Staff profile

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 I) University- wide Responsibilities

Elected member of Durham University Senate (since 2001)

Vice-Chair of Academic Electoral Assembly Standing committee (since 2016)

Chair of Senate Agenda Setting Committee (since 2020)

Member of the Durham University Respect Commission (2018-19)

Member of Respect Commission Oversight Group (since 2020)

Member of the Vice-Chancellor & Warden Appointment Group (2020-21)

Vice-President of Durham UCU (Since 2008 -2020)

Member of Durham University Mediation Service Steering Committee.

Member of Health and Safety Consultative Committee (Since 2019)

 II) Responsibilities within the Physics Department

Co-Director of Student Experience (2020)

Co-Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (2020

Staff Co-Chair Physics UG Staff-Student consultative Committee (2020)

Member of Education Committee

Member of Research Staff Consultative Committee (2020)

Member of Admissions team

Member of Exam Working group (2020)

Academic Adviser

 III) Teaching activity

 Level One Physics Tutor, PhD supervisor, MSci Project supervisor.

• Electrical and physical properties of metal polymer composite materials
• Engineering of 2-Dimensional materials such as graphene.
• Enviromentally sensitive luminescence of organic fluorophores
• High dipole organic chromophores and polymers for nonlinear optics
• Langmuir-Blodgett films
• Magnetic Properties of organic electron acceptor-metallic materials
• The Recycling of Solar Panels
• The electron acceptor 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) and it's compounds
• The synthesis of inorganic nanoparticles for PV applications.

• 2000: Reviewer for the Georgian Academy of Sciences:
• 2000: Member of the Durham Biophysical Sciences Institute:
• 2000: Member of the Editorial Board of the Open Physical Chemistry Journal:
• 2000: Member of the Durham Energy Institute:
• 2000: 2011 Churchill Fellow:
• 2000: Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Manufacturing (FRSA):
• 2000: Reviewer for the British Federation of Women Graduates awards for doctoral students:

Conference Paper

• Webb, A., Bloor, D., Szablewski, M., & Atkinson, D. (2013, August). Temperature dependence of non-linear electrical conduction behavior in a screen-printed multi-component nanocomposite. Presented at 2013 13th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO 2013), Beijing, 5-8 Aug. 2013
• Dempsey, S., Webb, A., Graham, A., Bloor, D., Atkinson, D., & Szablewski, M. (2013, August). Vapor sensing properties of a conductive polymer composite containing Nickel particles with nano-scale surface features. Presented at 2013 13th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), Beijing
• Webb, A., Dempsey, S., Bloor, D., Graham, A., Laughlin, P., Lussey, D., Szablewski, M., & Atkinson, D. (2013, August). A novel screen-printed multi-component nanocomposite ink with a pressure sensitive electrical resistance functionality. Presented at 2013 13th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO 2013), Beijing, 5-8 Aug. 2013
• Healy, D., Thomas, P., Szablewski, M., & Cross, G. (1995, December). Molecular mu beta figure-of-merit studies of solid solutions. Presented at Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Materials VIII, San Diego CA
• Cross, G. H., Bloor, D., Axon, T. L., Farsari, M., Gray, D., Healy, D., Swann, M., & Szablewski, M. (1994, December). High-dipole, high-beta molecules with blue window transparency

Journal Article

• Ashwell, G., Sambles, J., Martin, A., Parker, W., & Szablewski, M. (online). Rectifying Characteristics Of Mg/(c16h33-q3cnq Lb Film)/pt Structures. Journal of the Chemical Society. Chemical communications, 1374-1376
• Bryce, M., Davies, S., Hasan, M., Ashwell, G., Szablewski, M., Drew, M., Short, R., & Hursthouse, M. (online). Preparation And Magnetic-properties Of A Range Of Metal And Organic Cation Salts Of 2,3-dicyano-1,4-naphthoquinone (dcnq) - X-ray Crystal-structure Of (methyltriphenylphosphonium)1 (DCNQ)1 (H2))1 And 2-dicyanomethylene-indan-1,3-dione (DCID) - The Rearran. Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions II, 1285-1292
• Alluhaybi, A., Halliday, D., Szablewski, M., & Bowen, L. (2024). The Impact of Hot Injection Reaction Temperature on the Properties of Cu2ZnSnS4 Nanocrystal Thin Films for PV Devices. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 14(2), 240-245. https://doi.org/10.1109/jphotov.2023.3338859
• Stroh, K. P., Szablewski, M., & Halliday, D. P. (2023). Variability of Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 nanoparticle hot injection synthesis and modifications by thin film annealing. Materials Advances, 5(3), 833-1350. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ma00396e
• Berlie, A., Terry, I., & Szablewski, M. (2023). Driving a Molecular Spin-Peierls System into a Short Range Ordered State through Chemical Substitution. Magnetochemistry, 9(6), Article 150. https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry9060150
• Szablewski, M., Thompson, R. L., & Pålsson, L.-O. (2022). Modulated Fluorescence in LB Films Based on DADQs—A Potential Sensing Surface?. Molecules, 27(12), Article 3893. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27123893
• Berlie, A., Terry, I., Szablewski, M., Telling, M., Apperley, D., Hodgkinson, P., & Zeller, D. (2022). A study of the dynamics and structure of the dielectric anomaly within the molecular solid TEA(TCNQ)2. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 24(12), 7481-7492. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2cp00142j
• Berlie, A., Terry, I., Szablewski, M., & Quinn, K. (2020). No evidence for room temperature ferromagnetism in the high temperature metal-organic material: Ni2TCNQ. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 33(6), https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648x/abb545
• Berlie, A., Terry, I., & Szablewski, M. (2018). A 3D antiferromagnetic ground state in a quasi-1D π-stacked charge-transfer system. Journal of Materials Chemistry C Materials for optical and electronic devices, 6(46), 12468-12472. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8tc03709d
• Berlie, A., Terry, I., Szablewski, M., Xiao, F., & Williams, R. C. (2017). A collapse of ferromagnetism in an organic based magnet under pressure. Materials Research Express, 4(2), Article 026103. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/aa5b50
• Berlie, A., Terry, I., Cottrell, S., Pratt, F., & Szablewski, M. (2017). Magnetic ordering of defects in a molecular spin-Peierls system. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 29(2), Article 025809. https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/29/2/025809
• Berlie, A., Terry, I., Liu, Y., & Szablewski, M. (2016). Dipolar Glass and Magneto-Electric Coupling Within a π-stacked Organic system. Journal of Materials Chemistry C Materials for optical and electronic devices, 4, 6090-6095. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6tc01538g
• Ushasree, P., & Szablewski, M. (2016). An Investigation into the Role of Capping on Second Harmonic Generation from Nonlinear Organic Polymer and Guest-Host Thin Films by In-Situ Poling. Optics and Photonics Journal, 6(5), 101-111. https://doi.org/10.4236/opj.2016.65013
• Berlie, A., Terry, I., Szablewski, M., & Giblin, S. (2016). Tuneability and criticality in a three-dimensional stacked molecular system. Physical Review B, 93(5), Article 054422. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.93.054422
• Berlie, A., Terry, I., Szablewski, M., & Giblin, S. (2015). Separating the ferromagnetic and glassy behavior within the metal-organic magnet Ni(TCNQ)2. Physical review B, 92(18), Article 184431. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.92.184431
• Dempsey, S. J., Szablewski, M., & Atkinson, D. (2015). Tactile sensing in human–computer interfaces: The inclusion of pressure sensitivity as a third dimension of user input. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 232, 229-250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2015.05.025
• Dempsey, S., Szablewski, M., Bloor, D., & Atkinson, D. (2015). Printable, Transparent Force Sensing Resistive Materials for Touchscreen Applications. Key Engineering Materials, 644, 120-124. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.644.120
• Webb, A. J., Bloor, D., Szablewski, M., & Atkinson, D. (2014). Temperature Dependence of Electrical Transport in a Pressure-Sensitive Nanocomposite. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 6(15), 12573-12580. https://doi.org/10.1021/am502515u
• Szablewski, M., Fox, M., Dias, F., Namih, H., Snedden, E., King, S., Dai, D., & Pålsson, L. (2014). Ultrafast Dynamics and Computational Studies on Diaminodicyanoquinodimethanes (DADQs). Journal of Physical Chemistry B (Soft Condensed Matter and Biophysical Chemistry), 118(24), 6815-6828. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp411358d
• Berlie, A., Terry, I., & Szablewski, M. (2013). Controlling nickel nanoparticle size in an organic/metal-organic matrix through the use of different solvents. Nanoscale, 5(24), 12212-12223. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3nr04883g
• Berlie, A., Terry, I., & Szablewski, M. (2013). A Magnetic Study of Low Moment Nickel Clusters Formed from the Solid-State Decomposition Reaction of Nickel bis-1,5-Cyclooctadiene. Journal of Cluster Science, 24(4), 1057-1066. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10876-013-0597-9
• Mendis, B. G., Bishop, S. J., Groves, C., Szablewski, M., Berlie, A., & Halliday, D. P. (2013). Plasmon-loss imaging of polymer-methanofullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells. Applied Physics Letters, 102(25), Article 253301. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4812485
• Webb, A. J., Szablewski, M., Bloor, D., Atkinson, D., Graham, A., Laughlin, P., & Lussey, D. (2013). A multi-component nanocomposite screen-printed ink with non-linear touch sensitive electrical conductivity. Nanotechnology, 24(16), Article 165501. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/24/16/165501
• Berlie, A., Terry, I., Giblin, S., Lancaster, T., & Szablewski, M. (2013). A muon spin relaxation study of the metal-organic magnet Ni(TCNQ)2. Journal of Applied Physics, 113(17), Article 17E304. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4798616
• Nolan, S., Szablewski, M., McComb, T., & Hughes, I. (2013). Using Interactive Screen Experiments as Pre-Laboratory Tasks to Enhance Student Learning. New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.11120/ndir.2013.00011
• Berlie, A., Terry, I., & Szablewski, M. (2011). A sample holder for measuring the magnetic properties of air-sensitive compounds. Measurement Science and Technology, 22(1), https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-0233/22/1/017002
• Tan, O., Clark, S., Szablewski, M., & Cross, G. (2010). Understanding the optical spectroscopy of amphiphilic molecular rectifiers: A density functional approach. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 133(24), Article 244702. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3516177
• Campo, J., Wenseleers, W., Goovaerts, E., Szablewski, M., & Cross, G. (2008). Accurate determination and modeling of the dispersion of the first hyperpolarizability of an efficient zwitterionic nonlinear optical chromophore by tunable wavelength hyper-Rayleigh scattering. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112(1), 287-296. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp0758824
• Beaudin, A., Song, N., Bai, Y., Men, L., Gao, H., Wang, Z., Szablewski, M., Cross, G., Wenseleers, W., Campo, J., & Goovaerts, E. (2006). Synthesis and properties of zwitterionic nonlinear optical chromophores with large hyperpolarizability for poled polymer applications. Chemistry of Materials, 18(5), 1079-1084. https://doi.org/10.1021/cm051758q+s0897-4756%2805%2901758-8
• Szablewski, M., Bloor, D., Kagawa, Y., Mosurkal, R., Cole, J., Clark, S., Cross, G., & Palsson, L. (2006). Matrix dependence of blue light emission from a novel NH2-functionalized dicyanoquinodimethane derivative. Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, 19(3), 206-213. https://doi.org/10.1002/poc.1020
• Palsson, L., Vaughan, H., Smith, A., Szablewski, M., Cross, G., Roberts, T., Masutani, A., Yasuda, A., Beeby, A., & Bloor, D. (2006). Guest-host interactions between dichroic dyes and anisotropic hosts. Journal of Luminescence, 117(1), 113-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2005.03.017
• Bowes, K., Cole, J., & Szablewski, M. (2005). 2,3,5-trichloro-6-(4-methylpiperidin-1-yl)-1,4-benzoquinone: a synchrotron study. Acta crystallographica. Section E, 61, O696-O698
• Palsson, L.-O., Szablewski, M., Roberts, A., Masutani, A., Love, G., Cross, G., Bloor, D., Kay, A., Woolhouse, A., & Yasuda, A. (2003). Orientation and solvatochromism of dyes in liquid crystals. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 402(1), 43-53. https://doi.org/10.1080/744816685
• Cross, G., Hackman, N., Thomas, P., Szablewski, M., Pålsson, L.-O., & Bloor, D. (2003). Local field and aggregation dependence of the micro- and macroscopic optical non-linearity of zwitterionic molecules. Optical Materials, 21(1-3), 29-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0925-3467%2802%2900108-8
• Xu, T., Morris, T., Szulczewski, G., Metzger, R., & Szablewski, M. (2002). Current-voltage characteristics of an Lb monolayer of didecylammonium tricyanoquinodimethanide measured between macroscopic gold electrodes. Journal of materials chemistry, 12(10), 3167-3171. https://doi.org/10.1039/b203789k
• Cole, J., Copley, R., McIntyre, G., Howard, J., Szablewski, M., & Cross, G. (2002). Charge-density study of the nonlinear optical precursor DED-TCNQ at 20 K. Physical review B, 65(12), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.65.125107
• Bloor, D., Kagawa, Y., Szablewski, M., Ravi, M., Clark, S., Cross, G., Palsson, L.-O., Beeby, A., Parmer, C., & Rumbles, G. (2001). Matrix dependence of light emission from TCNQ adducts. Journal of materials chemistry, 11(12), 3053-3062. https://doi.org/10.1039/b104992p
• Chyla, A., Lewandowska, A., Soloducho, J., Gorecka-Drzazga, A., & Szablewski, M. (2001). 4-t-butyl-CuPc-PODT molecular composite material for an effective gas sensor. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, 8(3), 559-565. https://doi.org/10.1109/94.933384
• Ren, Y., Szablewski, M., & Cross, G. (2000). Waveguide Photodegradation Of Nonlinear Optical Organic Chromophores In Polymeric Films. Applied optics, 39, 2499-2506. https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.39.002499
• Hackman, N., Bloor, D., Cross, G., Ravi, M., Szablewski, M., Ledoux-Rak, I., Deveau, S., & Zyss, J. (2000). Alignment and aggregation studies of highly dipolar TCNQ adducts in guest-host systems. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.408501
• Ravi, M., Szablewski, M., Hackman, N., Cross, G., Bloor, D., Goeta, A., & Howard, J. (1999). Crystal Structures Of Amino Substituted Dicyanoquinodimethanes With Potential Nonlinear Optical Applications. New Journal of Chemistry, 23, 841-844
• Cornil, J., Vanderdonckt, S., Lazzaroni, R., dos Santos, D., Thys, G., Geise, H., Yu, L., Szablewski, M., Bloor, D., Logdlund, M., Salaneck, W., Gruhn, N., Lichtenberger, D., Lee, P., Armstrong, N., & Bredas, J. (1999). Valence electronic structure of pi-conjugated materials: Simulation of the ultraviolet photoelectron spectra with semiempirical Hartree-Fock approaches. Chemistry of Materials, 11(9), 2436-2443
• Hoofman, R., Siebbeles, L., de Haas, M., Szablewski, M., & Bloor, D. (1999). Charge carrier dynamics in para-toluene sulphonate polydiacetylene crystals. Synthetic Metals, 102(1-3), 1417-1418. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0379-6779%2898%2900844-3
• Thornton, A., Bloor, D., Cross, G., & Szablewski, M. (1997). Novel Functionalized Poly(amido Amine) (pamam) Dendrimers: Synthesis And Physical Properties. Macromolecules, 30(24), 7600-7603. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma9704119
• Cross, G., Healy, D., Szablewski, M., Bloor, D., Malagoli, M., Kogej, T., Beljonne, D., & Bredas, J. (1997). Highly Polar Chromophores In Poled Polymer Films Characterised By Second Harmonic Generation. Chemical Physics Letters, 268, 36-42
• Cole, J., Cole, J., Cross, G., Farsari, M., Howard, J., & Szablewski, M. (1997). Structural Studies Of A Series Of Organic Non-linear Optical Materials. Acta crystallographica. Section B, Structural science, 53, 812-821. https://doi.org/10.1107/s010876819601525x
• Szablewski, M., Thomas, P., Thornton, A., Bloor, D., Cross, G., Cole, J., Howard, J., Malagoli, M., Meyers, F., Bredas, J., Wenseleers, W., & Goovaerts, E. (1997). Highly dipolar, optically nonlinear adducts of tetracyano-p-quinodimethane: Synthesis, physical characterization, and theoretical aspects. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 119(13), 3144-3154. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja963923w
• Cole, J., Howard, J., Cross, G., & Szablewski, M. (1995). (z)-(4-[1-cyano-3-(diethyliminio)-1- Propenyl]phenyl)dicyanomethanide, A Novel Blue Window Zwitterionic Molecule For Nonlinear Optics. Acta crystallographica. Section C, Crystal structure communications, 51, 715-718
• Cross, G., & Szablewski, M. (1994). High Dipole Blue Window Chromophore For Frequency-doubling
• Szablewski, M. (1994). Novel Reactions Of TCNQ - Formation Of Zwitterions For Nonlinear Optics By Reaction With Enamines. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 59(5), 954-956. https://doi.org/10.1021/jo00084a008
• Ashwell, G., Dawnay, E., Kuczynski, A., Szablewski, M., Sandy, I., Bryce, M., Grainger, A., & Hasan, M. (1990). Langmuir-blodgett Alignment Of Zwitterionic Optically Nonlinear D-pi-a Materials
• Bryce, M., Davies, S., Hasan, M., Ashwell, G., & Szablewski, M. (1988). Solid-state Characterization Of Charge-transfer Salts Of 2,3- Dicyanonaphthoquinone (dcnq). Synthetic Metals, 27, B321-B326