Research 

• organic electroluminescence

• organic photovoltaics

• heterogeneous catalysis

• mesoporous non-oxide ceramics

• semiconductor nanocrystals

Recent Research Highlights 

• Invited Lecture, National Chemistry Conference, Oslo, Norway, 2008

• Invited Lecture, SPIE Optics and Phonics 2008, San Diego, USA, 2008

• Invited Lecture, SPIE Photonics West, San Jose, USA, 2008

• Invited Lecture, Gordon Conference, Boston, USA, 2007

• Invited Lecture, National Organic Chemistry Conference, Zhengzhou, China, 2007

• Invited Lecture, SID Organic Electronics for Displays, Imperial College London, UK, 2007

• Reviewer for the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong

Current Research Grants and Contracts 

• SURFUNCELL
     Principal investigator: Prof Stephen M. Kelly
     Co-investigator: Prof Mary O'Neill
     Awarding body: EU
     Amount awarded: £415000
  
  

• Development of Novel Catalytic Structures and Thermal Regimes for Continuous Flow Reaction Chemistry
     Principal investigator: Prof Steve Haswell
     Co-investigators: Prof Stephen M. Kelly and Prof Paul Fletcher
     Awarding body: EPSRC
     Amount awarded: £337093
  
  

• Mesoporous Ceramics
     Principal investigator: Prof Stephen M. Kelly
     Co-investigators: Dr Nigel A. Young and Dr M Grazia Francesconi
     Awarding body: Yorkshire Concept Fund
     Amount awarded: £70000
  
  

• Laser Fume Analysis & Porous Filters
     Principal investigator: Dr Howard Snelling
     Co-investigator: Prof Stephen M. Kelly
     Awarding body: KTP & Purex International
     Amount awarded: £132000
  
  

• Polar OLED
     Principal investigator: smk
     Co-investigator: Prof Mary O'Neill
     Awarding body: ip group plc
     Amount awarded: undisclosed
  
  

• Liquid Crystal Mixtures for Organic Photovoltaics
     Principal investigator: Prof Mary O'Neill
     Co-investigator: Prof Stephen M. Kelly
     Awarding body: EPSRC
     Amount awarded: £402000