Prof. Dr. Thuc-Quyen Thai Nguyen

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsSynthesis and Properties of Functional Materials,Physical Chemistry of Molecules, Liquids and Interfaces, Biophysical Chemistry
Keywordsdoping, charge transport and film morphology, organic electrochemical transistors, organic photodetectors, device physics, organic solar cells

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CitySanta Barbara, California
InstitutionUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
InstituteDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Dieter NeherInstitut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, Golm
Prof. Dr. Anna KöhlerLehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik II, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2016

Programme(s)

2015Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Nguyen is recognized wordwide for her outstanding work on efficient organic solar cells using solution-processable small molecules. She has also pioneered and advanced scanning probe microscopy techniques to image nanoscale properties of multicomponent semiconductor layers. In Germany, Professor Nguyen focuses on fundamental processes in solution-processed optoelectronic devices, with particular emphasis on the effect of energetic disorder on charge carrier dynamics and device characteristics.