Justin Hodgkiss

Dr Justin Hodgkiss

Lecturer - Chemistry
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences
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Research Interests

My research investigates the photophysical and optoelectronic properties of solution processable organic semiconductors, including conjugated polymers. This work is motivated by applications such as solar energy conversion and biosensing technologies.

Time-resolved laser spectroscopy, from femtosecond timescales and beyond, is highlighted as a means to probe the optical and electronic functionality of nanostructured organic semiconductors. Other current research directions include biotemplated assembly of organic semiconductors and investigating coupling between electronic and ionic charge carriers in conjugated polyelectrolytes.

Students can be involved in all aspects of this research, including:

• Application of time-resolved and steady state optical spectroscopy to understand the electronic and photophysical properties of organic semiconductors
• Directed self assembly of nanostructured materials from solution
• Characterisation of nanostructures using various microscopic and scattering measurements
• Device fabrication and physical measurements

I am a principal investigator in the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, where I contribute to the molecular materials theme. My research also involves collaborations with several other research groups at Victoria University, around New Zealand and in Cambridge, U.K.

More Information

• View my publications.
• See Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy Research Group.