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WATCH: PEDOT:PSS FIBERS APPLIED TO Organic transistors

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In this video, PhD student researcher Paula Alarcon-Espejo walks us through the utilization of PEDOT:PSS fibers in Organic Electrochemical Transistors (OECTs). These transistors are biocompatible and can their optimization can help create flexible, conductive materials for use in textiles, prosthetics, and other applications. Organic semiconductors and electrochemical transistors promise to enable new generations of low-cost, …

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WATCH: PEDOT:PSS Fibers – Wet Spinning Walkthrough

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In this video, Dr. Ruben Sarabia-Riquelme walks us through the PEDOT:PSS wet spinning process. This converts the PEDOT:PSS into a fiber form, resulting in a conductive, flexible material that has dozens of potential applications in advanced manufacturing, robotics, textiles, and more. KY NSF EPSCoR funded research at UK CAER is at the forefront of this …

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Paterson group releases first publication featuring Organic Electrochemical Transistors

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Organic semiconductors and electrochemical transistors promise to enable new generations of low-cost, mechanically flexible, and wearable electronic devices. With this novel chemical doping process discovered by the Alexandra Paterson team and collaborators, this promise is one step closer to fulfillment. A publication titled, “New Chemical Dopant and Counterion Mechanism for Organic Electrochemical Transistors and Organic …

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track-2, uk’s risko to host leadership workshop

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Chad Risko of the University of Kentucky, alongside colleagues Sara Zeigler and Rusty Carpenter at Eastern Kentucky University, will teach a virtual Leadership Workshop for early-career faculty. The workshop will take place via Zoom on August 17th, from 1-4pm.   Registration will open on June 19th and close on August 4th. You can learn more about …

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uk’s Dibakar Bhattacharyya, Former Co-PI, wins great teacher award

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Congratulations to D.B.! Dr. Bhattacharyya was a leader in as a CO-PI in our Powering the Kentucky Bioeconomy for a Sustainable Future Track-1 project from 2014-2019. Article taken from UK NOW Dibakar Bhattacharyya, Ph.D., is one of this year’s Great Teacher Award recipients. For the UK College of Engineering professor known across campus as “DB,” there is …

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UK’s John Anthony honored with 2023 SEC Faculty Achievement Award

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By Jenny Wells-Hosley, UK PR John Anthony, the C. W. Hammond Professor of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named winner of the 2023 SEC Faculty Achievement Award for the University of Kentucky this spring. Anthony, who also serves as associate director at the Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER), was awarded with 13 other …

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UK’s PEDOT Fiber Team tours somerset lab, engage in collab talks

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The University of Kentucky’s PEDOT:PSS Fiber team travelled one-and-a-half hours south to visit Somerset Community College and their Additive Manufacturing Program in late March. Dr. Matt Weisenberger of UK’s Center for Applied Energy Research, alongside Dr. Ruben Riquelme-Sarabia and PhD candidate Paula Alarcon-Espejo explored the fabrication of PEDOT:PSS fibers as part of objective 2.1.2 in …

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Sarabia, alarcon to present nationally on pedot:ss reasearch

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University of Kentucky researcher Dr. Ruben Sarabia is an invited speaker at the 2022 Materials Research Society meeting in Boston.  He will be presenting his pioneering work in PEDOT fiber processing as part of the Symposium: SB10-New E-Textile Materials and Devices for Wearable Electronics. PhD student, Paula Alarcon (Paterson & Weisenberger), also of UK, will …

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UK’s Anthony, Risko Receive NSF Special Creativity Award

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By David Melanson, UK CAER Organic semiconductors, often referred to as plastic electronics, offer key advantages for emerging electronic and communication devices, provided they can meet all the appropriate metrics for performance, stability and cost. While these materials are already widely used in display technologies — the organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) used as the displays in …

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Next-Generation Conductive Fibers

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Flexible, organic, and conductive. Those are adjectives traditionally applied to PEDOT: PSS. Thanks to Dr. Ruben Sarabia-Riquelme and his cohorts at the University of Kentucky Applied Energy Research (UK CAER), and other collaborators at the University of Louisville, KY NSF EPSCoR funds are adding two more adjectives to PEDOT: PSS: spinnable and printable. Readily available …

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