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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

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Citations
13811
World Ranking
2604
National Ranking
996

Materials Science

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Citations
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World Ranking
9087
National Ranking
2211

Overview

Björn Lüssem is affiliated with Kent State University in the United States, with a research focus primarily in engineering and materials science. Their work intersects several key subfields, including electrical and electronic engineering, polymers and plastics, biomedical engineering, bioengineering, and mechanics of materials.

The scientist's research topics cover a significant range of advanced materials and device technologies. These main areas include:

  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Organic electronics and photovoltaics
  • Advanced memory and neural computing
  • Advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials
  • Dielectric materials and actuators
  • Analytical chemistry and sensors
  • Organic light-emitting diodes research

Björn Lüssem has contributed extensively to several prominent scientific journals. Their frequent publication venues include:

  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Advanced Electronic Materials
  • Advanced Optical Materials
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Lüssem cover organic electrochemical transistor technology and related material science studies. Key publications include:

  • "Finding the equilibrium of organic electrochemical transistors," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Tuning the transconductance of organic electrochemical transistors," 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • "Organic electrochemical transistors - from device models to a targeted design of materials," 2021, Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • "The transient response of organic electrochemical transistors," 2022, Advanced Theory and Simulations
  • "On the fundamentals of organic mixed ionic/electronic conductors," 2023, Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Lüssem frequently collaborates with a consistent group of co-authors, including Pushpa Raj Paudel, Drona Dahal, Raj Kishen Radha Krishnan, Vikash Kaphle, and Michael Skowrons. These partnerships often appear across multiple publications and contribute to the development of organic electronic materials and devices.

Best Publications

  • White organic light-emitting diodes with fluorescent tube efficiency

    Sebastian Reineke;Frank Lindner;Gregor Schwartz;Nico Seidler

  • Degradation Mechanisms and Reactions in Organic Light-Emitting Devices.

    Sebastian Scholz;Denis Kondakov;Björn Lüssem;Karl Leo

  • White organic light-emitting diodes: Status and perspective

    Sebastian Reineke;Michael Thomschke;Björn Lüssem;Karl Leo

  • Doped Organic Transistors.

    Björn Lüssem;Chang-Min Keum;Daniel Kasemann;Ben Naab

  • Quantification of energy loss mechanisms in organic light-emitting diodes

    Rico Meerheim;Mauro Furno;Simone Hofmann;Björn Lüssem

  • Efficiency and rate of spontaneous emission in organic electroluminescent devices

    Mauro Furno;Rico Meerheim;Simone Hofmann;Björn Lüssem

  • Color in the Corners: ITO‐Free White OLEDs with Angular Color Stability

    Whitney Gaynor;Simone Hofmann;M. Greyson Christoforo;Christoph Sachse

  • Top-emitting organic light-emitting diodes

    Simone Hofmann;Michael Thomschke;Björn Lüssem;Karl Leo

  • Doped organic transistors operating in the inversion and depletion regime

    Björn Lüssem;Max L. Tietze;Hans Kleemann;Christoph Hoßbach

  • Fermi level shift and doping efficiency in p -doped small molecule organic semiconductors: A photoelectron spectroscopy and theoretical study

    Max L. Tietze;Lorenzo Burtone;Moritz Riede;Björn Lüssem

  • Molecular-scale simulation of electroluminescence in a multilayer white organic light-emitting diode

    Murat Mesta;Marco Carvelli;Marco Carvelli;Rein J. de Vries;Rein J. de Vries;Harm van Eersel;Harm van Eersel

  • Nano-particle based scattering layers for optical efficiency enhancement of organic light-emitting diodes and organic solar cells

    Hong-Wei Chang;Jonghee Lee;Simone Hofmann;Yong Hyun Kim

  • Photoelectron spectroscopy study of systematically varied doping concentrations in an organic semiconductor layer using a molecular p-dopant

    S. Olthof;W. Tress;R. Meerheim;B. Lüssem

  • Efficiency and Stability of p-i-n Type Organic Light Emitting Diodes for Display and Lighting Applications

    R. Meerheim;B. Lussem;K. Leo

  • Doped Organic Semiconductors: Trap‐Filling, Impurity Saturation, and Reserve Regimes

    Max L. Tietze;Paul Pahner;Kathleen Schmidt;Karl Leo

  • Highly Efficient White Top-Emitting Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Comprising Laminated Microlens Films

    Michael Thomschke;Sebastian Reineke;Björn Lüssem;Karl Leo

  • Chemical degradation mechanisms of highly efficient blue phosphorescent emitters used for organic light emitting diodes

    Ruben Seifert;Inês Rabelo de Moraes;Sebastian Scholz;Malte C. Gather

  • Comparing the emissive dipole orientation of two similar phosphorescent green emitter molecules in highly efficient organic light-emitting diodes

    Philipp Liehm;Caroline Murawski;Mauro Furno;Björn Lüssem

  • Analysis of chemical degradation mechanism within sky blue phosphorescent organic light emitting diodes by laser-desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry

    Ines Rabelo de Moraes;Sebastian Scholz;Björn Lüssem;Karl Leo

  • Structural phase transition in pentacene caused by molecular doping and its effect on charge carrier mobility

    Hans Kleemann;Christoph Schuenemann;Alexander A. Zakhidov;Moritz Riede

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl Leo
Karl Leo TU Dresden
Malte C. Gather
Malte C. Gather University of St Andrews
Rainer Waser
Rainer Waser RWTH Aachen University
Antal Jakli
Antal Jakli Kent State University
Moritz Riede
Moritz Riede University of Oxford
Ulrich Simon
Ulrich Simon RWTH Aachen University
Frank Ellinger
Frank Ellinger TU Dresden
Seunghyup Yoo
Seunghyup Yoo Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Alberto Salleo
Alberto Salleo Stanford University
Thein Kyu
Thein Kyu University of Akron

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