Werner Blau

Biography

Born in 1954 in Regensburg, Germany. 1979 & 1983 Dipl. Phys. Univ. and Dr. rer.nat. (PhD equiv.) Degrees from Regensburg University, Germany since 1983 in Trinity College Dublin 1986-1991 Lecturer in the Science of Materials/Physics 1991 - 2003 Associate Professor in the Science of Materials/Physics 1998 - 2003 Head of Department of the Physics Department 2002 Awarded ScD Degree by Trinity College Dublin 2003 Personal Chair in Physics of Advanced Materials § Fellow of the Institute of Physics § Fellow of the Institute of Nanotechnology § Fellow of Trinity College Dublin § Member of the Royal Irish Academy

Research Interest

2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION; 3-PHOTON; 4-WAVE MIXING; ABLATION; ABSORPTION; AMORPHOUS THIN FILMS; Applied physics; Atomic and molecular physics; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; Biochemistry, Nucleic Acid; Biochemistry, Proteins; Biopolymeric Materials; C-60; CARBON; Carbon Composites; Carbon nanostructures; CARBON NANOTUBES; Chemical Sciences; CO2-LASER; Composite materials; Condensed Matter; Condensed matter, electronic, magnetic and superconductive properties; Condensed matter, optical and dielectric properties; Condensed matter, soft matter and polymer physics; Conducting polymer films; CONDUCTIVITY; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; COPOLYMERS; CRATER DEPTH; DEVICES; DOPING; DYES; DYNAMICS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC-ARC TECHNIQUE; Electro-optical Technology; Electro-optics; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; ELECTROLUMINESCENT; ELECTROPHOSPHORESENCE; EMISSION; ENERGY; Energy Materials Sciences; EXCIMER-LASER; Experimental Physics; FIELD-EMISSION; FILMS; FLUORESCENCE; FREE VOLUME; Fullerenes; FULLERENES AND DERIVATIVES; Functional Materials; GRANULAR FILMS; GRAPHITE; GROWTH; GUIDES; HARD TISSUE; HARD TISSUES; HEMIPORPHYRAZINES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTORS; IN-SITU; INCUBATION; INFRARED AND RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; ION IRRADIATION; LASER; LASER IN VITRO STUDY; LASER PARAMETERS; Laser technology; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; LASER-PULSES; Lasers and Masers; LIGHT-EMITTING-DIODES; LOSSES; LUMINESCENCE AND RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; Materials Chemistry; Materials Sciences; Materials, Physical Properties; Materials, Preparation/Fabrication; Materials, Structure and Phase; Mechanical Properties, Materials; MEDIA; METALLOPHTHALOCYANINES; MIXERS; MIXTURES; MODEL; Molecular electronics; Molecular Physics; MONOLAYERS; Nano Biotechnology; Nanochemistry; NANOFIBERS; Nanotechnology; Nanotubes; NITRIDE; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL METHODS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; NONLINEARITIES; NONLINEARITY; OPTICAL ABSORPTION AND EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; Optical materials; OPTICAL-LIMITING DEVICES; Optics; Optronics; ORGANIC POLYMERS; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; PHOTOABLATION; Photochemistry; Photochemistry and photophysics; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; Photonics; PHOTORESPONSE; Photovoltaic Materials; Photovoltaic systems, cells and modules manufacturing; Physical Chemistry; Physics; Plastics; POLARIZABILITY; POLY(ISOTHIANAPHTHENE); POLY(PHENYLENE VINYLENE) AND DERIVATIVES; POLY(PHENYLENE VINYLENE) DERIVATIVES; POLY(TERTIARYBUTYLISOTHIANAPHTHENE); POLYIMIDE; Polymer Chemistry; Polymer Science; Polymer technology, biopolymers; Polymeric Materials; Polymers; POWER; PROBE-BEAM AMPLIFICATION; PURIFICATION; RADIATION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RECOMBINATION; RESONANCE; REVERSE SATURABLE ABSORPTION; RHODAMINE 6G; SCATTERING; Science/Engineering Studies--Developing Count; SILICON; SINGLE-BEAM; SIZE; Solar; Solar, Photovoltaic Conversion; Solid State Physics; Spectroscopy; SYSTEMS; TARGETS; Technology; Technology Transfer; TEMPERATURE; TUBULES; Ultrafast Chemistry; ULTRAVIOLET-LASER ABLATION; VOLUME; WAVE-GUIDES; WAVELENGTHS