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Materials Science

D-Index
89
Citations
32729
World Ranking
1759
National Ranking
63

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Paul L. Burn 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 Paul L. Burn sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 580 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paul L. Burn 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 Paul L. Burn sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% 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

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Paul L. Burn is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and has made contributions primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their research spans various subfields, including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, Spectroscopy, and Biophysics.

Their work covers a range of topics centered on organic electronics and materials science, with a particular focus on Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research, Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics, Conducting Polymers and Applications, Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials, Perovskite Materials and Applications, Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection, and Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Paul L. Burn include:

  • Next-generation applications for integrated perovskite solar cells, 2023, Communications Materials
  • Engineering fluorinated-cation containing inverted perovskite solar cells with an efficiency of >21% and improved stability towards humidity, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Extremely efficient flexible organic solar cells with a graphene transparent anode: Dependence on number of layers and doping of graphene, 2020, Carbon
  • Dicyanovinyl-based fluorescent sensors for dual mechanism amine sensing, 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • Defect/Interface Recombination Limited Quasi-Fermi Level Splitting and Open-Circuit Voltage in Mono- and Triple-Cation Perovskite Solar Cells, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Paul E. Shaw
  • I. Gentle
  • Mile Gao
  • Hui Jin
  • Ronan Chu

Paul L. Burn publishes regularly in several scientific venues, with notable contributions in the following journals:

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

Best Publications

  • Electro-optics of perovskite solar cells

    Qianqian Lin;Ardalan Armin;Ravi Chandra Raju Nagiri;Paul L. Burn

  • Visualization and suppression of interfacial recombination for high-efficiency large-area pin perovskite solar cells

    Martin Stolterfoht;Christian Michael Wolff;Jose A. Marquez;Shanshan Zhang;Shanshan Zhang

  • Chemical tuning of electroluminescent copolymers to improve emission efficiencies and allow patterning

    P. L. Burn;A. B. Holmes;A. Kraft;D. D. C. Bradley

  • Poly(p-phenylenevinylene) light-emitting diodes : enhanced electroluminescent efficiency through charge carrier confinement

    A. R. Brown;D. D. C. Bradley;J. H. Burroughes;R. H. Friend

  • Development of Dendrimers: Macromolecules for Use in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes and Solar Cells

    Shih-Chun Lo;Paul L. Burn

  • Organic Photodiodes: The Future of Full Color Detection and Image Sensing

    Ross D. Jansen-van Vuuren;Ardalan Armin;Ajay K. Pandey;Paul L. Burn

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

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

  • Narrowband light detection via internal quantum efficiency manipulation of organic photodiodes

    Ardalan Armin;Ross D. Jansen-van Vuuren;Nikos Kopidakis;Paul L. Burn

  • Filterless narrowband visible photodetectors

    Qianqian Lin;Ardalan Armin;Paul L. Burn;Paul Meredith

  • The Development of Light-Emitting Dendrimers for Displays†

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

  • Next-generation applications for integrated perovskite solar cells

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  • Light-emitting diodes based on conjugated polymers

    A.R. Brown;D.D.C. Bradley;J.H. Burroughes;R.H. Friend

  • Green Phosphorescent Dendrimer for Light‐Emitting Diodes

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

  • Optical spectroscopy of highly ordered poly(p-phenylene vinylene)

    K Pichler;D A Halliday;D D C Bradley;P L Burn

  • Photoexcited states in poly(p-phenylene vinylene): Comparison with trans,trans-distyrylbenzene, a model oligomer.

    N. F. Colaneri;D. D. C. Bradley;R. H. Friend;P. L. Burn

  • Chemical tuning of the electronic properties of poly(p-phenylenevinylene)-based copolymers

    Paul L. Burn;Arno Kraft;R Derek Baigent;Donal D. C. Bradley

  • Low Noise, IR‐Blind Organohalide Perovskite Photodiodes for Visible Light Detection and Imaging

    Qianqian Lin;Ardalan Armin;Dani M. Lyons;Paul L. Burn

  • 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

  • Morphology of All-Solution-Processed “Bilayer” Organic Solar Cells

    Kwan H. Lee;Paul E. Schwenn;Arthur R. G. Smith;Hamish Cavaye

  • SEMICONDUCTIVE COPOLYMER FOR USE IN LUMINESCENCE DEVICE

    Holmes Andrew;Bradley Donal D;Kraft Arno;Burn Paul

  • Light-emitting diodes based on conjugated polymers (vol 347, pg 539 1990)

    J. H. Burroughes;D. D. C. Bradley;A. R. Brown;R. N. Marks

Frequent Co-Authors

Ifor D. W. Samuel
Ifor D. W. Samuel University of St Andrews
Paul Meredith
Paul Meredith Swansea University
Ebinazar B. Namdas
Ebinazar B. Namdas University of Queensland
Ian R. Gentle
Ian R. Gentle University of Queensland
John M. Lupton
John M. Lupton University of Regensburg
Richard H. Friend
Richard H. Friend University of Cambridge
Martin Stolterfoht
Martin Stolterfoht Chinese University of Hong Kong
Thomas D. Anthopoulos
Thomas D. Anthopoulos University of Manchester
Andrew B. Holmes
Andrew B. Holmes University of Melbourne

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