Chemistry at the interface with device physics
Organic semiconductor interfaces have been a focus of our work. This image is a representation of an interface based on dissimilarly doped conjugated polymers, which forms a diode and photovoltaic.
Organic semiconductor interfaces have been a focus of our work. This image is a representation of an interface based on dissimilarly doped conjugated polymers, which forms a diode and photovoltaic.

The Lonergan group’s research deals with the electrical and electrochemical properties of solid-state materials.  Our fundamental studies help to guide the design of new materials and concepts for application in a range of device technologies for the useful manipulation of electrical energy, e.g. in solar photovoltaics or solid-state lighting.

The group has been a part of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the The Materials Science Institute at the University of Oregon since 1996, and since then, its members have consisted of graduate students, undergraduates, and postdoctoral fellows studying materials chemistry and physics.  We are grateful to a number of agencies that have funded our work over the years including the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, Bay Area Photovoltaic Consortium,  Air Force Research Laboratory, Beckman Foundation, and the Dreyfus foundation.