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D-Index
96
Citations
34220
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1267
National Ranking
51

Ifor D. W. Samuel publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ifor D. W. Samuel sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 643 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Ifor D. W. Samuel D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ifor D. W. Samuel sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 96 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2013 - SPIE Fellow

Overview

Ifor D. W. Samuel is a researcher affiliated with the University of St Andrews in the United Kingdom. Their academic work spans primarily the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a particular focus on subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics related to advanced materials and device applications. Key thematic areas include:

  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Conducting polymers and applications

Recent publications by Ifor D. W. Samuel include the following papers:

  • The role of the light source in antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (2023, Chemical Society Reviews)
  • The Golden Age of Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials: Design and Exploitation (2024, Chemical Reviews)
  • Organic Long-Persistent Luminescence from a Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Compound (2020, Advanced Materials)
  • Exact Solution of Kinetic Analysis for Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials (2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A)
  • Electrically driven organic laser using integrated OLED pumping (2023, Nature)

The researcher has published extensively in several journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Angewandte Chemie

Ifor D. W. Samuel collaborates regularly with several co-authors, some of the most frequent being:

  • Eli Zysman-Colman
  • Alexandra M. Z. Slawin
  • David B. Cordes
  • Graham A. Turnbull
  • Tomas Matulaitis

In recognition of contributions to the field, Ifor D. W. Samuel was named SPIE Fellow in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Organic semiconductor lasers.

    I D W Samuel;G A Turnbull

  • Exciton Diffusion Measurements in Poly(3‐hexylthiophene)

    Paul E. Shaw;Arvydas Ruseckas;Ifor D. W. Samuel

  • Measurement of absolute photoluminescence quantum efficiencies in conjugated polymers

    N.C. Greenham;I.D.W. Samuel;G.R. Hayes;R.T. Phillips

  • Blue Phosphorescence from Iridium(III) Complexes at Room Temperature

    Shih-Chun Lo;Christopher P. Shipley;Raghu N. Bera;Ruth E. Harding

  • Light Harvesting for Organic Photovoltaics

    Gordon James Hedley;Arvydas Ruseckas;Ifor David William Samuel

  • The Development of Light-Emitting Dendrimers for Displays†

    Paul L. Burn;Shih-Chun Lo;Ifor D. W Samuel

  • Green Phosphorescent Dendrimer for Light‐Emitting Diodes

    Shih-Chun Lo;Nigel A. H. Male;Jonathan P. J. Markham;Steven W. Magennis

  • Determining the optimum morphology in high-performance polymer-fullerene organic photovoltaic cells

    Gordon James Hedley;Alexander J Ward;Alexander Alekseev;Calvyn Travis Howells

  • Chiral metal complexes with large octupolar optical nonlinearities

    Christophe Dhenaut;Isabella Ledoux;Ifor D. W. Samuel;Joseph Zyss

  • Efficient interchain photoluminescence in a high-electron-affinity conjugated polymer.

    I. D. W. Samuel;G. Rumbles;C. J. Collison

  • High-efficiency green phosphorescence from spin-coated single-layer dendrimer light-emitting diodes

    J. P. J. Markham;S.-C. Lo;S. W. Magennis;P. L. Burn

  • CONJUGATED DENDRIMERS FOR LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES : EFFECT OF GENERATION

    Mounir Halim;Jonathan N. G. Pillow;Ifor D. W. Samuel;Paul L. Burn

  • How to recognize lasing

    Ifor D. W. Samuel;Ifor D. W. Samuel;Ebinazar B. Namdas;Graham A. Turnbull

  • Improving Processability and Efficiency of Resonant TADF Emitters: A Design Strategy

    David Hall;David Hall;Subeesh Madayanad Suresh;Paloma L. dos Santos;Eimantas Duda

  • Hybrid optoelectronics: A polymer laser pumped by a nitride light-emitting diode

    Y. Yang;G. A. Turnbull;I. D. W. Samuel

  • Bragg scattering from periodically microstructured light emitting diodes

    John M. Lupton;Benjamin J. Matterson;Ifor D. W. Samuel;Michael J. Jory

  • Increased Efficiency and Controlled Light Output from a Microstructured Light-Emitting Diode

    B. J. Matterson;J. M. Lupton;A. F. Safonov;M. G. Salt

  • High-triplet-energy dendrons: enhancing the luminescence of deep blue phosphorescent iridium(III) complexes.

    Shih-Chun Lo;Ruth E. Harding;Christopher P. Shipley;Stuart G. Stevenson

  • The role of the light source in antimicrobial photodynamic therapy.

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  • Emission Characteristics and Performance Comparison of Polyfluorene Lasers with One- and Two-Dimensional Distributed Feedback

    G. Heliotis;R. Xia;G. A. Turnbull;P. Andrew

  • Singlet exciton diffusion in MEH-PPV films studied by exciton-exciton annihilation

    A.J. Lewis;A. Ruseckas;O.P.M. Gaudin;G.R. Webster

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul L. Burn
Paul L. Burn University of Queensland
Graham A. Turnbull
Graham A. Turnbull University of St Andrews
John M. Lupton
John M. Lupton University of Regensburg
Peter J. Skabara
Peter J. Skabara University of Glasgow
William L. Barnes
William L. Barnes University of Exeter
Alexandra M. Z. Slawin
Alexandra M. Z. Slawin University of St Andrews
Ebinazar B. Namdas
Ebinazar B. Namdas University of Queensland
Malte C. Gather
Malte C. Gather University of St Andrews
Andrew P. Monkman
Andrew P. Monkman Durham University

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