Dr Paul Edwards

Senior Research Fellow

Physics

Contact

Personal statement

I am a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Physics, where I have worked in the Semiconductor Spectroscopy and Devices research group since 2000. Prior to this, I studied at Imperial College London, Albert Ludwigs Universität Freiburg and Durham University. My PhD and post-doctoral work at Durham involved the use of scanning electron and optical beam techniques to study thin-film CdTe solar cells. I now apply similar techniques to characterise materials, nanostructures and devices made from group III nitride compounds.

Researcher ID: C-1594-2009

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7671-7698

| e: paul.edwards@strath.ac.uk | t: 0141 548 4369/3488/7917 | u: http://ssd.phys.strath.ac.uk/ |

Back to staff profile

Publications

Electroluminescence hyperspectral imaging of light-emitting diodes using a liquid crystal tunable filter
Edwards Paul R, Bruckbauer Jochen, Cameron Douglas, Martin Robert W
Applied Physics Letters Vol 123 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0165060
Chlorine retention enables the indoor light harvesting of triple halide wide bandgap perovskites
Wang Shaoyang, Edwards Paul R, Abdelsamie Maged, Brown Peter, Webster David, Ruseckas Arvydas, Rajan Gopika, Neves Ana I S, Martin Robert W, Sutter-Fella Carolin M, Turnbull Graham A, Samuel Ifor D W, Krishnan Jagadamma Lethy
Journal of Materials Chemistry A Vol 11, pp. 12328-12341 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1039/D3TA01784B
Core-shell nanorods as ultraviolet light emitting diodes
Cameron Douglas, Coulon Pierre-Marie, Fairclough Simon, Kusch Gunnar, Edwards Paul R, Susilo Norman, Wernicke Tim, Kneissl Michael, Oliver Rachel A, Shields Philip A, Martin Robert W
Nano Letters Vol 23, pp. 1451–1458 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04826
Silica coated colloidal semiconductor quantum dot supracrystal microlasers
Eling Charlotte, Gunasekar Naresh, Edwards Paul, Martin Robert, Laurand Nicolas
2022 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC) IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC) (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1109/IPC53466.2022.9975748
Assessing the impact of secondary fluorescence on X-ray microanalysis results from semiconductor thin films : X-ray microanalysis of thin surface films and coatings
Hunter Daniel A, Lavery Samuel P, Edwards Paul R, Martin Robert W
Microscopy and Microanalysis Vol 28, pp. 1472-1483 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1431927622000770
Role of defects in ultra-high gain in fast planar tin gallium oxide UV-C photodetector by MBE
Mukhopadhyay Partha, Hatipoglu Isa, Frodason Ymir K, Varley Joel B, Williams Martin S, Hunter Daniel A, Gunasekar Naresh K, Edwards Paul R, Martin Robert W, Wu Feng, Mauze Akhil, Speck James S, Schoenfeld Winston V
Applied Physics Letters Vol 121 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0107557

More publications

Back to staff profile

Research Interests

My research is focussed on the use of spectroscopic and microscopic methods in the analysis of semiconductors. The main materials of current interest to me are those based on the group III nitride quaternary system, AlxGayIn(1-x-y)N, and in particular nano-scale structures based on them. These have applications in many different areas, including solid-state lighting, data storage, communications and water purification. The techniques I use to study these materials include photoluminescence and electroluminescence spectroscopy, as well multiple modes of scanning electron microscopy (such as cathodoluminescence, electron beam-induced current and X-ray microanalysis). I am also interested in the application of multivariate statistical analysis techniques in the processing of the multidimensional data that these experimental methods yield.

Professional Activities

Simultaneous mapping of cathodoluminescence spectra and electron backscattered electron patterns in a scanning electron microscope
Speaker
24/3/2023
2nd Workshop on Cathodoluminescence and Electron Beam Induced Current of Semiconductor Nanostructures
Participant
22/3/2023
Hyperspectral Single Pixel Imaging with GaN μ-LED arrays for microscale positioning of fluorescent markers
Contributor
10/11/2022
International Workshop on Nitride Semiconductors
Participant
9/10/2022
Micromachines (Journal)
Guest editor
2020
Microscopy & Microanalysis 2018
Invited speaker
9/8/2018

More professional activities

Projects

Monolithic on-chip integration of u-laser diodes and electronics for micro-displays and visible light communications ( International Centre to Centre)
Martin, Robert (Principal Investigator) Edwards, Paul (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2026
ADVANCED CHARACTERISATION OF HYDROTHERMALLY AGED CEMENT (10 YEARS OLD)
Hamilton, Andrea (Principal Investigator) Bots, Pieter (Co-investigator) Dobson, Kate (Co-investigator) Edwards, Paul (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2025
EFFECT OF HIGH TEMPERATURES ON CEMENT BACKFILL (NRVB)
Hamilton, Andrea (Principal Investigator) Bots, Pieter (Co-investigator) Dobson, Kate (Co-investigator) Edwards, Paul (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2025
Monolithic on-chip integration of electronics & photonics using III-nitrides for telecoms
Martin, Robert (Principal Investigator) Edwards, Paul (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2024
Doctoral Training Partnership 2018-19 University of Strathclyde | Qaasim, Abubakr
Rossi, Alessandro (Principal Investigator) Edwards, Paul (Co-investigator) Qaasim, Abubakr (Research Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2020 - 01-Jan-2022
PROBING QUANTUM STATES WITH SILICON CARBIDE NANOELECTRONICS (Ababakr Qaasim) | Qaasim, Abubakr
Rossi, Alessandro (Principal Investigator) Edwards, Paul (Co-investigator) Qaasim, Abubakr (Research Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2020 - 01-Jan-2022

More projects

Back to staff profile

Contact

Dr Paul Edwards
Senior Research Fellow
Physics

Email: paul.edwards@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4369/3458