APS Colloquium Series – Dr. Oana Jurchescu, Wake Forest University

TITLE: Printed Electronics: Translating Fundamental Device Physics into Safer Radiotherapy
 Abstract:
The rapid expansion of the Internet of Things necessitates a paradigm shift toward ubiquitous, adaptable, and cost-effective computing. While printed organic electronics offer a promising pathway to this future, their widespread adoption is currently hindered by instability and inefficient carrier dynamics. This presentation discusses the bottlenecks in charge injection and transport that limit the performance and lifespan of organic devices. I will show how resolving these fundamental stability and environmental challenges enables a new class of healthcare technology: flexible, skin-conformal radiation dosimeters. These organic transistor-based sensors allow for real-time dose mapping, offering a versatile tool for enhanced patient safety during cancer radiotherapy.
Bio:
Oana D. Jurchescu is a Baker Professor of Physics at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA and a fellow of the American Physical Society, Materials Research Society and the Royal Society of Chemistry. She received her PhD in 2006 from University of Groningen, the Netherlands, and was a postdoctoral researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA. Her expertise is in charge transport in organic and organic/inorganic hybrid semiconductors, device physics and semiconductor processing. She is the recipient of several awards, including the CAREER award from the National Science Foundation, NSF (2013), the NSF special creativity award (2022), and the Pegram Award from American Physical Society for excellence in teaching and mentoring (2022). She is an associate editor for Journal of Materials Chemistry C (RSC) and Science Advances (AAAS) and serves as a member of the Advisory Board of Chemical Physics Reviews, Organic Electronics, Newton and J. Phys Materials.
Web: https://jurchescu.physics.wfu.edu/
Hosted by: Applied Physical Sciences Department
Additional Information can be found at: https://heellife.unc.edu/event/12170241