Research at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics

About LOE

Talented researchers from all over the world join LOE to do Impactful Research by contributing to groundbreaking discoveries that address critical societal issues, work in a Collaborative Environment and be part of a dynamic team of researchers and specialists dedicated to pushing the boundaries of science and use State-of-the-Art Facilities - leveraging advanced laboratories and cutting-edge technologies to support their research.

Research at LOE spans a wide a variety of areas, most based to some degree on organic electronic materials, such as electronically conducting polymers and molecules, and ionically conducting polyelectrolytes. LOE has multiple independent research groups, each with their own areas of focus. However, our groups collaborate continuously to create internal cross-disciplinary projects to benefit from our complementary expertise and speed up innovation. Results are regularly published in leading high-impact journals (see publications below and at the individual research group pages). Major funding for LOE's research is provided by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, the Swedish Research Council, the Swedish Energy Agency, the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, Vinnova, the AFM Government Strategic Research Area, and the European Commission.


LOE research groups

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Organic Energy Materials

We exploit and investigate the physics and chemistry of novel organic and composite materials to design and fabricate the next generation of energy devices.

An organic electronic ion pump (OEIP). The device uses electrophoretic transport through thin polymer films to deliver ions, neurotransmitters, plant hormones, and other small charged molecules into living tissue.

Organic Bioelectronics

We investigate the transduction between electronic signals and ionic/molecular signals in electroactive surfaces, iontronic chemical delivery and circuitry, biosensors, mimicking neural function, next-generation medical therapy, and many other areas.

Organic energy storage

Many electronic materials, in particular organic ones, can be turned into inks or pastes. This opens up exciting possibilities to fabricate electronic components and circuits by common printing methods.

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Theory and modelling for organic electronics

The theoretical simulation and modelling of the basic properties of organic materials and devices represents the main focus of the research activity of our group.

Surface Physics and Chemistry

The overall goal of our unit is to do basic science on topics that can have a positive impact on society. We do general surface physics and chemistry research related to e.g. energy materials, devices and catalytic processes.

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Organic photonics and nano-optics

We develop and study novel concepts based on the combination of unique features provided by conducting polymers and the exceptional light-matter interaction of plasmonic metal nanostructures.

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Soft Electronics

The Soft Electronics group develops composite materials, design concepts and devices, moving electronics into the realm of soft and deforming systems.

Organic nano electronics

Organic nanoelectronics

The research of the Organic Nanoelectronics group focuses on the optoelectronic and transport properties of nano-scaled organic semiconductors.

Electronic Plants

We develop bioelectronic devices for plant science focusing on more sustainable food production and on plants resistance to environmental stress. We also develop biohybrid technologies and living materials as new sustainable technological concepts.

Conjugated polymer Chemistry

We develop green chemistry & chemical functionalization of conjugated polymers and explore photo- and electroactive stimuli-responsive hybrid materials.

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Catalysis and Self-Assembly

We combine nanomaterials self-assembly and catalysis to enable more sustainable production of food, chemicals, and materials.

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Green Polymer Chemistry (GPC)

We develop new concepts in Polymer Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Biopolymer Chemistry to solve Sustainable and Functional Materials Synthesis challenges.

Functional pi-materials

Functional Pi-Materials

Building functional nanostructures for clean energy technology through organic chemistry.

Recent publications

2025

Mohsen Mohammadi, Jin Shang, Yuyang Li, Aiman Rahmanudin, Darius Jakonis, Magnus Berggren, Lars Herlogsson, Klas Tybrandt (2025) Miniaturized Soft and Stretchable Multilayer Circuits through Laser-Defined High Aspect-Ratio Printing Small (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Olivier Bardagot, Pablo Durand, Shubhradip Guchait, Hanyan Wu, Isabelle Heinzen, Wissal Errafi, Victor Bouylout, Alessandra Pistillo, Chiyuan Yang, Gonzague Rebetez, Priscila Cavassin, Badr Jismy, Julien Rehault, Simone Fabiano, Martin Brinkmann, Nicolas Leclerc, Natalie Banerji (2025) Over Tenfold Increase in Current Amplification Due to Anisotropic Polymer Chain Alignment in Organic Electrochemical Transistors Advanced Materials (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Shaobing Xiong, Mats Fahlman, Qinye Bao (2025) Interface energetics in organic and perovskite semiconductor solar cells JOURNAL OF SEMICONDUCTORS, Vol. 46, Article 050301 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Irina V. Pushkareva, Zhixing Wu, Xianjie Liu, Maksim A. Solovyev, Sergey I. Butrim, Margarita V. Kozlova, Tatiana L. Kulova, Reverant Crispin, Emma Björk, Dmitri G. Bessarabov, Mikhail Vagin, Artem S. Pushkarev (2025) Advanced Nickel-Based Gas Diffusion Anode for Zero-Gap Anion-Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Tero-Petri Ruoko, Marc-Antoine Stoeckel, Rakesh Puttreddy, Chiyuan Yang, Silan Zhang, Ziang Wu, Nuno R. Candeias, Paolo Samori, Han Young Woo, Simone Fabiano, Arri Priimagi (2025) Halogen Bonding as a Tool to Control Morphology and Charge Transport in Organic Semiconductors Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 64, Article e202424979 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Junpeng Ji, Dace Gao, Hanyan Wu, Miao Xiong, Nevena Stajkovic, Claudia Latte Bovio, Chiyuan Yang, Francesca Santoro, Deyu Tu, Simone Fabiano (2025) Single-transistor organic electrochemical neurons Nature Communications, Vol. 16, Article 4334 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Daiva Tavgeniene, Gintare Krucaite, Dovydas Blazevicius, Saulius Grigalevicius, Alla Bogoslovska, Amjad Ali, Glib Baryshnikov, Petro Smertenko, Mats Fahlman, Andrei Smertenko, Oleg Dimitriev (2025) Ethyl cellulose as a host material for thermally-activated delayed fluorescence emitters Optical materials (Amsterdam), Vol. 165, Article 117097 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI