Welcome! Research in the Leger lab

focuses on several themes:

 

Devices for conversion of solar energy
Organic electronic materials and devices
Nanomaterials and nano-optics

 

Current research students and projects

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Jordan Marsh and Anthony Nault: Development of high index dielectric plasmon-polariton waveguides for integration with luminescent solar concentrators (Funded though the National Science Foundation: SOLAR Program)

 

Anton Ilkevich, Paul Cochran, and Tyko Shoji: Hybrid organic-inorganic optoelectronic devices based on polymer blends with quantum dots (Funded through the National Science Foundation: Faculty Development Award)

 

Tyko Shoji: ToF SIMS imaging of ion profiles in electrochemical light-emitting devices (Funded through the National Science Foundation: CAREER Award)

 

Nick Regis: Hybrid photovoltaic devices based on electrodeposited CdSe thin films (Funded by the Murdock Charitable Trust)

 

Paul Cochran: Biocompatible artificial muscles (Funded by the Murdock Charitable Trust)

 

Brock Ricker: Charge transport and directional light emission in oriented organic semiconductor films (Funded through the National Science Foundation: DMR)

 

David Nichols: Photovoltaic devices utilizing electrochemically doped organic semiconductors (Funded through the National Science Foundation: CAREER Award)

 

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Undergraduate research students are involved in all aspects of research, from lab work to publication. Interested students with majors in Chemistry or Physics should contact Janelle Leger (janelle.leger@wwu.edu) to discuss current research opportunities.

 

 

 

 

 

Page last updated 7.18.12