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Associate Professor Shih-Chun Lo

Associate Professor

School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
Faculty of Science
s.lo@uq.edu.au
+61 7 334 67657

Overview

Organic functional materials development (design, synthesis & characterisation) for organic electronics

Associate Professor Shih-Chun Lo (Lawrence)

Lawrence held a prestigious Swire Scholarship while carrying out his PhD study on material development for organic solar cells and light emitting diodes (OLEDs) at Oxford University, UK (1996-2000). His post-doctoral research at Oxford University focused on the design, synthesis and characterisation of fluorescent and phosphorescent dendrimers for higly efficient OLEDs. Dendrimers have been recognised internationally as the third main class of OLED materials, alongside small molecules and polymers, in which he played a key role. In December 2007, he joined the University of Queensland as a Lecturer in Chemistry of Materials. His research work has focused on the development of new functional organic (including organometallic) materials for opto-electronic applications (e.g. solar cells, OLEDs, photodetectors, sensors, superconductors & organic lasers) as well as clean energy generation.

Research Impacts

Assoc. Prof. Shih-Chun Lo (Lawrence) is a synthetic chemist with leading expertise in organic semiconductor materislas development for organic electronics, e.g. organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) displays/lighting, organic solar cells, organic filed-effect transistors, orgnaic photodectors, organic light-emitting filed-effect transistors and organic lasers. He has contributed to the field by esablishing new structure-property relationship to advance device performance through new materials design and synthesis (ranging from molecular, oligomeric, drendritic and polymeric organics, to organometallics), inlcuding playing the key role in electro-active dendrimers development so that light-emitting dendrimers were recognised internationally as the third main class of OLED materials (alongside small molecules and pi-conjugated polymers). He has published >100 papers in refereed scientific journals and is a co-inventor of >70 patents globaly. His current h-index is 37 with i-10 index of 82 and total citations of >6,500. In 2016, he was awarded with a Progress 100 Visiting Professorship by Kyushu University, Japan (headed by Professor Masato Wakayama, Trustee and Vice President of KU to build the research and strengths of KU) (with Prof. C. Adachi), and was also a visiting scholar at Yamagata University, Japan (with Prof. S. Tokito) and visiting academic at Oxford University, UK (with Prof M. Moloney and Prof. D. D. C. Bradley).

Qualifications

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Education, The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy of Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry, University of Oxford

Publications

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Grants

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Supervision

  • Development of Luminescent Chromophores for Displays and Lasers

    (2023) Doctor Philosophy

  • New approaches to the development of highly efficient organic chromophores

    Doctor Philosophy

  • Novel Organic Semiconductor Materials for High-Efficiency Optoelectronics

    (2022) Doctor Philosophy

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Available Projects

  • Development of new functional organic materials for opto-electronic applications

    The School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences is offering a PhD scholarship, involving interdisciplinary research projects relating to organic materials development (synthesis and characterisation) for opto-electronic applications (OLEDs, OPDs and organic lasers) under the supervision of Associtate Professor Shih-Chun Lo.

  • Organic semiconductors materials development

    PhD scholarships are available for synthetic organic chemistry candidates, working on a project relating to organic materials development (synthesis and characterisation) for orgnaic electronics under the supervision of Associate Professor Shih-Chun Lo.

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Publications

Featured Publications

Journal Article

Conference Publication

  • High Performance CVD Grown Nanolayered PtSe<sub>2</sub>/SOI Heterostructure for Broadband Photodetection

    Khanikar, Prabal Dweep, Moudgil, Akshay, Sandhu, Harmanpreet Kaur, Dewan, Sheetal, Sharma, Sumit, Lo, Shih-Chun, Namdas, Ebinazar B. and Das, Samaresh (2023). High Performance CVD Grown Nanolayered PtSe2/SOI Heterostructure for Broadband Photodetection. IEEE 23rd International Conference on Nanotechnology (NANO), Jeju, South Korea, 2-5 July 2023. Piscataway, NJ United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/nano58406.2023.10231181

  • SURFACE PLASMONIC RESONANCE MODULATION BY MEMS-ELASTOMER HYBRID SYSTEM

    Hu, Yu-Tang, Lo, Shih-Chun, Chen, Yi-Chu, Pan, Chih-Liang and Lo, Cheng-Yao (2018). SURFACE PLASMONIC RESONANCE MODULATION BY MEMS-ELASTOMER HYBRID SYSTEM. 31st IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), Belfast North Ireland, Jan 21-25, 2018. NEW YORK: IEEE.

  • Solution-processed non-polymeric organic photodiodes

    Kim, Il Ku, Meredith, Paul, Burn, Paul L., Lo, Shih-Chun and Namdas, Ebinazar B. (2015). Solution-processed non-polymeric organic photodiodes. Conference on Organic Field-Effect Transistors XIV; and Organic Sensors and Bioelectronics VIII, San Diego, CA., United States, 09-12 August 2015. Bellingham, WA., United States: S P I E - International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.2187583

  • Phosphorescent iridium(III) complexes for organic light emitting diodes

    Lo, Shih-Chun (2014). Phosphorescent iridium(III) complexes for organic light emitting diodes. Solid-State and Organic Lighting, SOLED 2014, Canberra, Australia, 2- 5 December 2014. Washington, D.C.: Optical Society of America (OSA). doi: 10.1364/soled.2014.dth4c.3

  • Iridium (III) complex-based small molecules, dendrimers and poly(dendrimers) for organic light-emitting diodes

    Levell, JW, Lai, WY, Lo, SC, Burn, PL and Samuel, IDW (2011). Iridium (III) complex-based small molecules, dendrimers and poly(dendrimers) for organic light-emitting diodes. 242nd National Meeting of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS), Denver Co, Aug 28-Sep 01, 2011. WASHINGTON: AMER CHEMICAL SOC.

  • New dendritic architectures for efficient blue phosphorescence

    Lo, Shih-Chun, Harding, Ruth. E., Shipley, Christopher. P., Stevenson, Stuart, Burn, Paul. L. and Samuel, Ifor. D. (2009). New dendritic architectures for efficient blue phosphorescence. Materials Research Society 2008 Fall Meeting, Boston, U.S.A., 1-5 Dec 2008. Warrendale, PA, U.S.A.: Materials Research Society.

  • Sensing nitroaromatic analytes with a bifluorene-cored dendrimer

    Cavaye, Hamish, Barcena, Homar, Shaw, Paul E., Burn, Paul L., Lo, Shih-Chun and Meredith, Paul (2009). Sensing nitroaromatic analytes with a bifluorene-cored dendrimer. Organic Semiconductors in Sensors and Bioelectronics II, San Diego, CA, USA, 1 - 5 August 2009. United States: S P I E - International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.825821

  • Dendrimers: Efficient solution-processed phosphorescent OLED materials

    Anthopoulos, T. D., Namdas, E. B., Ruseckas, A., Samuel, I. D. W., Lo, S. C. and Burn, P. L. (2005). Dendrimers: Efficient solution-processed phosphorescent OLED materials. 25th International Display Research Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, 19-22 September 2005. Playa del Rey, CA, USA: Society for Information Display.

  • Invited paper: Dendrimers - Efficient solution-processed phosphorescent OLED materials

    Namdas, E. B., Markham, J. P. J., Anthopoulos, T. D., Samuel, I. D. W., Lo, S. C., Richards, G. J., Frampton, M. J. and Burn, P. L. (2005). Invited paper: Dendrimers - Efficient solution-processed phosphorescent OLED materials. 2005 SID International Symposium, 25-27 May 2005. doi: 10.1889/1.2036382

  • Conjugated dendrimers: A modular approach to materials for full colour displays

    Markham, Jonathan P. J., Anthopoulos, Thomas D., Namdas, Ebinazar B., Lo, Shih-Chun, Richards, Gary J., Frampton, Michael J., Salata, Olga, Burn, Paul L. and Samuel, I. D. W. (2004). Conjugated dendrimers: A modular approach to materials for full colour displays. Conference on Organic Light-Emitting Materials and Devices VII, San Diego, CA, United States, 4-6 August 2003. Bellingham, WA, United States: S P I E - International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.512062

  • Highly efficient solution-processible phosphorescent dendrimers for organic light-emitting diodes

    Markham, Jonathan P.J., Lo, Shih-Chun, Anthopoulos, Thomas D., Male, Nigel H., Balasubramaniam, Eshvaramurti, Salata, Oleg V., Burn, Paul L. and Samuel, Ifor D.W. (2003). Highly efficient solution-processible phosphorescent dendrimers for organic light-emitting diodes. SID Advanced Display Technologies Symposium, Raubichi, Belarus, 18-21 September 2001. Hoboken, NJ, United States: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1889/1.1831714

  • Bright electroluminescence from a new conjugated dendrimer

    Ma, Dongge, Hu, Yufeng, Zhang, Yanguang, Wang, Lixiang, Jing, Xiabing, Wang, Fosong, Lupton, J. M., Samuel, I. D. W., Lo, Shi-Chun and Burn, P. L. (2003). Bright electroluminescence from a new conjugated dendrimer. International Conference on Science and Technology of Synthetic Metals, Shanghai, China, 29 June - 5 July 2002. Lausanne, Switzerland: Elsevier Sequoia. doi: 10.1016/S0379-6779(02)00954-2

  • Efficient electrophosphorescent dendrimer LEDs

    Markham, Jpj, Lo, SC, Male, NH, Anthopoulos, T, Salata, O, Burn, PL and Samuel, IDW (2002). Efficient electrophosphorescent dendrimer LEDs. 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE-Lasers-and-Electro-Optics-Society, Glasgow Scotland, Nov 10-14, 2002. NEW YORK: IEEE.

  • Efficient solution-processed dendrimer OLEDs

    Salata, OV, Liu, ZG, Safonov, A, Mustapha, N, Lo, SC, Burn, P, Samuel, I and Markham, J (2002). Efficient solution-processed dendrimer OLEDs. Photonics Asia Symposium 2002, Shanghai Peoples R China, Oct 14-18, 2002. BELLINGHAM: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. doi: 10.1117/12.483063

  • Effect of different precursor routes on the electronic properties of poly[2-(2 '-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] and poly[2-(2 '-ethylhexyloxy)-5-(phenylethynyl)-1,4-phenylenevinylene].

    Lo, SC, Sheridan, AK, Samuel, IDW and Burn, PL (1999). Effect of different precursor routes on the electronic properties of poly[2-(2 '-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] and poly[2-(2 '-ethylhexyloxy)-5-(phenylethynyl)-1,4-phenylenevinylene].. WASHINGTON: AMER CHEMICAL SOC.

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Possible Research Projects

Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.

  • Development of new functional organic materials for opto-electronic applications

    The School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences is offering a PhD scholarship, involving interdisciplinary research projects relating to organic materials development (synthesis and characterisation) for opto-electronic applications (OLEDs, OPDs and organic lasers) under the supervision of Associtate Professor Shih-Chun Lo.

  • Organic semiconductors materials development

    PhD scholarships are available for synthetic organic chemistry candidates, working on a project relating to organic materials development (synthesis and characterisation) for orgnaic electronics under the supervision of Associate Professor Shih-Chun Lo.

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