Jared Cole, Catalyst: Leaders Fellowship of the Royal Society of New Zealand, September 2021.
Anita Ho-Baillie, Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher for 2021, September 2021.
Ken Ghiggino, Award for Distinguished Achievements to the Asian and Oceanian Photochemistry Association, 3 November 2021.
Alison Campbell, CSIRO Alumni Scholarship in Physics, January 2021.
Ann Roberts, Alan Walsh Medal for 2020, Australian Institute of Physics (AIP), June 2021.
Ivan Kassal, 2021 RACI Physical Chemistry Lectureship, July 2021.
Alison Campbell, NSW semi-finalist and NSW people's choice winner, FameLab, 7 July 2021.
Andrew Christofferson, Most Collaborative/Multidisciplinary Award, RMIT University, $600, 14 October 2021.
Timothy Schmidt, RACI Physical Chemistry Division Medal, November 2021.
Best Student Publication: Daniel Balzer, with Ivan Kassal and collaborators, for 'Delocalised kinetic Monte Carlo for simulating delocalisation-enhanced charge and exciton transport in disordered materials'.
Best ECR Publication: Babar Shabbir, with Sherif Abbas, Jacek Jasieniak and collaborators, for 'Soft X-ray Detectors Based on SnS Nanosheets for the Water Window Region'.
Best cross-node publication: Wenping Yin, Hanchen Li and Ben Tadgell, with Anthony Chesman, Wallace Wong, Paul Mulvaney, Jacek Jasieniak and collaborators, for 'Detection of Halomethanes Using Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals'.
First prize
'Solar panel geometry', Monika Michalska, Monash University.
Second prize
'A Rainbow for the Future', Subhajit Chakraborty, University of Melbourne.
Third prize
'Beauty in something ordinary', Paulo Simon, University of Melbourne.
People’s Choice Award
'Brownian Trees in 2D Perovskite Films', Fei Zheng, University of Melbourne.
CZTS Solar Cells, January 2021
Members: Paul Mulvaney, Yixiong Ji,
Collaborators: Fangyang Liu, Changsha University, China
Solar cell work, March to September 2021
Member: Yixiong Ji
Collaborators: Xueyun Zhang, UNSW, Fangyang Liu, Xiangyun Zhao, and Yining Pan, Central South University, China
Placement for visiting Master of Science student, February to December 2021
Members: Danni Luo, James Hutchison
Collaborator: Min Li, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Sulfonated dopant-free hole-transport material promotes interfacial charge transfer dynamics for highly stable perovskite solar cells, April to July 2021
Members: Sri Matta, Salvy Russo
Collaborators: Paola Vivo and Maning Liu, Tampere University, Finland
Solar cell work, September 2021
Member: Yixiong Ji
Collaborator: Zhenghua Su, Shenzhen University, China
Charge Transfer in Potential OLED Materials
Member: Trevor Smith
Collaborator: Satish Patil, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Molecular Foundry Project: Ab initio study of hybrid inorganic-organic interfaces for photovoltaic applications, May 2021 - May 2022
Members: Mykhailo Klymenko, Jared Cole, Salvy Russo, Timothy Schmidt
Collaborator: Liang Tan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Quantum-Probe Field Microscopy of Ultrafast Terahertz Excitations, August to December 2021
Members: Samantha Zaman, Nicholas Kirkwood, Arun Ashokan
Collaborator: Moritz Heindl, University of Bayreuth, Germany
Cancer killing effect by normal excitation and two-photon excitation of Quantum Dots, August to December 2021
Members: Samantha Zaman, Nicholas Kirkwood, Arun Ashokan
Collaborator: Yuta Takano, Hokkaido University, Japan
Potential collaboration of 2D materials modelling, November 2020 to January 2021
Member: Zifei Chen
Collaborator: Lixin He, University of Science and Technology of China, China
NIR Hybrid Upconversion Using PbS/lanthanides
Members: Ken Ghiggino, Trevor Smith
Collaborator: Karl Kramer, University of Bern, Switzerland
Submissions to the Journal Joule on LSC Measurements
Members: Wallace Wong, Timothy Schmidt
LSCs with Cubic Geometry
Members: Wallace Wong, Timothy Schmidt
Collaborator: Angèle Reinders, Eindhoven University of Technology, Nederlands
Poly(fluorenes)
Member: Trevor Smith
Collaborator: Linghai Xie, Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, China
Singlet Fission
Member: Dane McCamey
Collaborator: Luis Campos, Columbia University, USA
Exciton Transport at Perovskite Interfaces
Member: Ken Ghiggino
Collaborator: Xiaotao Hao, Shandong University, China
New Excitonic Materials for OPV and Exciton Diffusion Studies
Member: Paul Mulvaney
Collaborator: Jurgen Kohler, Bayreuth University, Germany
Nanocrystal Growth
Member: Paul Mulvaney
Collaborator: Bayreuth University and Forschungszentrum Jülich Research Institute, Germany
Ultracentrifugation Studies of CdSe Quantum Dots
Member: Paul Mulvaney
Collaborator: Helmut Colfen, University of Konstanz, Germany
High Pressure Studies of Quantum Dots
Member: Paul Mulvaney
Collaborator: Mathias Webber, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
High Pressure Studies of Gold Nanocrystals
Member: Paul Mulvaney
Collaborator: Fernando Rodriguez, Universidad de Cantabria, Spain
Ultrafast Dynamics of Assembled Nanosctructures
Member: Alison Funston
Collaborator: Anindya Datta, Indian Institute of Technology, India
Colloidal Stability of Nanoparticles
Member: Asaph Widmer-Cooper
Collaborator: Tobias Kraus, Leibnitz Institute for New Materials, Germany
Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Member: Jared Cole
Collaborator: Per Delsing
Theory of Nanostructured Materials
Member: Jared Cole, Mykhailo Klymenko
Collaborator: Liang Tan, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, USA
Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, UK
Members: Salvy Russo
Collaborators: Robert Shaw
Physics & Nano-systems Initiative München, Gernamy
Members: Paul Mulvaney
Collaborators: Jochen Feldmann, Ludwig Maximilians Universität
International Academy of Optoelectronics at Zhaoqing South China Normal University, China, January to March 2021
Member: Yixiong Ji
Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, February to December 2021
Member: Danni Luo
Nano-Institut München und Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany, July 2021
Member: Heyou Zhang
Department of Physical Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany, July 2021
Member: Heyou Zhang
Fakultät für Mathematik, Physik und Informatik, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany, July 2021
Member: Heyou Zhang
Department of Chemistry, Universität Hamburg., Hamburg, Germany, July 2021
Member: Heyou Zhang
Nanobiophotonik, Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien, Jena, Germany, August 2021
Member: Heyou Zhang
Janus nano-material structures for photovoltaic applications, April 2021
Members: Sri Matta, Salvy Russo
Collaborator: Ting Liao, Queensland University of Technology
Computational Research on Janus 2D Materials research, June to December 2021
Members: Sri Matta, Salvy Russo
Collaborator: Ting Liao, Queensland University of Technology
Photo-catalysis material study on BiOX (X=Cl, Br, I) for facet dependent surface energy, June to December 2021
Members: Sri Matta, Salvy Russo
Collaborator: Ravichandar Babarao, RMIT University
Soft X-ray detectors, August 2020 to October 2021
Members: Babar Shabbir, Jacek Jasieniak
Collaborator: Michelle Spencer, RMIT
Soft X-ray detectors, August 2020 to October 2021
Members: Babar Shabbir, Jacek Jasieniak
Collaborator: Nasir Mahmood, RMIT
Platform 2.2 Collaboration, September 2021
Member: Renzo Fenati
Collaborators: Peter Sherrel, and Beenish Imtiaz, University of Melbourne
Arun Ashokan
Trions in semiconductor nanocrystals, The 3rd Australia-Belgium-Japan joint symposium on excitonics and cellular communication, University of Melbourne, Australia, 23 March 2021
Christopher Bailey
Excited-state dynamics of emerging optoelectronic materials, 2021 Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) Summer Meeting, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, 8 December 2021
Francesco Campaioli
A multi-scale approach to energy and charge transport in amorphous polymers, 2021 Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) Summer Meeting, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, 8 December 2021
Anthony Chesman
Key materials for the production of solution-processed perovskite solar cells at scale, International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference, PVSEC-31, Online, Australia, 13 December 2021
Andrew Christofferson, Nastaran Meftahi, Salvy Russo
Multiscale modelling of liquid metals for materials and antimicrobial applications, AMMA Molecular Modelling (MM2021) Conference, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, 8 December 2021
Jared Cole
A superconducting quantum computer, why we might want one and why it's hard to build one, MacDiarmid Institute Annual Symposium and Future Leaders' Programme, MacDiarmid Institute, New Zealand, 10 February 2021
Superconducting circuits: charge-phase duality, computational materials science and the quest for ultra-low-noise electronics, School of Physics Colloquium, University of Melbourne, Australia, 30 March 2021
Josephson junctions: modelling their fabrication and electrical response at the atomic scale, 2021 Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) Summer Meeting, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, 8 December 2021
Laszlo Frazer
Quasiperiodic Light, Australasian Colloids and Interface Society (ACIS 2021), Monash University, Australia, 11 February 2021
Sebastian Olivier Furer
The Performance-determining Role of Lewis Bases in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Employing Copper-Bisphenanthroline Redox Mediators, Newcastle University-Monash University Collaboration Workshop, Monash University, Australia, 29 July 2021
Rugang Geng
Microwave Resonator-Integrated OLED for Magnetic Field Sensing, 2021 Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) Summer Meeting, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, 9 December 2021.
Ken Ghiggino
Photophysics of the Organic Bulk Heterojunction (Award Lecture), 11st Asian Photochemistry Conference (APC 2021), Online - Yonsei University, Republic of Korea, 3 November 2021
Elham Gholizadeh
Photochemical upconversion below silicon bandgap in oxygen mediated environment, MEI Symposium 21, Melbourne Energy Institute, the University of Melbourne, Australia, 3 December 2021
Lara Gillan
Carrier and spin dynamics in emerging photovoltaics, 2021 Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) Summer Meeting, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, 7 December 2021
Liam Hall
A hierarchical approach to many-body spin dynamics, 2021 Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) Summer Meeting, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, 8 December, 2021
Christopher Hall
Probing Excited-State Structure and Function in Molecular Motors and Mixed-Halide Perovskites, 11st Asian Photochemistry Conference (APC 2021), Online, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea, 1 November 2021
Jiho Han
Anisotropic growth of ZnSe using a universal theory, The 3rd Australia-Belgium-Japan joint symposium on excitonics and cellular communication, Online, University of Melbourne, Australia, 24 March 2021
James Hutchison
Developing bioimaging and spectroscopy at the University of Melbourne, The 3rd Australia-Belgium-Japan joint symposium on excitonics and cellular communication, Online, University of Melbourne, Australia, 23 March 2021
Bioinspired bacteriacidal 'nanoknife' coatings for orthopaedic implants, Bio-inspired Research Workshop, University of Melbourne, Australia, 15 July 2021
Bioinspired Optical Cavities for Strong Light-Matter Interactions, The 4th Australia-Belgium-Japan joint symposium on excitonics and cellular communication, University of Melbourne, Australia, 21 October 2021
Valley Plasmonics: Strong coupling of chiral plasmonic nanostructures to 2D semiconductors, Pacifichem 2020, Online, Hawaii University, United States, 19 December 2021.
Jacek Jasieniak
Tuning perovskite composition for high-performance, stable semi-transparent perovskite solar cells, International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference, PVSEC-31, Online, Australia, 13 December 2021
“Sensing” New Windows of Opportunity for Perovskites, V-Nanotech 2021, SciWide Webinars, Online, 17 December 2021.
Mykhailo Klymenko
Computing energy band alignment at the hybrid organic-inorganic semiconductor interfaces, 2021 Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) Summer Meeting, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, 7 December 2021
Jamie Laird
Li leaching from Lithium Carbonate-primer: An emerging perspective of transport pathway development, EuroCorr 2021, Online - Hungarian professional corrosion engineering society, Hungary, 29 June 2021.
Girish Lakhwani
Organic Polariton Lasing with Molecularly Isolated Perylene Diimides, Strong Coupling with Organic Molecules, Online, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, 26 April 2021
Julien Leoni
Perylene Diimides (PDIs) as Cathode Interlayers in Organic Solar Cells, 2021 Materials Research Symposium (MRS) Fall meeting, Online, Virginia Tech, United States, 8 December 2021
Yawei Liu
Orientation of Gold Nanorods in Electrophoresis, Australasian Colloids and Interface Society (ACIS 2021), University of Sydney, Australia, 8 February 2021
Thomas MacDonald
Singlet Fission Spin Dynamics Measured by 2D Nutation ESR Spectroscopy, 2021 Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) Summer Meeting, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, 8 September 2021
Direct Measurements of Singlet Fission Spin Dynamics by 2D Nutation Spectroscop, ISMAR-APNMR21, Online, International Society of Magnetic Resonance, Japan, 9 September 2021
Sri Matta
Janus semiconductors from carbon and nitrogen family of elements – property analysis through Density Functional Theory, AMMA Molecular Modelling (MM2021) Conference, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, 8 December 2021
David McMeekin
A Dimethylammonium-Induced Intermediate Phase Approach Towards Stable Formamidinium-Caesium-based Perovskite Solar Cells, HOPV MAESTRO - Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics (HOPV21), Online, Spain, 24 May 2021
Nastaran Meftahi
A shortcut to photovoltaic material property prediction provided by machine learning, 2021 Mid-Atlantic Undergraduate Research Conference (MAURC), Online, Virginia Tech, United States, 27 March 2021
Predicting aqueous solubility by QSPR machine learning modeling, Australasian Colloids and Interface Society (ACIS 2021), Monash University, Australia, 11 February 2021
Monika Michalska
Microfluidic Processing of Ligand-Engineered NiO Nanoparticles for Low-Temperature Hole-Transporting Layers in Perovskite Solar Cells, 2021 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit, Online, Virginia Tech, United States, 29 November 2021
Microfluidic Processing of Ligand-Engineered NiO Nanoparticles for Low-Temperature Hole-Transporting Layers in Perovskite Solar Cells, International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference, PVSEC-31, Online, Australia, 13 December 2021
Paul Mulvaney
Gold Nanorods – SAXS Studies and Electrophoretic Deposition, DNA Plasmonics, Online, Germany, 3 May 2021
Single Nanocrystal Arrays- Preparation and Spectroscopy, Bunsen Tagung of the German Colloid Society, Online, Germany, 12 May 2021
Spectroelectrochemistry of Quantum Dots and nanoplatelets - The Masuhara Lecture, 11st Asian Photochemistry Conference (APC 2021), Online, Yonsei University, Korea, Republic of, 2 November 2021
Surface Plasmon Spectroscopy of Single Metal Nanocrystals, Pacifichem 2021, Online, Hawaii University, United States, 19 December 2021
Trevor Smith, Christopher Hall, Wenxin Mao, Stefano Bernardi, Asaph Widmer-Cooper, Udo Bach
Phase Segregation and Light-Induced Reversal of Ion Segregation in Mixed-Halide Perovskites, 30th International Conference on Photochemistry, Online, University of Geneva, Switzerland, 19 July 2021
Trevor Smith
Time-resolved emission microscopy (FLIM/TREM): Methods and applications, 11st Asian Photochemistry Conference (APC 2021), Online, Yonsei University, Korea, Republic of, 31 October 2021
Photophysics of a Double-Stranded Diruthenium(II) Complex, 11st Asian Photochemistry Conference (APC 2021), Online, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea, 3 November 2021
Fluorescence anisotropy imaging - techniques and applications, FCS2021, Online, IISER Thiruvananthapuram, India, 2 December 2021
Adam Surmiak
Autonomous and Fully Automated High-throughput Materials Discovery Platform, International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference, PVSEC-31, Online, Australia, 14 December 2021
Ben Tadgell
Temperature-jump spectroscopy in nanoscale systems, The 3rd Australia-Belgium-Japan joint symposium on excitonics and cellular communication, Online, University of Melbourne, Australia, 23 March 2021
Asaph Widmer-Cooper
Ligand Effects on the Colloidal Stability of Apolar Nanoparticles, Pacifichem, Online, Hawaii University, United States, 19 December 2021
Na Wu
Quantum dots based three-fluorophore donor-emitter system for light harvesting, The 1st young scientist workshop of the Australia-Belgium-Japan joint symposium on excitonics and cellular communication, University of Melbourne, Australia, 24 March 2021
YangXu, Trevor Smith
Time-Resolved Fluorescence Anisotropy Imaging of Photo-Luminescent Materials, 11st Asian Photochemistry Conference (APC 2021), Online, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea, 2 November 2021
Samantha Zaman
Silica coated quantum dots, Core-to-Core Network Symposium, UniMelb; Hokkaido University; KU Leuven, Australia, 2 June 2021
Fei Zheng, Trevor Smith, Ken Ghiggino
Photo-physics of Sandwich-like Quasi-2D Perovskite Films, 30th International Conference on Photochemistry, Online, University of Geneva, Switzerland, 19 July 2021
Francesco Campaioli
Energy and Charge Transport in Amorphous Polymers, Physics Research Seminars, RMIT University, Australia, 14 July 2021
Zifei Chen
Path Integral Based Thermodynamics and Real Time Dynamics, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), China, 13 November 2021
Jared Cole
Exciton movement: understanding how they are born, where they move and when they die, Invited seminar, HQS Quantum Simulations, Germany, 17 June 2021
Patrick Conaghan
Carbene-metal-amides as emitting materials in high-efficiency organic light-emitting diodes, AUCAOS Online Seminar, Australia, 3 February 2021
Laszlo Frazer
Optimal Quantum Dot Size for Photovoltaics with Fusion, Australasian Community for Advanced Organic Semiconductors Seminar, Australia, 7 April 2021
Christopher Hall
Controlling The Bandgap Of Mixed-Halide Perovskite With Light, Melbourne Energy Institute Symposium, University of Melbourne, Australia, 23 November 2021
Liam Hall
Viewing Chemistry Through Diamond: Quantum Sensors for Nanoscale Magnetic Detection, Departmental Seminar, School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Australia, 21 June, 2021
James Hutchison
Materials Chemistry of Polaritons
Jacek Jasieniak
Exploring Perovskites as Next-Generation Solar Windows and Chemical Sensors, Keynote speaker, Vebleo Webinar on Science, Engineering and Technology, Online, 14 December 2021
Yixiong Ji
AgNWs/Graphene composite TCEs for CZTSSe solar cells, School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, China, 4 May 2021
Mo back contact modification by self-depleted CuSCN layer in CZTSSe solar cells, School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University. China, 4 June 2021
Possible growth mechanism of CZTSSe grains and its optimization for better absorber layer, School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, China, 4 July 2021
How does humidity affect our cells' performance?, School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, China, 29 June 2021
Enlarged depletion region width by Graphene/MoSe2 van der Waals heterojunction for high performance CZTS solar cells, School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, China, 4 August 2021
Mykhailo Klymenko
Developing scientific software: Python based tools and practices, Regular seminars for the Programming Club of the Department of Multidisciplinary Studies of the University of Guanajuato, University of Guanajuato, Mexico, 3 November 2021
Kate McGeoch
CE23 Building Capacity Program, University of Melbourne, Australia, 18 February 2021
Science Meets Parliament - machinery of government panel, Science and Technology Australia, 2 March 2021
Paul Mulvaney
Nanocrystal Arrays and High Pressure Surface Plasmon Spectroscopy, University of Hamburg Lecture Series, Online, Germany, 8 June 2021
Madhuranga Rathnayake
Development and evaluation of force fields for studying the formation of metal halide perovskites from solution., PhD Seminar, University of Sydney, Australia, 2 December 2020
Timothy Schmidt
Manipulating Light with Molecular Excitons, Departmental Seminar, UNSW Sydney
Asaph Widmer-Cooper
Self-Assembled Nanomaterials, Self-Assembled Nanomaterials Theme Seminar, University of Sydney, Australia, 29 April 2021
Heyou Zhang
Direct Assembly of Single Nanoparticle Arrays
Manoj Sharma
Doping in Colloidal Quantum Wells, 3 June 2021
Adam Surmiak
Combinatorial high-throughput systems accelerating realistic perovskite lab-to-fab transitions, 17 June 2021
Hugh Sullivan
Manipulating the electronic states of quantum dots with magnetic fields, 24 June 2021.
Mykhailo Klymenko
NanoNET: An extendable Python framework, 29 June 2021
Shi Tang
Complementary bulk and surface passivations for highly efficient perovskite solar cells by gas quenching, 15 July 2021
Lars Goerigk
Introducing the Goerigk Group and its efforts to develop more accurate and robust methods for electronic excitation energies, 11 August 2021
Yawei Liu
Understanding Electrophoretic Deposition of Charged Nanoparticles from Computations, 16 August 2021
Claire Dawson
Graphene-Based Near-Infrared Photodetectors, 2 September 2021
Alison Campbell
Frontiers in Organic Photovoltaics, CSIRO Alumni Scholarship in Physics Award Night, University of Sydney, 17 February 2021
Carbon: the ultimate power move: 3 minute thesis, FameLab NSW Semi-finals, University of Sydney, 7 July 2021
Jacek Jasieniak and Anita Ho-Baillie
Next Generation Solar Cells, Solar city, smart city: Transforming the urban energy landscape: Public Lecture hosted by the Melbourne Energy Institute and Exciton Science, University of Melbourne, 6 May 2021
Christopher Hall
UniMelb Grants Workshop 3 on Project Benefit, Online, University of Melbourne, 1 October 2021
Nicholas Kirkwood with Valerie Mitchell (ANSTO)
Passing the test: How solar energy tech is helping to detect COVID, Online, National Science Week, 20 August 2021
Paul Mulvaney
Our Future World & Our Future Energy,
Timothy Schmidt and Jessica Alves
Shining a light on an energy efficient future, Online, National Science Week, 17 August 2021
Asaph Widmer-Cooper
Assembling the Future, Sydney University Chemical Society Annual General Meeting, University of Sydney, 30 November 2021
Wallace Wong
The Science of TV Screens, Online, Athenaeum Club Twilight Science Series, 29 June 2021
Dane McCamey
UNSW Inclusive Science Series: The Leadership Panel Discussion, UNSW Sydney, 8 March 2021