Matthew Griffith

APrf Matthew Griffith

Deputy Director, Future Industries Institute

Future Industries Institute

Future Industries Institute

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A/Prof Matthew Griffith is an ARC Future Fellow and Research Leader within UniSA’s Future Industries Institute, where he focuses on developing innovative new polymer materials that solve some of the biggest challenges facing humanity in the areas of Health and Energy. He is also the host of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute's official podcast, Chemically Speaking, and the Facility Director for the Microscopy Australia activities at UniSA. Before joining UniSA, A/Prof Griffith completed a PhD at the University of Wollongong, before working as a NEDO Fellow at Shinshu University in Japan, a Lecturer in Physics at the University of Newcastle, and a Senior Researcher in Engineering at the University of Sydney.

Matthew's current research focuses on communicating with the human body using electronic devices to enable new ways to treat incurable diseases or create implants that allow the deaf to hear and the blind to see again. Hard, inflexible electronic materials like metals and silicon have problems communicating with the soft, flexible nerve cells in our bodies. Matthew's research overcomes this gap between the electronic and the biological worlds by combining soft carbon-based organic semiconductors with nanotechnology. His team manipulate the chemical and mechanical properties of these materials to create electronically active bio-inks that they can print into soft and flexible interfaces that mimic the natural environment in the body – all using openly available technology developed as part of the Australian National Fabrication Facility. His research has also had substantial cross-discplinary impact, with the materials and devices he develops having strong impact via printed solar cells and radiation detectors that are revolutonising treatment processes for cancer during radiotherapy.
 
Matthew is an internationally recognised leader in the application of printable organic conductors to electronic devices, with a multitude of high-impact research outputs that have created both new materials and new fabrication routes for bioelectronic devices. His research is regularly published in the top international journals and has extended beyond academia to be translated into industry, utilized by clinicians, and shaped community engagement, both directly and via extensive national media attention. To date, Matthew has secured continuous funding totalling $9.3M from competitive external grants since the award of my PhD (half as lead CI), which spans Category 1 funding (ARC & NHMRC), Category 2 (Innovations Connections) and Category 3 (international and industry) sources. Matthew has also been involved in several major multi-institutional initiatives e.g. the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science ($60M), the CRC for Polymers ($15M), the NCRIS Microscopy Australia Program ($150M).

As a result of his research achievements, he has been awarded a number of przes and awards, including:

2024 ARC Future Fellowship (Australian Research Council). Austraian government fellowship provided to support outstanding mid-career researchers, with demonstrated capacity for high-quality research, leadership, research training and mentoring

2022 NSW Tall Poppy Award (Australian Institute of Policy and Science).National award for research excellence, considered indicative of Australia’s future leaders.

Vice Chanecellor’s Award for Outstanding Research Engagement and Innovation (University of Sydney). USyd’s top prize ($2k) for research that exhibits impact, leadership, and innovation.

Winner: Development Supported by Infrastructure (Greater Sydney Planning Commission). Led project that designed and integrated printed solar cells into public park in Lane Cove.
NSW Runner Up: Best Planning Ideas (Small Project) (Planning Institute of Australia). Awarded for work on Canopy project with Lane Cove Council as above.
Finalist: Early-Stage Investment Forum (Ausbiotech). Top 10 of ~300 applicants for translating research into products with impact in biotechnology.
New Energy and Industrial Development (NEDO) Fellowship (Japanese Government). Prestigious international government fellowship for young global leaders in materials science.
NSW Finalist for Science in Public Media Communication Competition (Fresh Science). National competition recognizing ability to communicate scientific research to the public.
Prime Minister's Asia Australia Endeavour Award (Australian Federal Government)$65k prize awarded to support an international research secondment for 12 months.

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2025 Bashiri, A., Large, M. J., Griffith, M. J., Papale, L., Philippa, B., Hall, C., . . . Posar, J. A. (2025). Flexible organic x-ray sensors: solving the key constraints of PET substrates. Advanced Functional Materials, 35(8, article no. 2415723), 1-10.
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2025 Posar, J. A., Large, M., Ciavatti, A., Basirico, L., Fraboni, B., Sellin, P. J., . . . Griffith, M. J. (2025). Unique performance considerations for printable organic semiconductor and perovskite radiation detectors: toward consensus on best practice evaluation. Advanced Functional Materials, online, 1-24.
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2025 Kirk, B. P., Pan, X., Griffith, M. J., Jevric, M., Andersson, G. G., & Andersson, M. R. (2025). The Influence of Solid Additives in the Active Layer on the Thermal Stability of Slot-Die-Coated Organic Photovoltaics. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 17(46), 63674-63687.
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2024 Dolan, A., Pan, X., Griffith, M. J., Sharma, A., de la Perrelle, J. M., Baran, D., . . . Andersson, M. R. (2024). Enhanced Photocatalytic and Photovoltaic Performance Arising from Unconventionally Low Donor-Y6 Ratios. Advanced Materials, 36(15), 2309672-1-2309672-17.
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2024 Kirk, B. P., Alghamdi, A. R., Griffith, M. J., Pan, X., Jevric, M., Lewis, D. A., . . . Andersson, M. R. (2024). Investigation of different degradation pathways for organic photovoltaics at different temperatures. Materials Advances, 5(10), 4438-4451.
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2023 Sherwood, C. P., Crovador, R., Posar, J. A., Brichta, N., Simunovic, M. P., Louie, F., . . . Griffith, M. J. (2023). Design parameters and human biocompatibility assessment protocols for organic semiconducting neural interfaces: toward a printed artificial retina with color vision. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 10(19), 1-15.
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2022 Qu, J., Beznasyuk, D. V., Cassidy, M., Tanta, R., Yang, L., Holmes, N. P., . . . Cairney, J. M. (2022). Atomic-scale characterization of planar selective-area-grown InAs/InGaAs nanowires. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 14(42), 47981-47990.
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2022 Qu, J., Yang, W., Wu, T., Ren, W., Huang, J., Yu, H., . . . Cairney, J. M. (2022). Atom probe specimen preparation methods for nanoparticles. Ultramicroscopy, 233, 8 pages.
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2021 Barr, M. G., Chambon, S., Fahy, A., Jones, T. W., Marcus, M. A., Kilcoyne, A. L. D., . . . Holmes, N. P. (2021). Nanomorphology of eco-friendly colloidal inks, relating non-fullerene acceptor surface energy to structure formation. Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 5(5), 2218-2233.
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2021 Crovador, R., Heim, H., Cottam, S., Feron, K., Bhatia, V., Louie, F., . . . Griffith, M. J. (2021). Advanced control of drug delivery for in vivo health applications via highly biocompatible self-assembled organic nanoparticles. ACS Applied Bio Materials, 4(8), 6338-6350.
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2021 Posar, J. A., Large, M., Alnaghy, S., Paino, J. R., Butler, D. J., Griffith, M. J., . . . Petasecca, M. (2021). Towards high spatial resolution tissue-equivalent dosimetry for microbeam radiation therapy using organic semiconductors. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 28(5), 1444-1454.
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2021 Posar, J. A., Petasecca, M., & Griffith, M. J. (2021). A review of printable, flexible and tissue equivalent materials for ionizing radiation detection. Flexible and Printed Electronics, 6(4), 1-35.
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2021 Holmes, N. P., Elkington, D. C., Bergin, M., Griffith, M. J., Sharma, A., Fahy, A., . . . Dastoor, P. C. (2021). Temperature-modulated doping at polymer semiconductor interfaces. ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 3(3), 1384-1393.
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2021 Griffith, M. J., Cooling, N. A., Elkington, D. C., Wasson, M., Zhou, X., Belcher, W. J., & Dastoor, P. C. (2021). Controlling nanostructure in inkjet printed organic transistors for pressure sensing applications. Nanomaterials, 11(5), 1-15.
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2021 Sherwood, C. P., Elkington, D. C., Dickinson, M. R., Belcher, W. J., Dastoor, P. C., Feron, K., . . . Griffith, M. J. (2021). Organic semiconductors for optically triggered neural interfacing: the impact of device architecture in determining response magnitude and polarity. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 27(4), 1-12.
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2021 Posar, J. A., Davis, J., Alnaghy, S., Wilkinson, D., Cottam, S., Lee, D. M., . . . Griffith, M. J. (2021). Polymer photodetectors for printable, flexible, and fully tissue equivalent x-ray detection with zero-bias operation and ultrafast temporal responses. Advanced Materials Technologies, 6(9), 1-10.
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2021 Large, M. J., Posar, J. A., Mozer, A. J., Nattestad, A., Alnaghy, S., Carolan, M., . . . Petasecca, M. (2021). Flexible polymer x-ray detectors with non-fullerene acceptors for enhanced stability: toward printable tissue equivalent devices for medical applications. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13(48), 57703-57712.
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2020 Griffith, M. J., Holmes, N. P., Elkington, D. C., Cottam, S., Stamenkovic, J., Kilcoyne, A. L. D., & Andersen, T. R. (2020). Manipulating nanoscale structure to control functionality in printed organic photovoltaic, transistor and bioelectronic devices. Nanotechnology, 31(9), 1-24.
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2020 Al Mudhaffer, M. F., Holmes, N. P., Kumar, P., Barr, M. G., Cottam, S., Crovador, R., . . . Griffith, M. J. (2020). Relating nanoscale structure to optoelectronic functionality in multiphase donor-acceptor nanoparticles for printed electronics applications. MRS Communications, 10(4), 600-608.
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2020 Al Ahmad, A. Y., Almayhi, F., Al Mudhaffer, M. F., Griffith, M. J., Liu, W., Li, S., . . . Andersen, T. R. (2020). A nuanced approach for assessing OPV materials for large scale applications. Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 4(2), 940-949.
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2020 Griffith, M. J., Cottam, S., Stamenkovic, J., Posar, J. A., & Petasecca, M. (2020). Printable organic semiconductors for radiation detection: from fundamentals to fabrication and functionality. Frontiers in Physics, 8, 1-21.
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2020 Posar, J. A., Davis, J., Brace, O., Sellin, P., Griffith, M. J., Dhez, O., . . . Petasecca, M. (2020). Characterization of a plastic dosimeter based on organic semiconductor photodiodes and scintillator. Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology, 14, 48-52.
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2020 Posar, J. A., Davis, J., Large, M. J., Basiricò, L., Ciavatti, A., Fraboni, B., . . . Petasecca, M. (2020). Characterization of an organic semiconductor diode for dosimetry in radiotherapy. Medical Physics, 47(8), 3658-3668.
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2020 Nicolaidis, N. C., Hollott, P. V., Stanwell, B., Gill, I. A., Bull, J. E., Bentsen, S., . . . Holmes, N. P. (2020). Developing a portable organic solar cell kit suitable for students to fabricate and test solar cells in the laboratory. Journal of Chemical Education, 97(10), 3751-3757.
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2019 Anderson, D., Cottam, S., Heim, H., Zhang, H., Holmes, N. P., & Griffith, M. J. (2019). Printable ionizing radiation sensors fabricated from nanoparticulate blends of organic scintillators and polymer semiconductors. MRS Communications, 9(4), 1206-1213.
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2019 Ameri, M., Al Mudhaffer, M. F., Almyahi, F., Fardell, G. C., Marks, M., Al Ahmad, A., . . . Griffith, M. J. (2019). Role of stabilizing surfactants on capacitance, charge, and ion transport in organic nanoparticle-based electronic devices. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 11(10), 10074-10088.
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2019 Marks, M., Holmes, N. P., Sharma, A., Pan, X., Chowdhury, R., Barr, M. G., . . . Dastoor, P. C. (2019). Building intermixed donor-acceptor architectures for water-processable organic photovoltaics. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 21(10), 5705-5715.
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2019 Hart, A. S., Andersen, T. R., Griffith, M. J., Fahy, A., Vaughan, B., Belcher, W. J., & Dastoor, P. C. (2019). Roll-to-roll solvent annealing of printed P3HT : ICₓA devices. RSC Advances, 9(72), 42294-42305.
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2018 Al Mudhaffer, M. F., Griffith, M. J., Feron, K., Nicolaidis, N. C., Cooling, N. A., Zhou, X., . . . Dastoor, P. C. (2018). The origin of performance limitations in miniemulsion nanoparticulate organic photovoltaic devices. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 175, 77-88.
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2018 Almyahi, F., Andersen, T. R., Cooling, N. A., Holmes, N. P., Griffith, M. J., Feron, K., . . . Dastoor, P. C. (2018). Optimisation of purification techniques for the preparation of large-volume aqueous solar nanoparticle inks for organic photovoltaics. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 9, 649-659.
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2016 Cooling, N. A., Barnes, E. F., Almyahi, F., Feron, K., Al Mudhaffer, M. F., Al Ahmad, A., . . . Dastoor, P. C. (2016). A low-cost mixed fullerene acceptor blend for printed electronics. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 4(26), 10274-10281.
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2016 Andersen, T. R., Almyahi, F., Cooling, N. A., Elkington, D., Wiggins, L., Fahy, A., . . . Dastoor, P. C. (2016). Comparison of inorganic electron transport layers in fully roll-to-roll coated/printed organic photovoltaics in normal geometry. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 4(41), 15986-15996.
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2016 Andersen, T. R., Cooling, N. A., Almyahi, F., Hart, A. S., Nicolaidis, N. C., Feron, K., . . . Dastoor, P. C. (2016). Fully roll-to-roll prepared organic solar cells in normal geometry with a sputter-coated aluminium top-electrode. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 149, 103-109.
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2016 Griffith, M. J., Cooling, N. A., Vaughan, B., Elkington, D. C., Hart, A. S., Lyons, A. G., . . . Dastoor, P. C. (2016). Combining printing, coating, and vacuum deposition on the roll-to-roll scale: a hybrid organic photovoltaics fabrication. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 22(1), 112-125.
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2016 Griffith, M. J., Willis, M. S., Kumar, P., Holdsworth, J. L., Bezuidenhout, H., Zhou, X., . . . Dastoor, P. C. (2016). Activation of organic photovoltaic light detectors using bend leakage from optical fibers. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8(12), 7928-7937.
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2011 Griffith, M. J., James, M., Triani, G., Wagner, P., Wallace, G. G., & Officer, D. L. (2011). Determining the orientation and molecular packing of organic dyes on a TiO2 surface using X-ray reflectometry. Langmuir, 27(21), 12944-12950.
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