Description
Background
Among the various light-emitting materials, fluorescent polymers have attracted much attention due to the flexibility and diversity offered by macromolecular synthesis. Fluorescent polymers exhibit great potential for various applications, such as fluorescent sensors, bioimaging, disease diagnostics, and organic light-emitting diodes (OLED). For practical use (e.g., OLED), it is essential to design fluorescent polymers with tunable color and strong emission.
The Thesis
The current master thesis project aims to design an innovative and versatile polymeric platform targeting tunable fluorescence with strong solid-state emission. A simple methodology will be developed to prepare well-defined non-conjugated polymers with thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) feature, via controlled/living radical polymerization techniques. Their application for next-generation light-emitting semiconductors will be evaluated.
The project will involve chemical synthesis of fluorescent molecules, functional monomers, and well-defined light-emitting polymers, as well as characterization of photophysical properties such as UV-vis absorption and fluorescence emission.
We are looking for :
Master students with background in organic synthesis/polymer chemistry/materials science. If you are passionate about developing new light-emitting materials, join us!
Contact: Dr. Yinyin Bao, ybao@ethz.ch, HCI F133
About Nanomaterials Engineering Research Group
The Nanomaterials Engineering Lab in the Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering at ETH Zurich is composed of chemical engineers, physicists, chemists, materials scientists, and electrical engineers, focusing on physics and chemistry of nanomaterial and organic semiconductors for new optoelectronics.
