Mehrdad Jalali

Her current scientific interests are focused on the optoelectronic studies on sol-gel derived organic/inorganic hybrids without metal activator centers and doped with lanthanide ions, processed as bulk and nanostructured monoliths and thin films. She has also expertise on the characterization of waveguiding performance of organic-inorganic hybrids and on spectroscopic ellipsometry, including optimization of modelling algorithms. Her research aims at the interpretation of the photophysical behavior of these materials that is determined by synthesis and processing, foreseeing applications in the fields of optoelectronics and green photonics (solid-state lighting, and integrated optics) and photovoltaics (luminescent solar concentrators and down-shifting layers).