Laboratory of Organic Electronics (LOE)

About LOE

The Laboratory of Organic Electronics (LOE) is a vibrant, international and collaborative research environment of more than 140 scientists, students, and staff. We design and synthesize functional organic materials and hybrid materials, model and characterize their properties and apply them in an array of areas including energy harvesting and storage, catalysis, printed electronics, photonics, bioelectronics and plant bioelectronics. Our activities span the range from fundamental research to commercialization. An important common theme for our research is materials for sustainable technologies and we are active in several large multi-institutional efforts such as the Wallenberg Wood Science Center (WWSC), the Wallenberg Initiative Material Science for Sustainability (WISE), the Digital Cellulose Center (DCC) and Treesearch. LOE is a collaborative research environment emphasizing knowledge and expertise sharing. LOE operates a large open laboratory environment featuring state-of-the-art facilities for synthesis, characterization and fabrication including cleanroom facilities and equipment, as well as access to the Printed Electronics Arena with a full suite of printing and additive manufacturing tools and techniques. At LOE, the graduate training and research activities are conducted in English.

Group leaders

Catherine Aitchison, Functional Pi-Materials
Glib Baryshnikov, Theory & Modelling
Magnus Berggren, Organic Bioelectronics
Reverant Crispin, Organic Energy Materials
Simone Fabiano, Organic Nanoelectronics
Mats Fahlman, Surface Physics & Chemistry
Alexander Holm, Catalysis and Self-Assembly
Magnus Jonsson, Organic Photonics & Nano-optics
Renee Kroon, Organic Chemistry
Peter Olsén, Green Polymer Chemistry
Daniel Simon, Organic Bioelectronics
Eleni Stavrinidou, Electronic Plants
Klas Tybrandt, Soft Electronics
Igor Zozoulenko, Theory & Modelling

News

Person in protective gear working with microscope.

Individual cells can be connected to plastic electrodes

Researchers at LiU have succeeded in creating a close connection between individual cells and organic electronics. The study lays the foundation for future treatment of neurological and other diseases with very high precision.

Flexible module generates electricity from heat, or cooling and heating from electricity

Imagine a flexible module capable of converting waste heat into electricity, whether the surface it's attached to is flat or curved. This module can also generate heating or cooling from electricity.

The chemistry lab at Campus Norrköping doubles in size

LiU will soon be opening its expanded chemistry laboratory in Norrköping. 500 new square metres will more than double the first premises opened in 2020.

Latest publications

2025

Alexandre Fonseca, Paul Grey, Bruno Martins Mendes, Wadood Y. Hamad, Elvira Fortunato, Rodrigo Martins, Luis Pereira, Diana Gaspar (2025) Polarization-Dependent Color Modulation in Electrodeposited Cellulose Nanocrystals and Birefringent Multilayers Advanced Optical Materials (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Hao Sun, Xuping Li, Chao-Hsien Hsu, Chieh-Ming Hung, Bin Wu, Zhe-Hong Su, Glib Baryshnikov, Chenzi Li, Hans Agren, Zhiyun Zhang, Wei Huang, Dayu Wu, Pi-Tai Chou, Liangliang Zhu (2025) Sulfur Lone Pairs Open Avenues for π* → n Orange-to-Red TADF and OLEDs Journal of the American Chemical Society (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Patrick Lomker, David Degerman, Christopher M. Goodwin, Mikhail Shipilin, Peter Amann, Gabriel L. S. Rodrigues, Fernando Garcia-Martinez, Raffael Rameshan, Jorgen Gladh, Hsin-Yi Wang, Markus Soldemo, Alexander Holm, Steffen Tober, Jan-Christian Schober, Leon Jacobse, Vedran Vonk, Robert Gleissner, Heshmat Noei, Zoltan Hegedues, Andreas Stierle, Christoph Schlueter, Anders Nilsson (2025) In-situ probing of the Fischer-Tropsch reaction on Co single crystal surfaces up to 1 bar Nature Communications, Vol. 16, Article 1005 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Yongshu Xie, Guangxian Su, Masatoshi Ishida, Bin Zhu, Glib Baryshnikov, Feng Sha, Chengjie Li, Xinyan Wu, Hans Agren, Hiroyuki Furuta, Qizhao Li (2025) Dimerization of Hexaphyrin with an Appendant Pyrrole Possessing a Reactive Site to Alleviate the Steric Hindrance Journal of the American Chemical Society (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Hamid Ghorbani Shiraz, Mikhail Vagin, Zia Khan, Radoslaw Chmielowski, Reverant Crispin, Magnus Berggren (2025) TaS2 nanosheets embedded in a polymer ionomer catalyzing hydrogen evolution reaction International journal of hydrogen energy, Vol. 100, p. 915-920 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Jan Brodsky, Ludovico Migliaccio, Ihor Sahalianov, Ondrej Zitka, Pavel Neuzil, Imrich Gablech (2025) Advancements in PEDOT-based electrochemical sensors for water quality monitoring: From synthesis to applications TrAC. Trends in analytical chemistry, Vol. 183, Article 118115 (Article, review/survey) Continue to DOI
Clara Linder, Mikhail Vagin, Robert Boyd, Grzegorz Greczynski, Daniel Lundin, Karin Torne, Per Eklund, Emma Björk (2025) Tailoring the Electrocatalytic Activity and Corrosion Resistance of CoCrFeNi and MnCrFeNi Thin Films by Anodization ADVANCED SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Angus Hawkey, Xabier Rodriguez-Martinez, Sebastian Lindenthal, Moritz C. F. Jansen, Reverant Crispin, Jana Zaumseil (2025) Bandgap-Dependent Doping of Semiconducting Carbon Nanotube Networks by Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer for Stable Thermoelectrics Advanced Electronic Materials (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Jigang Xie, Yiming Ruan, Hao Du, Lin He, Jie Shi, Hengning Hu, Yun Chen, Liuquan Yang, Rui Shu (2025) nc-MeB2/a-MPEA structured (HfMoNbZr)xTi1-xBy films for enhanced hardness, toughness and tribological performance Surface & Coatings Technology, Vol. 497, Article 131727 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Xiane Li, Qilun Zhang, Yongzhen Chen, Xianjie Liu, Slawomir Braun, Mats Fahlman (2025) Fermi Level Shifts of Organic Semiconductor Films in Ambient Air ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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