Dr. Kurt Pernstich

Work at ZHAW

Position

Senior Lecturer and Head Optoelectronic Materials and Devices Team

Focus

• Organic Electronics
• Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)

Teaching

Senior Lecturer

Experience

• PostDoc
  NIST Gaithersburg, Physical Measurement Laboratory, Nanoelectronics Group
  2009 - 2012
• PostDoc
  ETH Materials Department, Polymer Technology
  2007 - 2009

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Dr. / Physics
  ETH Zurich
  2002 - 2007
• MSc / Electrical Engineering
  Graz University of Technology
  1995 - 2002

Network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0408-761X

Projects

• Innovative Simulation-Enhanced High-Performance Materials for Next-Generation OLED applications and beyond / Project leader / Start imminent
• MentorMate – Mentor-based AI for Teaching & Education / Project leader / ongoing
• Advanced Materials and Characterization Tools for Quantum-Dot enhanced Displays / Project leader / completed
• Investigating charge transport in organic semiconductors with electrochemical methods and modelling / Project leader / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Mohammadi, M. et al. (2026) 'Formation and switching mechanism in high-performance perovskite memristors with ultra-wide dynamic range', Joule, 10(102473). doi: 10.1016/j.joule.2026.102473.
• Cevher, S. C. and Pernstich, K. (2024) 'Novel integrated reference-counter electrode for electrochemical measurements of HOMO and LUMO levels in small-molecule thin-film semiconductors for OLEDs', Organic Electronics, 136(107152). doi: 10.1016/j.orgel.2024.107152.
• Kissling, G. P., Ruhstaller, B. and Pernstich, K. P. (2023) 'Measuring frontier orbital energy levels of OLED materials using cyclic voltammetry in solution', Organic Electronics, 122(106888). doi: 10.1016/j.orgel.2023.106888.
• Regnat, M. et al. (2022) 'Pinpointing the origin of the increased driving voltage during prolonged operation in a phosphorescent OLED based on an exciplex host', Organic Electronics, 108(106570). doi: 10.1016/j.orgel.2022.106570.
• Regnat, M. et al. (2019) 'Routes for efficiency enhancement in fluorescent TADF exciplex host OLEDs gained from an electro‐optical device model', Advanced Electronic Materials, 6(2), p. 1900804. doi: 10.1002/aelm.201900804.
• Regnat, M., Pernstich, K. and Ruhstaller, B. (2019) 'Influence of the bias-dependent emission zone on exciton quenching and OLED efficiency', Organic Electronics, 70, pp. 219–226. doi: 10.1016/j.orgel.2019.04.027.
• Regnat, M. et al. (2018) 'Analysis of the bias-dependent split emission zone in phosphorescent OLEDs', ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 10(37), pp. 31552–31559. doi: 10.1021/acsami.8b09595.
• Elliott, L. C. C. et al. (2014) 'Probing charge recombination dynamics in organic photovoltaic devices under open-circuit conditions', Advanced Energy Materials, 4(15). doi: 10.1002/aenm.201400356.
• Li, W. et al. (2012) 'Ultraviolet/ozone treatment to reduce metal-graphene contact resistance', Applied Physics Letters, 102(18). doi: 10.1063/1.4804643.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Regnat, M. et al. (eds) (2024) Modeling the impact of the illumination geometry on the light conversion efficiency in quantum dot down-conversion films, International Conference on Display Technology (ICDT), Hefei, China, 31 March - 3 April 2024.
• Regnat, M. et al. (2021) 'Detailed explanation of the increased driving voltage in a TADF exciplex host OLED during prolonged operation via a quantitative device model', in 13th Asian Conference on Organic Electronics (A-COE 2021), Online, 2-4 September 2021.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Pernstich, K. and Messenzehl-Kölbl, L. (2023) 'Wie integrieren wir KI in die berufliche und akademische Schreibpraxis?', in LeLa Webinar-Reihe «AI or what the ChatGPT?» Implikationen für die Gestaltung der Lehre an Hochschulen, online, 6. Juni 2023. Available at: https://www.lela.ch/detail/agenda/kiwebinar.
• Regnat, M. et al. (2021) 'Advanced characterization and device simulation towards better understanding of OLED degradation mechanisms', in 21st International Meeting on Information Display (IMID 2021), Seoul, Korea, 25-27 August 2021.
• Pernstich, K. (2020) 'Eine App zur Gamification der Übungen in MINT-Fächern', in Bürgenstock-Konferenz der Schweizer Fachhochschulen und Pädagogischen Hochschulen, Luzern, Schweiz, 10. - 11. Januar 2020. Available at: https://www.buergenstock-konferenz.ch/images/pdf/13_ZFH_ZHAW_Pernstich_Gamification.pdf.
• Pernstich, K. (2019) 'Gamification der Physikübungen mit tguishiny/e-Exercise', in Digital Learning Day, ZHAW-IDP Retreat, Winterthur, Schweiz, Juni 2019.
• Pernstich, K. (2019) 'Game-based Learning für MINT-Fächer mit e-Exercises', in E-Learning Café, ZHAW Wädenswil, Schweiz, Mai 2019.

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

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