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SUMMARY:Sir Richard Friend: Interconversion of light and electricity in mo
 lecular semiconductors - Sir Richard Friend\, Cavendish Laboratory 
DTSTART:20191112T190000Z
DTEND:20191112T200000Z
UID:TALK134764@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:74548
DESCRIPTION:Professor Friend is the current Cavendish Professor of Physics
  (same position that Maxwell\, Rayleigh\, J.J. Thomson and Rutherford held
 ). He pioneered the study of organic polymers and the electronic propertie
 s of molecular semiconductors which led to the invention of multiple devic
 es\, most recently the OLEDs. He is considered to be most cited scientist 
 in the UK. Also\, Professor Friend is the Director of the Winton Programme
  for the Physics of Sustainability and Co-Founder of Cambridge Display Tec
 hnology.\n\nProfessor Friend writes:\n"Carbon-based molecular semiconducto
 r devices can be engineered to allow very efficient conversion of electric
 al energy to light (in smart phone OLED displays). They can also provide t
 hin-film solar cells that share some of the operating mechanisms that are 
 used in photosynthesis. I will discuss some of the underlying science that
  makes this possible and some of the engineering challenges to bring this 
 to practical implementations."\n\nWhat makes a good scientific idea? Is it
  merely about luck and chance or creativity/combination skills also matter
 ? How can we best utilise them? Also\, how can a idea born in the lab conq
 uer the world and what are the main roadblocks on the way? Why do so many 
 new startups fail? Besides from a journey into science\, Professor Friend'
 s lecture will also contain hints to these questions based on his own expe
 riences.\n\n\n
LOCATION:McGrath Centre\, St Catharine's College\, Cambridge
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