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Ronald Österbacka

Ronald Österbacka

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Materials Science

D-Index
59
Citations
13442
World Ranking
7337
National Ranking
33

Overview

Ronald Österbacka is affiliated with Åbo Akademi University in Finland. Their research predominantly focuses on the field of Engineering, with particular depth in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. Other notable subfields include Polymers and Plastics, Molecular Biology, and Bioengineering.

The scientist's work encompasses various topics related to organic and electronic materials as well as sensor technologies. Key areas of research include:

  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Thin-Film Transistor Technologies
  • Nanowire Synthesis and Applications

Their publication record features articles in multiple specialized journals. Frequent venues of publication include:

  • Advanced Materials
  • Flexible and Printed Electronics
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Ronald Österbacka are:

  • "The 2021 flexible and printed electronics roadmap," 2021, published in Flexible and Printed Electronics
  • "About the amplification factors in organic bioelectronic sensors," 2020, published in Materials Horizons
  • "Organic Field-Effect Transistor Platform for Label-Free, Single-Molecule Detection of Genomic Biomarkers," 2020, published in ACS Sensors
  • "Synergetic effects of electrochemical oxidation of Spiro-OMeTAD and Li+ ion migration for improving the performance of n-i-p type perovskite solar cells," 2021, published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • "Large-Area Interfaces for Single-Molecule Label-free Bioelectronic Detection," 2022, published in Chemical Reviews

Collaboration plays a significant role in their scientific output. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Luisa Torsi
  • Eleonora Macchia
  • Fabrizio Torricelli
  • Kim Björkström
  • Mathias Nyman

Best Publications

  • Two-Dimensional Electronic Excitations in Self-Assembled Conjugated Polymer Nanocrystals

    R. Österbacka;C. P. An;X. M. Jiang;Z. V. Vardeny

  • A review of charge transport and recombination in polymer/fullerene organic solar cells

    A. Pivrikas;N. S. Sariciftci;G. Juška;R. Österbacka

  • Spectroscopic Studies of Photoexcitations in Regioregular and Regiorandom Polythiophene Films

    XM Jiang;R Österbacka;OJ Korovyanko;CP An

  • Bimolecular recombination coefficient as a sensitive testing parameter for low-mobility solar-cell materials.

    A. Pivrikas;G. Juška;A. J. Mozer;M. Scharber

  • Charge carrier mobility in regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) probed by transient conductivity techniques: A comparative study

    Attila J. Mozer;Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci;Almantas Pivrikas;Ronald Österbacka

  • Tailored approaches in drug development and diagnostics: from molecular design to biological model systems

    CM Cecilia Sahlgren;Annika Meinander;Hongbo Zhang;Fang Cheng

  • Time-dependent mobility and recombination of the photoinduced charge carriers in conjugated polymer/fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells

    A. J. Mozer;G. Dennler;N. S. Sariciftci;M. Westerling

  • Charge transport and recombination in bulk heterojunction solar cells studied by the photoinduced charge extraction in linearly increasing voltage technique

    A. J. Mozer;N. S. Sariciftci;L. Lutsen;D. Vanderzande

  • Charge transport in π -conjugated polymers from extraction current transients

    G. Juška;K. Arlauskas;M. Viliūnas;K. Genevičius

  • Photoexcitation dynamics in regioregular and regiorandom polythiophene films

    OJ Korovyanko;R Österbacka;XM Jiang;ZV Vardeny

  • Charge carrier mobility and lifetime versus composition of conjugated polymer/fullerene bulk-heterojunction solar cells

    G. Dennler;A.J. Mozer;G. Juška;A. Pivrikas

  • Cellulose‐Based Ionogels for Paper Electronics

    Stefan Thiemann;Swetlana J. Sachnov;Fredrik Pettersson;Roger Bollström

  • Application of regioregular polythiophene in spintronic devices: Effect of interface

    Sayani Majumdar;R. Laiho;P. Laukkanen;I. J. Väyrynen

  • IR-sintering of ink-jet printed metal-nanoparticles on paper

    Daniel Tobjörk;Harri Aarnio;Petri Pulkkinen;Roger Bollström

  • A multilayer coated fiber-based substrate suitable for printed functionality

    Roger Bollström;Anni Määttänen;Daniel Tobjörk;Petri Ihalainen

  • Light-Emitting Paper

    Amir Asadpoordarvish;Andreas Sandström;Christian Larsen;Roger Bollström

  • High-Performance All-Polymer Transistor Utilizing a Hygroscopic Insulator

    Henrik G. O. Sandberg;Tomas G. Bäcklund;Ronald Österbacka;Henrik Stubb

  • Non-Langevin bimolecular recombination in low-mobility materials

    G. Juška;K. Arlauskas;J. Stuchlik;R. Österbacka

  • Ultimately Sensitive Organic Bioelectronic Transistor Sensors by Materials and Device Structures' Design

    Rosaria Anna Picca;Kyriaki Manoli;Eleonora Macchia;Eleonora Macchia;Lucia Sarcina

  • Effect of Contacts in Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

    Oskar J. Sandberg;Mathias Nyman;Ronald Österbacka

Frequent Co-Authors

Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci
Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci Johannes Kepler University of Linz
Jouko Peltonen
Jouko Peltonen Åbo Akademi University
Amlan J. Pal
Amlan J. Pal Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
Mika Lindén
Mika Lindén University of Ulm
Janne Ruokolainen
Janne Ruokolainen Aalto University
Olli Ikkala
Olli Ikkala Aalto University
Peter Lund
Peter Lund Aalto University
Ari Ivaska
Ari Ivaska Åbo Akademi University
Howard E. Katz
Howard E. Katz Johns Hopkins University
Luisa Torsi
Luisa Torsi University of Bari Aldo Moro

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