to molecular alignment and spontaneous polarization in organic thin films.
1/25/25 - Wan-Ju defends her Ph.D. thesis! Congratulations Wan-Ju and good luck at Lam!