Dr. Kurt Pernstich

Work at ZHAW

Management role

Head, Optoelectronic Materials and Devices Team

Position at the ZHAW

Senior Lecturer

www.zhaw.ch/icp

Education and Continuing education

Focus

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

Professional milestones

PostDoc NIST Gaithersburg, Physical Measurement Laboratory, Nanoelectronics Group
PostDoc ETH Materials Department, Polymer Technology

Educational background

Dr. Physics, ETH Zurich
MSc Electrical Engineering, Graz University of Technology

Projects

• Advanced Materials and Characterization Tools for Quantum-Dot enhanced Displays / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Investigating charge transport in organic semiconductors with electrochemical methods and modelling / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Aseptuva Catheter / Project co-leader / Project completed
• LED-basierte Wasseraufbereitung / Project leader / Project completed
• In-Mold Electronics-Project for OLED-Integration in plastics / Project leader / Project completed

Publications

• Kissling, Gabriela P.; Ruhstaller, Beat; Pernstich, Kurt P.,

  2023.

  Measuring frontier orbital energy levels of OLED materials using cyclic voltammetry in solution.

  Organic Electronics.

  122(106888).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2023.106888

• Regnat, Markus; Moon, Chang-Ki; Jenatsch, Sandra; Ruhstaller, Beat; Pernstich, Kurt P.,

  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).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2022.106570

• Regnat, Markus; Pernstich, Kurt P.; Kim, Kwon‐Hyeon; Kim, Jang‐Joo; Nüesch, Frank; Ruhstaller, Beat,

  2019.

  Routes for efficiency enhancement in fluorescent TADF exciplex host OLEDs gained from an electro‐optical device model.

  Advanced Electronic Materials.

  6(2), pp. 1900804.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.201900804

• Regnat, Markus; Pernstich, Kurt; Ruhstaller, Beat,

  2019.

  Influence of the bias-dependent emission zone on exciton quenching and OLED efficiency.

  Organic Electronics.

  70, pp. 219-226.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2019.04.027

• Regnat, Markus; Pernstich, Kurt P.; Züfle, Simon; Ruhstaller, Beat,

  2018.

  Analysis of the bias-dependent split emission zone in phosphorescent OLEDs.

  ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

  10(37), pp. 31552-31559.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b09595

• Elliott, Lindsay C. C.; Basham, James I.; Pernstich, Kurt; Shrestha, Pragya R.; Richter, Lee J.; DeLongchamp, Dean M.; Gundlach, David J.,

  2014.

  Probing charge recombination dynamics in organic photovoltaic devices under open-circuit conditions.

  Advanced Energy Materials.

  4(15).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201400356

• Li, Wei; Liang, Yiran; Yu, Dangmin; Peng, Lianmao; Pernstich, Kurt; Shen, Tian; Hight Walker, A. R.; Cheng, Guangjun; Hacker, Christina A.; Richter, Curt A.; Li, Qiliang; Gundlach, David J.; Liang, Xuelei,

  2012.

  Ultraviolet/ozone treatment to reduce metal-graphene contact resistance.

  Applied Physics Letters.

  102(18).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4804643

• Regnat, M.; Pernstich, K. P.; Jenatsch, S.; Ruhstaller, B.,

  2021.

  Detailed explanation of the increased driving voltage in a TADF exciplex host OLED during prolonged operation via a quantitative device model [poster].

  In:

  13th Asian Conference on Organic Electronics (A-COE 2021), Online, 2-4 September 2021.

• Pernstich, Kurt; Messenzehl-Kölbl, Lisa,

  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 from: https://www.lela.ch/detail/agenda/kiwebinar

• Regnat, M.; Jenatsch, S.; Züfle, S.; Pernstich, K. P.; Ruhstaller, B.,

  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, Kurt,

  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 from: https://www.buergenstock-konferenz.ch/images/pdf/13_ZFH_ZHAW_Pernstich_Gamification.pdf

• Pernstich, Kurt,

  2019.

  Gamification der Physikübungen mit tguishiny/e-Exercise.

  In:

  Digital Learning Day, ZHAW-IDP Retreat, Winterthur, Schweiz, Juni 2019.

• Pernstich, Kurt,

  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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