Professor George Fern
Academic Director/Professor
Bragg Building 017
- Email: george.fern@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 265628
- Chemical Engineering
Summary
George Fern is a chemist by background who has worked in engineering since 2006. He has a broad skills set in developing and delivering collaborative research and development projects and consultancy with industry, from inorganic and organic materials chemistry to their integration into polymeric materials and electronic devices and has acted as an expert witness. His research focus is on polymer procesing, sustainable materials and opto-electronic materials and devices for applications ranging from horticulture to displays and lighting.
He has teaching interests in chemistry, materials chemistry and charasterisation.
He has a keen interest in materials characterisation, electron microscopy (SEM, TEM), X-ray methods (XRD, XRF) and spectroscopic techniquies (UV-Vis-NIR, FTIR, Raman) to study luminescent materials (cathodoluminescence (CL), photoluminescence emission and excitation (PL, PLE)) and is the Academic Director of the and Director of the Wolfson Centre for Sustainable Materials Processing and Characterisation.
He is a Chartered Chemist and Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society.
Qualifications
BSc and PhD in Chemistry, Fellow of the HEA and PG Cert HE
Responsibility
Academic Director Experimental Techniques Centre |
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Director of the Wolfson Centre for Sustainable Materials Processing and Characterisation |
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Ionising Radiation and Laser Controlling Authority (IRLCA) member |
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Laser Protection Supervisor | |
Newest selected publications
Nadeera Hemamali, GM., Smith, D., Hobson, P., Fern, G. and Ireland, T. (2022) ''. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment, 1048. pp. 1 - 5. ISSN: 0168-9002
Fern, GR., Khan, A., Obene, P., Buchan, O. and Kumaraverl, M. (2022) ''. Fukuoka, Japan. 14 - 16 December. International Display Workshops General Incorporated Association. pp. 923 - 926. ISSN: 1883-2490
Silver, J., al-Jaff, G., Taies, JA., Wilson, MT., den Engelsen, D., Fern, GR. and (2022) ''. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 28 (1). pp. 65 - 84. ISSN: 0949-8257
et al.Silver, J., Al-Jaff, G., Wilson, MT., den Engelsen, D., Fern, GR. and Ireland, TG. (2022) ''. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 27 (3). pp. 297 - 313. ISSN: 0949-8257
Fern, G., Khan, A., Worsley, M., Buchan, O., Kumaraverl, M., Ireland, T., (2021) 'Electroluminescence of Metal Free Quantum Dots'.The 28th International Display Workshops. Virtual. 1 - 3 December. Proceedings of the 28th International Display Workshops. pp. 836 - 838. ISSN: 1883-2490
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