Staff profile
Dr Marek Szablewski, BSc (App. Chem.), MPhil, PhD (Molecular Electronics), PGCert, MRSC, CChem, MInstP, CPhys, FHEA, FRSA
(email at marek.szablewski@durham.ac.uk)
Biography
I) Responsibilities within University
Member of Durham University Senate and Academic Electoral Assembly Standing committee, Vice-President of Durham UCU, Tutor at St. Aidan's College and St. Chad's College.
II) Responsibilities within department
Chair of Departmental Health and Safety Committee
Secretary to the Centre for Materials Physics
III) Teaching activity
Level One Lab Leader, Supervisor for 3 PhD research Projects. Lecturer of Level One electromagnetism course. (approx 300 students) Level Four MSci Project supervisor, Level One Physics tutor.
Research Interests
I) High dipole organic chromophores and polymers for nonlinear optics and telecomms applications.
Electro-optic effects in organic materials can be larger and show faster responses than those of inorganic materials. Our work targets new molecules and polymers that should bring high bandwidth and low drive voltage modulators and switches into wide deployment in the metro, as well as long haul, telecoms network.
II) Electrical and Physical properties of metal polymer composite systems
In conjunction with Peratech Limited. Including preparation of metal nanoparticles, with particular reference to controlling the morphology of the nanoparticles. The synthesis of inorganic nanoparticles for PV applications.
III) Magnetic properties of organic electron acceptor - metallic materials
IV) Environmentally sensitive luminescence of organic fluorophores.
V) The use of organic acceptor chromophores in OLEDS and organic PV systems
Research Groups
Indicators of Esteem
- 2011 Churchill Fellow:
- Associate Director of the Centre for Materials Physics:
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Manufacturing (FRSA):
- Member of the Durham Biophysical Sciences Institute:
- Member of the Durham Energy Institute:
- Member of the Editorial Board of the Open Physical Chemistry Journal:
- Referee for the Georgian Academy of Sciences:
Selected Publications
Journal papers: academic
- Webb,Alexander J, Szablewski,Marek Bloor, David, Atkinson, Del Graham, Adam, Laughlin,Paul & Lussey,David (2013). A multi-component nanocomposite screen-printed ink with non-linear touch sensitive electrical conductivity. Nanotechnology 24(16): 165501.
- Berlie,Adam, Terry, Ian , Giblin, Sean, Lancaster, Tom & Szablewski Marek (2013). A muon spin relaxation study of the metal-organic magnet Ni(TCNQ)2. Journal of Applied Physics 113(17): 17E304.
- Berlie, Adam, Terry, Ian & Szablewski, Marek (2011). A sample holder for measuring the magnetic properties of air-sensitive compounds. Measurement Science & Technology 22(1): 017002
- Tan, Osbert, Clark, S.J., Szablewski, M. & Cross, G.H. (2010). Understanding the optical spectroscopy of amphiphilic molecular rectifiers: A density functional approach. Journal of Chemical Physics 133(24): 244702.
- Campo, J, Wenseleers, W, Goovaerts, E, Szablewski, M & Cross, GH (2008). Accurate determination and modeling of the dispersion of the first hyperpolarizability of an efficient zwitterionic nonlinear optical chromophore by tunable wavelength hyper-Rayleigh scattering. Journal Of Physical Chemistry C 112(1): 287-296.
- Szablewski, M, Bloor, D, Kagawa, Y, Mosurkal, R, Cole, JM, Clark, SJ, Cross, GH & Palsson, LO (2006). Matrix dependence of blue light emission from a novel NH2-functionalized dicyanoquinodimethane derivative. Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 19(3): 206-213.
- Beaudin, A. M. R., Song, N. H. Bai, Y. W. Men, L. Q. Gao, H. P. Wang, Z. Y., Szablewski, M., Cross, G. H., Wenseleers, W., Campo, J. & Goovaerts, E. (2006). Synthesis and properties of zwitterionic nonlinear optical chromophores with large hyperpolarizability for poled polymer applications. Chemistry of Materials 18(5): 1079-1084.
- Cole, J. M. Copley, R. C., McIntyre, G. J. Howard, J. A. Szablewski, M. & Cross, G. H. (2002). Charge-density study of the nonlinear optical precursor DED-TCNQ at 20 K. Physical Review B 65(12): 125107.
- Szablewski, M, Thomas, PR, Thornton, A, Bloor, D, Cross, GH, Cole, JM, Howard, JAK, Malagoli, M, Meyers, F, Bredas, JL, Wenseleers, W & Goovaerts, E (1997). Highly dipolar, optically nonlinear adducts of tetracyano-p-quinodimethane: Synthesis, physical characterization, and theoretical aspects. Journal Of The American Chemical Society 119(13): 3144-3154.
- Szablewski M (1994). Novel Reactions Of Tcnq - Formation Of Zwitterions For Nonlinear Optics By Reaction With Enamines. Journal Of Organic Chemistry 59: 954-956.
- Ashwell GJ, Sambles JR, Martin AS, Parker WG & Szablewski M (1990). Rectifying Characteristics Of Mg/(c16h33-q3cnq Lb Film)/pt Structures. Journal Of The Chemical Society-chemical Communications 1374-1376.