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Mr Jonathan Hopkins

Mr Jonathan Hopkins

Casual Academic
Science
School of Materials Science & Engineering

My research focuses on the organic synthesis of conjugated polymers with tailored backbones and functionalities. Conjugated polymers are organic, electroactive materials with numerous applications, ranging from organic electronics and light-emitting diodes to monitoring and controlling signals in biological cells. The versatility of these materials lies in their synthetic flexibility: we can design and synthesize conjugated polymers with specific chemical structures to achieve tailored properties. I am especially interested in functionalizing PEDOT, a popular and highly-stable conjugated polymer, with pendant functionalities based on phosphonate and sulfonate groups. I then characterize these novel materials in terms of their optical, morphological, and electronic properties, and also assess the performance of these materials in organic electrochemical transistors.

Education

  • 2019-2022 - Scientia PhD scholar in Materials Science and Engineering (UNSW)
  • 2014-2018 - B Engineering in Materials Engineering (Honours Class 1 and the University Medal) (UNSW)
  • 2014-2018 - B Engineering in Chemical Engineering (Honours Class 1 and the University Medal) (UNSW)
E-mail
jonathan.hopkins@unsw.edu.au
Location
WS 202.08, Hilmer Building E10 Kensington, New South Wales 2033 Australia
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Hopkins J; Fidanovski K; Travaglini L; Ta D; Hook J; Wagner P; Wagner K; Lauto A; Cazorla C; Officer D; Mawad D, 2023, 'Erratum: A Phosphonated Poly(ethylenedioxythiophene) Derivative with Low Oxidation Potential for Energy-Efficient Bioelectronic Devices (Chemistry of Materials (2022) 34:1 (140-151) DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c02936)', Chemistry of Materials, 35, pp. 4882, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c01178
    Journal articles | 2023
    Hopkins J; Ta D; Lauto A; Baker C; Daniels J; Wagner P; Wagner KK; Kirby N; Cazorla C; Officer DL; Mawad D, 2023, 'Impact of Side Chain Extension on the Morphology and Electrochemistry of Phosphonated Poly(Ethylenedioxythiophene) Derivatives', Advanced Materials Technologies, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admt.202300777
    Journal articles | 2022
    Gu M; Travaglini L; Hopkins J; Ta D; Lauto A; Wagner P; Wagner K; Zeglio E; Jephcott L; Officer DL; Mawad D, 2022, 'Molecular design of an electropolymerized copolymer with carboxylic and sulfonic acid functionalities', Synthetic Metals, 285, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.synthmet.2022.117029
    Journal articles | 2022
    Hopkins J; Fidanovski K; Travaglini L; Ta D; Hook J; Wagner P; Wagner K; Lauto A; Cazorla C; Officer D; Mawad D, 2022, 'A Phosphonated Poly(ethylenedioxythiophene) Derivative with Low Oxidation Potential for Energy-Efficient Bioelectronic Devices', Chemistry of Materials, 34, pp. 140 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c02936
    Journal articles | 2019
    Hopkins J; Fidanovski K; Lauto A; Mawad D, 2019, 'All-organic semiconductors for electrochemical biosensors: An overview of recent progress in material design', Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2019.00237
    Journal articles | 2019
    Hopkins J; Travaglini L; Lauto A; Cramer T; Fraboni B; Seidel J; Mawad D, 2019, 'Photoactive Organic Substrates for Cell Stimulation: Progress and Perspectives', Advanced Materials Technologies, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admt.201800744
    Journal articles | 2018
    Mohanarangam K; Hopkins J; Simic K; Stephens DW; Fawell PD, 2018, 'Turbulent mixing of concentrated viscoelastic polymer solution: Influence of submerged sparge shape and orientation', Minerals Engineering, 128, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2018.08.015

My Teaching

  • MATS3004 (Polymer Science and Engineering I) - lab demonstrator and guest lecturer (2020)
  • MATS4006 (Polymer Science and Engineering II) - lab demonstrator (2019-2020)