Werner J. Blau was born in Regensberg, Germany in 1954.[1] He was the Chair of Physics and Advanced Materials at Trinity College Dublin and AMBER Center.[2] He is a Fellow Emeritus at Trinity College Dublin[3]; Honorary Professor in the Chemistry Department of East China University of Science and Technology; Visiting Honorary Professor, Northwest University, Xi’an, China; and was Honoured Professor and China National High-end Foreign Expert at SIOM, Chinese Academy of Science.[2]
He received his Diploma in Physics and Music (equivelant to M.Sc.) from University of Regensberg in 1979. Following from this, he continued onto a PhD in laser and ultra fast spectroscopy under the supervision of Prof A Penzkofer.[1]
Career
Werner J. Blau has spent the majority of his career in Trinity College Dublin. After a period at Siemens Research Labs, he joined the College in 1983, where he quickly acquired Dan Bradley's research group following Bradley's debilitating stroke.[4][5] In 1992 he became the Research Director of the Advanced Polymer Research Centre at TCD Physics. He's held various positions at the college, including Lecturer in the Science of Materials/Physics (1986-1991), Associate Professor in the Science of Materials/Physics (1991 - 2003), Head of Department of the Physics Department (1998 - 2003). Since 2003 he has been the Personal Chair in Physics of Advanced Materials. [1]
Honors & Awards
2022 – Awarded Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Trinity Innovation Awards
2015 – Awarded International NANOSMAT prize.
Research
Blau is a specialist in carbon nanotubes. His most cited papers are in this subject:
Coleman JN, Khan U, Blau WJ, Gun’ko YK. Small but strong: a review of the mechanical properties of carbon nanotube–polymer composites. Carbon. 2006 Aug 1;44(9):1624-52.(Cited 4494 times, according to Google Scholar[6])
De S, Higgins TM, Lyons PE, Doherty EM, Nirmalraj PN, Blau WJ, Boland JJ, Coleman JN. Silver nanowire networks as flexible, transparent, conducting films: extremely high DC to optical conductivity ratios. ACS Nano. 2009 Jul 28;3(7):1767-74. (Cited 640 times, according to Google Scholar.[6])
Curran SA, Ajayan PM, Blau WJ, Carroll DL, Coleman JN, Dalton AB, Davey AP, Drury A, McCarthy B, Maier S, Strevens A. A composite from poly (m‐phenylenevinylene‐co‐2, 5‐dioctoxy‐p‐phenylenevinylene) and carbon nanotubes: A novel material for molecular optoelectronics. Advanced Materials. 1998 Oct;10(14):1091-3. (Cited 851 times, according to Google Scholar.[6])
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