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Born Richard Henry Friend 18 January 1953 (age 71) London ( 1953-01-18 ) Institutions Eight19 LtdCavendish LaboratoryUniversity of CambridgeCambridge Display Technology (CDT)Plastic LogicSt John's College, CambridgeNational University of Singapore Alma mater Trinity College, CambridgeUniversity of Paris-Sud Thesis Transport properties and lattice instabilities in one and two dimensional metals (1979) Doctoral advisor Abraham YoffeDenis Jerome Known for Plastic electronicsOLEDOrganic field-effect transistor Notable awards Millennium Technology Prize (2010)IOP Swan Medal (2009)Kt (2003)Faraday Medal (2003)FREng (2002)Rumford Medal (1998)Europhysics Prize (1996)FRS (1993) Awards Millennium Technology Prize, Rumford Medal, Faraday Medal, Harvey Prize in Science and Technology Organizations founded | ||
Richard friend thin film organic semiconductors for energy economic electronics
Sir Richard Henry Friend (born 18 January 1953) FRS FREng is Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge and Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor at the National University of Singapore. Friend's research concerns the physics and engineering of carbon-based semiconductors.
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- Richard friend thin film organic semiconductors for energy economic electronics
- Recognising opportunities prof sir richard friend dr simon bransfield garth and dr seena rejal
- Education
- Research
- Awards and honours
- Personal life
- References
Recognising opportunities prof sir richard friend dr simon bransfield garth and dr seena rejal
Education
Friend was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Cambridge, gaining a PhD in 1979.
Research
Friend's research has been applied to development of polymer field effect transistors, light-emitting diodes, photovoltaic diodes, optically pumped lasing and directly printed polymer transistors. He pioneered the study of organic polymers and the electronic properties of molecular semiconductors. He is also one of the principal investigators in the new Cambridge-based Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration (IRC) on nanotechnology and co-founder of Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) and Plastic Logic. Friend has over 600 publications and more than 20 patents. Friend's research has been used to develop flat panel displays and future screens that can be rolled and transported.
Awards and honours
In March 2003 Friend won the IEE's Faraday Medal. He was knighted for "services to physics" in the 2003 Birthday Honours.
Friend received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2006
In 2010, Friend was elected as one of the three laureates of Millennium Technology Prize for the development of plastic electronics.
In 2011 he was awarded the Harvey Prize of the Technion in Israel. He is a fellow of St John's College, Cambridge. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) in 2002.
His nomination for the Royal Society reads:
Personal life
Friend is married to Carol Anne Maxwell (née Beales) with whom he has two daughters. His brother Peter Friend is a professor of transplantation and director of the Oxford Transplant Centre.