Dr Emrys Evans

Research Highlights

1. Evans, E., Li, J., Storey, J., Maeda, K., Henbest, K., Dodson, C., Hore, P., Mackenzie, S., & Timmel, C. (2015). Sensitive fluorescence-based detection of magnetic field effects in photoreactions of flavins. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17(28), 18456-18463.

   https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cp00723b, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57575
2. Kattnig, D., Evans, E., Déjean, V., Dodson, C., Wallace, M., Mackenzie, S., Timmel, C., & Hore, P. (2016). Chemical amplification of magnetic field effects relevant to avian magnetoreception. Nature Chemistry, 8(4), 384-391.

   https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2447, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57574
3. Evans, E., Kattnig, D., Henbest, K., Hore, P., Mackenzie, S., & Timmel, C. (2016). Sub-millitesla magnetic field effects on the recombination reaction of flavin and ascorbic acid radicals. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 145(8), 085101

   https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4961266, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57573
4. Evans, E., Olivier, Y., Puttisong, Y., Myers, W., Hele, T., Menke, S., Thomas, T., Credgington, D., Beljonne, D., Friend, R., & Greenham, N. (2018). Vibrationally Assisted Intersystem Crossing in Benchmark Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Molecules. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 9(14), 4053-4058.

   https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b01556, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57572
5. Greenfield, J., Evans, E., Nuzzo, D., Antonio, M., Friend, R., & Nitschke, J. (2018). Unraveling Mechanisms of Chiral Induction in Double-Helical Metallopolymers. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140(32), 10344-10353.

   https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b06195, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57571
6. Conaghan, P., Menke, S., Romanov, A., Jones, S., Pearson, A., Evans, E., Bochmann, M., Greenham, N., Credgington, D., & Evans, E. (2018). Efficient Vacuum‐Processed Light‐Emitting Diodes Based on Carbene–Metal–Amides. Advanced Materials, 30(35), 1802285

   https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201802285, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57570

   http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.201802285
7. Ascherl, L., Evans, E., Hennemann, M., Nuzzo, D., Hufnagel, A., Beetz, M., Friend, R., Clark, T., Bein, T., & Auras, F. (2018). Solvatochromic covalent organic frameworks. Nature Communications, 9(1)

   https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06161-w, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57569
8. Ai, X., Evans, E., Dong, S., Gillett, A., Guo, H., Chen, Y., Hele, T., Friend, R., & Li, F. (2018). Efficient radical-based light-emitting diodes with doublet emission. Nature, 563(7732), 536-540.

   https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0695-9, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57568
9. Montanaro, S., Gillett, A., Feldmann, S., Evans, E., Plasser, F., Friend, R., & Wright, I. (2019). Red-shifted delayed fluorescence at the expense of photoluminescence quantum efficiency – an intramolecular charge-transfer molecule based on a benzodithiophene-4,8-dione acceptor. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 21(20), 10580-10586.

   https://doi.org/10.1039/c9cp02186h, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57567
10. Guo, H., Peng, Q., Chen, X., Gu, Q., Dong, S., Evans, E., Gillett, A., Ai, X., Zhang, M., Credgington, D., Coropceanu, V., Friend, R., Brédas, J., & Li, F. (2019). High stability and luminescence efficiency in donor–acceptor neutral radicals not following the Aufbau principle. Nature Materials, 18(9), 977-984.

    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-019-0433-1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57566

All Research

• Organic Electronics - Radical materials and devices for opto-spintronics (current)

  PhD

  Other supervisor: Prof Paul Meredith

• CH-127 Chemical Practice

  This module will introduce students to the three broad employment areas for chemistry: research, teaching or industrial positions. The lecture portion will cover fundamental aspects of being a professional chemist including safety, report writing, project management, and teaching skills. Students will then spend 60 hours with research faculty, on an industrial field trip or serving as a teacher's aide. Assessment will be by coursework and a written report.

• CH-342 Advanced Topics in Physical, Instrumental and Analytical Chemistry

  This module completes the core aspects of Physical Chemistry for the undergraduate programme, applying existing understanding of thermodynamics and quantum mechanics to connect the quantum world with the observable world in Statistical Mechanics and relating quantum understanding to the application of light in chemical reactions. Laboratory experiments will be fully investigative, with students carrying out advanced `mini projects¿ to initiate and guide students in elementary research skills in preparation for their research projects. Material, techniques and skills covered in the course of this module will require understanding of prior modules.

• SC-M03 Plastics Electronics

  Since the 1970s, plastic electronics has expanded into a multitude of technologies and products incorporating flexible and transparent electronic circuits. Polymers or inks can be used as printable inks onto polymer-based substrates using various printing technologies, spin coating or vacuum deposition. Plastic electronics can use printed inks on plastic substrates, or it can consist of organic conductive polymers. Applications of plastic electronics will be discussed.

• Royal Society University Research Fellowship 2020 - 2025

• Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (+ Isaac Newton Trust) 2019 - 2022