Welcome to The Centre for Experimental and Applied Physics
Researchers at CEAP work on harnessing renewable energy sources, improving energy storage systems, and enhancing energy efficiency. From thermoelectric harvesting of waste heat to green refrigeration, we are contributing to the transition to a greener future.
Our quantum technologies research focusses on engineering quantum mechanical properties of molecules and low-dimensional materials to develop novel nano- and quantum-based sensors and devices, quantum computing for solving problems across disciplines, and emerging applications in healthcare.
The centre is exploring novel semiconductor materials, fabrication processes, and device designs. Our expertise covers a range of materials and applications, from flexible, low-cost organic semiconductors to space grade semiconductors, and from optoelectronics to particle detectors.
We are leveraging the power of artificial intelligence and data science to extract valuable insights from vast datasets, with applications covering materials science, drug discovery, particle physics, and space weather.
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Recent Publications
- A Direct Arylation Approach toward Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence-Active Benzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazole Emitters for Near-Infrared Solution-Processed OLEDs
Brebels S Puttock EV Cardeynaels T Bareikaite K Weatherill LA Van Landeghem M Penxten H Danos A et al.
Acs Applied Optical Materials, American Chemical Society (Acs)
20-10-2025 - Multipurpose heavy atom effects for organic solution room temperature-phosphorescence
Karakurt O Francener C Cakmaktepe SC Salinas HM Aksoy E Danos A Monkman AP Cirpan A
Journal of Physics Materials, Iop Publishing vol. 8 (4)
31-07-2025 - Electron Phase Detection in Single Molecules by Interferometry
Chen Z Deng J-R Wang M Farmakidis N Baugh J Bhaskaran H Mol JA Anderson HL et al.
Journal of The American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 147 (26), 22572-22579.
16-06-2025
Recent Grants
- RS 2025R2 Shining Light on Sub-Bandgap Absorption in Exciplex OLED emitters
Andrew Danos
£30,000 Royal Society
15-10-2025 - 14-10-2026 - Barocaloric solid-state cooling: from materials to devices
Anthony Phillips and Huasheng Wang
£662,322 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
12-09-2025 - 11-09-2027 - Barocalorics for green cooling: from understanding to design
Anthony Phillips
£519,846 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
01-08-2025 - 31-07-2028