Prof. Ivan H. Bechtold (UFSC)

Professor

>Professor at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) since 2006. The main research activities are directed on the characterization and application of organic semiconductors in opto-electronic devices. Where liquid crystals, polymers and elastomers are investigated.
Research interests:

The research activities are focused on the field of condensed matter physics by investigating organic and hybrid materials for application in optoelectronic devices such as OLEDs (organic light-emitting diodes), OFETs (organic field effect transistors), OPVs (organic photovoltaics) and biosensors. Among the materials are liquid crystals, polymers, small molecules and organo-metallic complexes. Particular interest in nanostructuring processes, surface treatments and thermal annealing as a way to modify and control the photophysic and electrooptical properties of the materials applied to devices. Coordinator of the Laboratory of Organic Opotoelectronics and Anisotropic Systems (LOOSA)

Researcher of the National Institute of Organic Electronics (INEO).
Researcher of the Capes/COFECUB projects (803-14) and (937-20).
Coordinador of the brazilian team of the project with the European Union: OCTA-Organic Charge Transfer Applications (#778158), H2020-MSCA-RISE-2017.
Scientific cooperations: Prof. Heinz von Seggern (TU-Darmstadt, Germany); Dr. Harald Bock (CRPP-Bordeaux, France); Dr. Wojciech Pisula (Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany); Prof. Andrew Monkman (University of Durham – UK); Prof. Przmyslaw Data (Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland); Prof. Shahid Hameed (Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan).
Administration:

President of the Brazilian Materials Research Society (B-MRS), 2024 – 2025.
Finance Director of the Brazilian Materials Research Society (B-MRS), 2022 – 2023.
Scientific Director of the Brazilian Materials Research Society (B-MRS), 2020 – 2021.
Coordinador of the Graduate Program on Physics of UFSC (09/2018 – 09/2021), #2133/2018/GR.
Coordinador of the international cooperation agreement between UFSC and the Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal (CRPP – Bordeaux, France), period 17 de maio 2018 a 17 de maio de 2023.
Coordinador of the Graduate Program on Physics of UFSC (09/2015 – 09/2018), #1522/2015/GR.