T
he work we undertake in our group sees regular short and long-term collaboration with partners from within the University, across Scotland and the U.K. as well as internationally.
Within St Andrews we are a member of the Organic Semiconductor Centre where researchers from chemistry and physics work together at the common interface of organic semiconductor research.
We also work with other groups throught Scotland as part of SUPA, the alliance of Scottish physics university departments.
Further afield we enjoy a long-standing collaboration with Prof. Paul Burn's group at the University of Queensland in Australia, with work concentrating on harnessing the advantageous properties of dendritic materials for use in organic semiconductors.
Other active collaborations include multi-institute research project called HYPIX, working with the University of Strathclyde, the University of Edinburgh and Imperial College. The aim of this £3.8 million EPSRC-funded project, which runs from October 2008 to September 2012, is to develop hybrid GaN / organic photonic devices and to interface these to CMOS control electronics. Potential applications include visible light datacomms, sensors and silicon photonics.
Further ongoing collaborations include work with Prof. Ian Galbraith's group at Heriot-Watt University on the combination of theoretical and experimental photophysics of photonic materials.
We also work with partners from outwith academia, including CDT, Scottish Enterprise and Northamptonshire Police Force on several projects.
