Donal Bradley

Not to be confused with Donald Charlton Bradley.

Donal Bradley
CBE FRS FInstP FIET FRSA
Born
Donal Donat Conor Bradley

(1962-01-03) 3 January 1962 (age 62)[2]
NationalityBritish
EducationWimbledon College
Alma mater
AwardsFaraday Medal (2010)
Royal Society Bakerian Medal (2010)
Michael Faraday Medal and Prize (2009)
Scientific career
FieldsSoluble Semiconductors
Plastic electronics
Molecular electronics[1]
Institutions
ThesisSpectroscopic investigations of the processible conjugated polymers poly(P-phenylene vinylene) and poly(4,4'-diphenylene diphenyl vinylene) (1987)
Websitewww.kaust.edu.sa/en/study/faculty/donal-d-c-bradley

Donal Donat Conor Bradley CBE FRS FInstP FIET FRSA is the Vice President for Research at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia. From 2015 until 2019, he was head of the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division of the University of Oxford and a Professor of Engineering Science and Physics at Jesus College, Oxford. From 2006 to 2015, he was the Lee-Lucas Professor of Experimental Physics at Imperial College London. He was the founding director of the Centre for Plastic Electronics[3] and served as vice-provost for research at the college.

Bradley is known for his contributions to the development of molecular electronic materials and devices.[4][5] Plastic or printed electronics, as this technology is widely known, embodies a paradigm shift towards low temperature, solution-based device fabrication with applications in energy efficient displays and lighting, photovoltaic energy generation, medical diagnostics and longer term potential for optical communications.[1][6][7][8]

  1. ^ a b Donal Bradley publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Anon (2017). "Bradley, Prof. Donal Donat Conor". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U8468. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ "Centre for Plastic Electronics". 8 March 2024.
  4. ^ "2009 Faraday Medal".
  5. ^ "2010 Faraday Medal". Archived from the original on 8 January 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
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  8. ^ Wade, Jessica; Steiner, Florian; Niedzialek, Dorota; James, David T.; Jung, Youngsuk; Yun, Dong-Jin; Bradley, Donal D. C.; Nelson, Jenny; Kim, Ji-Seon (2014). "Charge mobility anisotropy of functionalized pentacenes in organic field effect transistors fabricated by solution processing". Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 2 (47): 10110–10115. doi:10.1039/C4TC01353K. ISSN 2050-7526.