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.

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

2026

Yuguo Zhao, Shoushuang Huang, Yong Yan, Robert Boyd, Zesheng Liu, Mats Fahlman, Mikhail Vagin, Magnus Odén, Emma Björk (2026) Synergistic Effects of Mesoporous Structure and Oxygen Vacancies in SnO2 for Enhanced CO2 Electroreduction Small Science, Vol. 6, Article e70268 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Haoyu Zheng, Ruizhe Wang, Hengyi Ma, Xiang Li, Gang Ye, Yuanchun Zhao, Ping Zhang, Gang Wang, Hengda Sun, Yongri Liang, Simone Fabiano, Kai Xu (2026) Multimodal operando characterization unravels polaron accumulation and ion dynamics in high-stability ambipolar OECTs Science Advances, Vol. 12, Article eaea9786 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Xian Xie, Yunpeng Zhong, Faheem Mushtaq, Shuaifei Zhu, Weijun Zhou, Aiman Rahmanudin, Klas Tybrandt, Siyu Tian, Ruiqin Zhang, Nara Kim, Jiang Zhou, Walid A. Daoud (2026) Dissimilar Electrolyte Decouples Zn and MnO2 Redox Chemistry Enabling Dual-Electrode-Free Lean-Electrolyte Batteries Angewandte Chemie International Edition (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Tiefeng Liu, Zesheng Liu, Ihor Sahalianov, Qiao He, Sang Young Jeong, Huotian Zhang, Qifan Li, Chiyuan Yang, Junpeng Ji, Lize Bynens, Wouter Maes, Feng Gao, Han Young Woo, Martin Heeney, Glib Baryshnikov, Mats Fahlman, Simone Fabiano (2026) Counterion-Controlled Photocatalytic Doping of Organic Semiconductors Advanced Materials (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Hao Jiang, Chiyuan Yang, Chengyang Du, Yueheng Zhong, Ruizhe Wang, Zhu Chen, Liang-Wen Feng, Jiangang Chen, Hengda Sun, Simone Fabiano, Hongzhi Wang, Gang Wang (2026) Ambipolar Bulk Heterojunction Semiconductor Fibers for High-Performance Neuromorphic Systems ACS Nano, Vol. 20, p. 11652-11661 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Hanne Biesmans, Charlotte Theunis, Rebecka Rilemark, Caroline Lindholm, Marle Vleugels, Tobias Abrahamsson, Xenofon Strakosas, Jennifer Gerasimov, Daniel Simon, Magnus Berggren, Eva Olsson, Chiara Musumeci (2026) Suspension polymerization of bioelectronic interfaces on living cells Materials Horizons (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Mohsen Modarresi, Mirko Prato, Stefano Carli, Edoardo Marchini, Igor Zozoulenko (2026) Morphology and Structure of PEDOT:Nafion: Insights from Experiment and Molecular Dynamics Simulations Macromolecular materials and engineering, Vol. 311, Article e00473 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI