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Professor Andy Monkman, BSc., PhD., C.Phys, FInstP

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Professor in the Department of Physics

Telephone: +44 (0) 191 33 43616

Room number: 141

Member of the Centre for Materials Physics

Member of the Centre for Molecular and Nanoscale Electronics

Member of the Durham X-ray Centre

(email at a.p.monkman@durham.ac.uk)

Biography

Responsibilities within department

Director of the University of Durham Photonic Materials Centre. Head of the Organic Electroactive Materials research group.

Research interests

Organic light emitting displays, ultrafast laser spectroscopy materials characterisation, optical spectroscopy, developement of new spectroscopic techniques.

Research Groups

Centre for Materials Physics

Research Interests

Organic electroactive materials

Indicators of Esteem

2013: : Conference Chairman and organiser of the 2013 International Conference on Optical Probes for Conjugated System to be hosted in Durham.
2012: : UK-Japan International University-to-Business Symposium, British Embassy Tokyo. Presented case study on joint academic-industry research projects.
2012: : EU Project Assessor; projects CELLO, OLED100, SCOOP and Flex-OLED
2012: CS3: UK team member Chemical Sciences and Society Summit (CS3) San Francisco, California, United States
2011: : Chaired British Council DelPHE-Iraq Exploratory meeting held in Istanbul. A report was submitted to Basra University on a feasible structure for a Nanophotonics Centre.
2011: : UK Korean Embassy Plastic Electronics Event (speaker); companies in attendance included Samsung SDi and Display, LG and various research organisations.
2011: : Member of the UK Plastic Mission led by British Embassy Tokyo, talks given at Sumitomo, Panasonic, Toshiba, British Embassy event, Lumiotec, Yamagata University, AIST, NEDO.
2010: : The Engineer Technology and Innovation Awards 2010, best Environmental Technology, for Project TOPLESS
2010: Academy of Finland: Chairman Photonics Panel, Academy of Finland Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Committee.
2006: : Invited Speaker at the UK-Korea Science, Technology Innovation Partnership Forum, Jeju Island, Korea.
2006: DTI: 2006 Lead Academic on a new £2.7M DTI sponsored Technology program on organic solid stae lighting with Thorn Lighting and Sumation.
2006: Trade and Industry: UKTI and DTI Inward Investment Team member to the Far East on Flat Panel Displays
2005: AAAS: Organiser of the UK Organic Electronics Workshop, AAAS Meeting St Louis 2006 for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
2004: EPSRC: Chairman of the EPSRC Photonics Committee
2004: Photonic Materials Institute: Director of the Durham University Photonic Materials Institute
2003: IoP: Fellow of the Institute of Physics
2002: Fellow: Leverhulme Fellow

Publications

Journal papers: academic

L.-O. Palsson, C. Wang, A.S. Batsanov, S.M. King, A. Beeby, A.P. Monkman & M.R. Bryce (2010). Efficient Intramolecular Charge Transfer in Oligoyne-Linked Donor-pi-Acceptor Molecules. Chemistry-a European Journal 16(5): 1470-1479.
C.J. Chiang, C. Winscom & A. Monkman (2010). Electroluminescence characterization of FOLED devices under two type of external stresses caused by bending. Organic Electronics 11(11): 1870-1875.
Barker, PS, Monkman, AP, Petty, MC & Pride, R (1997). Electrical characteristics of a polyaniline/silicon hybrid field-effect transistor gas sensor. Iee Proceedings-circuits Devices And Systems 144(2): 111-116.
Pomfret, SJ, Rebout, E, Abell, L & Monkman, AP (1997). Electroabsorption studies of polyaniline. Synthetic Metals 84(1-3): 729-732.
Adams, PN, Abell, L, Middleton, A & Monkman, AP (1997). Low temperature synthesis of high molecular weight polyaniline using dichromate oxidant. Synthetic Metals 84(1-3): 61-62.
Chow, KH, Jestadt, T, Gee, PJ, Blundell, SJ, Singleton, J, Hayes, W & Monkman, AP (1997). Magnetoconductance of 60% PANI-CSA films. Synthetic Metals 84(1-3): 817-818.
Halim, M, Samuel, IDW, Rebourt, E & Monkman, AP (1997). Measurement of time dependent quantum yield of poly(p-pyridine) and poly(p-phenylenevinylene). Synthetic Metals 84(1-3): 951-952.
Laughlin, PJ & Monkman, AP (1997). Mechanical properties of oriented emeraldine base polyaniline. Synthetic Metals 84(1-3): 765-766.
Pratt, FL, Ishida, K, Nagamine, K, Pattenden, PA, Jestadt, T, Chow, KH, Blundell, SJ, Hayes, W & Monkman, AP (1997). Muon studies of spin dynamics in polyaniline. Synthetic Metals 84(1-3): 943-944.
Boyer, M, Quillard, S, Louarn, G, Lefrant, S, Rebourt, E & Monkman, AP (1997). Oxidized model compounds of polyaniline studied by resonance Raman spectroscopy. Synthetic Metals 84(1-3): 787-788.
Rebourt, E, Joule, JA & Monkman, AP (1997). Polyaniline oligomers; Synthesis and characterisation. Synthetic Metals 84(1-3): 65-66.
Monkman, AP, Rebourt, E & Petr, A (1997). Solution state doping studies of the polyemeraldine camphor sulphonic acid system. Synthetic Metals 84(1-3): 761-762.
Pratt, FL, Blundell, SJ, Pattenden, PA, Hayes, W, Chow, KH, Monkman, AP, Ishiguro, T, Ishida, K & Nagamine, K (1997). Spin dynamics in conducting polymers studied by mu SR. Hyperfine Interactions 106(1-4): 33-38.
Abell, L, Pomfret, SJ, Adams, PN, Middleton, AC & Monkman, AP (1997). Studies of stretched predoped polyaniline films. Synthetic Metals 84(1-3): 803-804.
Abell, L, Pomfret, SJ, Adams, PN & Monkman, AP (1997). Thermal studies of doped polyaniline. Synthetic Metals 84(1-3): 127-128.
Halliday, DP, Eggleston, JM, Adams, PN, Pentland, IA & Monkman, AP (1997). Visible electroluminescence from a polyaniline-porous silicon junction. Synthetic Metals 85(1-3): 1245-1246.
Barker, PS, Petty, MC, Monkman, AP, McMurdo, J, Cook, MJ & Pride, R (1996). A hybrid phthalocyanine/silicon field-effect transistor sensor for NO2. Thin Solid Films 285: 94-97.
Goldenberg, LM, Monkman, AP, Pearson, C, Gibson, J, Bryce, MR & Petty, MC (1996). Application of electrochemical techniques to the study of Langmuir-Blodgett films of N-octadecylpyridinium-Ni (dmit)(2). Thin Solid Films 285: 512-515.
Kugler, T, Rasmusson, JR, Osterholm, JE, Monkman, AP & Salaneck, WR (1996). Atomic force microscopy investigations of morphologies in ultrathin polyaniline films. Synthetic Metals 76(1-3): 181-185.
Holland, ER, Pomfret, SJ, Adams, PN & Monkman, AP (1996). Conductivity studies of polyaniline doped with CSA. Journal Of Physics-condensed Matter 8(17): 2991-3002.
Abell, L, Adams, PN & Monkman, AP (1996). Electrical conductivity enhancement of predoped polyaniline by stretch orientation. Polymer 37(26): 5927-5931.
Pomfret, SJ, Monkman, AP & Havinga, EE (1996). Electroabsorption measurements of polysquaraine. Synthetic Metals 78(3): 285-288.
Pomfret, SJ, Rebourt, E & Monkman, AP (1996). Electroabsorption measurements of the emeraldine base form of polyaniline. Synthetic Metals 76(1-3): 19-22.
Halliday, DP, Holland, ER, Eggleston, JM, Adams, PN, Cox, SE & Monkman, AP (1996). Electroluminescence from porous silicon using a conducting polyaniline contact. Thin Solid Films 276(1-2): 299-302.
Adams, PN, Laughlin, PJ, Monkman, AP & Kenwright, AM (1996). Low temperature synthesis of high molecular weight polyaniline. Polymer 37(15): 3411-3417.
Granito, C, Goldenberg, LM, Bryce, MR, Monkman, AP, Troisi, L, Pasimeni, L & Petty, MC (1996). Optical and electrochemical properties of metallophthalocyanine derivative Langmuir-Blodgett films. Langmuir 12(2): 472-476.
Adams, PN, Laughlin, PJ & Monkman, AP (1996). Synthesis of high molecular weight polyaniline at low temperatures. Synthetic Metals 76(1-3): 157-160.
TRAVERS, JP, LEGUYADEC, P, ADAMS, PN, LAUGHLIN, PJ & MONKMAN, AP (1995). ANISOTROPY OF THE CONDUCTIVITY IN POLYANILINE FILMS - EFFECT OF CHAIN ORIENTATION AND HYDRATION. Journal De Chimie Physique Et De Physico-chimie Biologique 92(4): 1009-1012.
BARKER, PS, DIBARTOLOMEO, C, MONKMAN, AP, PETTY, MC & PRIDE, R (1995). GAS-SENSING USING A CHARGE-FLOW TRANSISTOR. Sensors And Actuators B-chemical 25(1-3): 451-453.
TRAVERS, JP, LEGUYADEC, P, ADAMS, PN, LAUGHLIN, PJ & MONKMAN, AP (1995). MICROSCOPIC AND MACROSCOPIC TRANSPORT-PROPERTIES OF POLYANILINE - EFFECT OF CHAIN ORIENTATION AND HYDRATION. Synthetic Metals 69(1-3): 229-230.
PRATT, FL, VALLADARES, RM, PATTENDEN, PA, BLUNDELL, SJ, HAYES, W, MONKMAN, AP & NAGAMINE, K (1995). MU-SR STUDIES OF SPIN EXCITATIONS IN POLYANILINE. Synthetic Metals 69(1-3): 231-232.
AGBOR, NE, PETTY, MC & MONKMAN, AP (1995). POLYANILINE THIN-FILMS FOR GAS-SENSING. Sensors And Actuators B-chemical 28(3): 173-179.
MONKMAN, AP, ADAMS, PN, LAUGHLIN, PJ & HOLLAND, ER (1995). POLYANILINE, AIR-STABLE ORGANIC METAL - FACT, NO LONGER FICTION. Synthetic Metals 69(1-3): 183-186.
HOLLAND, ER & MONKMAN, AP (1995). THERMOELECTRIC-POWER MEASUREMENTS IN HIGHLY CONDUCTIVE STRETCH-ORIENTED POLYANILINE FILMS. Synthetic Metals 74(1): 75-79.
GOLDENBERG, LM, PETTY, MC & MONKMAN, AP (1994). A COMPARATIVE-STUDY OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF DIP-COATED, SPUN, AND LANGMUIR-BLODGETT-FILMS OF POLYANILINE. Journal Of The Electrochemical Society 141(6): 1573-1576.
ADAMS, PN, LAUGHLIN, PJ, MONKMAN, AP & BERNHOEFT, N (1994). A FURTHER STEP TOWARDS STABLE ORGANIC METALS - ORIENTED FILMS OF POLYANILINE WITH HIGH ELECTRICAL-CONDUCTIVITY AND ANISOTROPY. Solid State Communications 91(11): 875-878.
HOLLAND, ER, BLOOR, D, MONKMAN, AP, BROWN, A, DELEEUW, D, BOUMAN, MM & MEIJER, EW (1994). EFFECTS OF ORDER AND DISORDER ON FIELD-EFFECT MOBILITIES MEASURED ON CONJUGATED POLYMER THIN-FILM TRANSISTORS. Journal Of Applied Physics 75(12): 7954-7958.
GOLDENBERG, LM, COOKE, G, PEARSON, C, MONKMAN, AP, BRYCE, MR & PETTY, MC (1994). ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF HEXADECANOYLTETRATHIAFULVALENE LANGMUIR-BLODGETT-FILMS. Thin Solid Films 238(2): 280-284.
TRAVERS, JP, LEGUYADEC, P, ADAMS, PN, LAUGHLIN, PJ & MONKMAN, AP (1994). SPIN DYNAMICS STUDY IN POLYANILINE - MACROSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC TRANSPORT PROPERTY RELATIONSHIP. Synthetic Metals 65(2-3): 159-166.
BRASSETT, A, MONKMAN, A & BLOOR, D (1994). TOWARDS THE EFFECTS OF CONJUGATION LENGTH ON PHOTOINDUCED SPECIES. Molecular Crystals And Liquid Crystals Science And Technology Section A-molecular Crystals And Liquid Crystals 256: 493-498.
BARKER, PS, CHEN, JR, AGBOR, NE, MONKMAN, AP, MARS, P & PETTY, MC (1994). VAPOR RECOGNITION USING ORGANIC FILMS AND ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS. Sensors And Actuators B-chemical 17(2): 143-147.
MILTON, AJ & MONKMAN, AP (1993). A COMPARATIVE-STUDY OF POLYANILINE FILMS USING THERMAL ANALYSES AND IR SPECTROSCOPY. Journal Of Physics D-applied Physics 26(9): 1468-1474.
ADAMS, PN, APPERLEY, DC & MONKMAN, AP (1993). A COMPARISON OF THE MOLECULAR-WEIGHTS OF POLYANILINE SAMPLES OBTAINED FROM GEL-PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY AND SOLID-STATE N-15 NMR-SPECTROSCOPY. Polymer 34(2): 328-332.
ADAMS, PN, MONKMAN, AP & APPERLEY, DC (1993). A COMPARISON OF THE MOLECULAR-WEIGHTS OF POLYANILINE SAMPLES OBTAINED FROM GEL-PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY AND SOLID-STATE N-15 NUCLEAR-MAGNETIC-RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY. Synthetic Metals 55(1): 725-730.
GOLDENBERG, LM, WILLIAMS, G, BRYCE, MR, MONKMAN, AP, PETTY, MC, HIRSCH, A & SOI, A (1993). ELECTROCHEMICAL STUDIES ON LANGMUIR-BLODGETT-FILMS OF 1-TERT-BUTYL-1,9-DIHYDROFULLERENE-60. Journal Of The Chemical Society-chemical Communications (17): 1310-1312.
AGBOR, NE, PETTY, MC, MONKMAN, AP & HARRIS, M (1993). LANGMUIR-BLODGETT-FILMS OF POLYANILINE. Synthetic Metals 57(1): 3789-3794.
PRATT, FL, HAYES, W, MITCHELL, GR, ROSSI, B, KIANI, MS, MALHOTRA, BD, PANDEY, SS, MILTON, A & MONKMAN, AP (1993). MUON STUDIES OF CONDUCTING POLYMERS. Synthetic Metals 55(1): 677-684.
SCULLY, M, PETTY, MC & MONKMAN, AP (1993). OPTICAL-PROPERTIES OF POLYANILINE THIN-FILMS. Synthetic Metals 55(1): 183-187.
HANLY, NM, BLOOR, D, MONKMAN, AP, BONNETT, R & RIBO, JM (1993). POLY(N-METHYLISOINDOLE), A COLOR NEUTRAL CONDUCTING ORGANIC POLYMER. Synthetic Metals 60(3): 195-198.
KENWRIGHT, AM, FEAST, WJ, ADAMS, P, MILTON, AJ, MONKMAN, AP & SAY, BJ (1993). SOLUTION-STATE NMR-STUDIES OF POLYANILINE STRUCTURE. Synthetic Metals 55(1): 666-671.
MILTON, AJ & MONKMAN, AP (1993). THERMAL-ANALYSIS OF POLYANILINE FREE STANDING FILMS. Synthetic Metals 57(1): 3571-3575.
MONKMAN, AP, ADAMS, P, MILTON, A, SCULLY, M, POMFRET, S & KENWRIGHT, AM (1993). WHAT DO RING ROTATIONS DO FOR POLYANILINE. Molecular Crystals And Liquid Crystals Science And Technology Section A-molecular Crystals And Liquid Crystals 234: 729-737.
MONKMAN, AP (1992). ELECTROACTIVITY IN POLYANILINE. Molecular Crystals And Liquid Crystals 216: 777-784.
KENWRIGHT, AM, FEAST, WJ, ADAMS, P, MILTON, AJ, MONKMAN, AP & SAY, BJ (1992). SOLUTION-STATE C-13 NUCLEAR-MAGNETIC-RESONANCE STUDIES OF POLYANILINE. Polymer 33(20): 4292-4298.
MONKMAN, AP & ADAMS, P (1991). OBSERVED ANISOTROPIES IN STRETCH ORIENTED POLYANILINE. Synthetic Metals 41(1-2): 627-633.
MONKMAN, AP & ADAMS, P (1991). OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC-PROPERTIES OF STRETCH-ORIENTED SOLUTION-CAST POLYANILINE FILMS. Synthetic Metals 40(1): 87-96.
MONKMAN, AP & ADAMS, P (1991). STRETCH ALIGNED POLYANILINE FILMS. Solid State Communications 78(1): 29-31.
MONKMAN, AP & ADAMS, P (1991). STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYANILINE FREE STANDING FILMS. Synthetic Metals 41(3): 891-896.
MONKMAN, AP, STEVENS, GC & BLOOR, D (1991). X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATIONS OF THE CHAIN STRUCTURE AND DOPING MECHANISMS IN POLYANILINE. Journal Of Physics D-applied Physics 24(5): 738-749.
MONKMAN, AP, BLOOR, D & STEVENS, GC (1990). EFFECTS OF OXIDATION-STATE ON THE MEASURED G-VALUE IN POLYANILINE. Journal Of Physics D-applied Physics 23(5): 627-629.
BLOOR, D, MONKMAN, AP, STEVENS, GC, CHEUNG, KM & PUGH, S (1990). STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS IN CONDUCTIVE POLYMERS. Molecular Crystals And Liquid Crystals 187: 231-239.
MONKMAN, AP, BLOOR, D, STEVENS, GC, STEVENS, JCH & WILSON, P (1989). ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE AND CHARGE TRANSPORT MECHANISMS IN POLYANILINE. Synthetic Metals 29(1): E277-E284.
ALBERY, WJ, CHEN, Z, HORROCKS, BR, MOUNT, AR, WILSON, PJ, BLOOR, D, MONKMAN, AT & ELLIOTT, CM (1989). SPECTROSCOPIC AND ELECTROCHEMICAL STUDIES OF CHARGE-TRANSFER IN MODIFIED ELECTRODES. Faraday Discussions 247-+.
MONKMAN, AP, BLOOR, D, STEVENS, GC & STEVENS, JCH (1987). ELECTRONIC-ENERGY LEVELS OF POLYANILINE. Journal Of Physics D-applied Physics 20(11): 1337-1345.
BLOOR, D & MONKMAN, A (1987). SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES OF POLYANILINE. Synthetic Metals 21(2): 175-179.

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