CHUA Lay-Lay

CHUA Lay-Lay is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the National University of Singapore (NUS). She holds a joint professorship with the University of Cambridge and leads research in organic semiconductor materials. Her work focuses on polymer-based electronic materials and hybrid systems with graphene/SWCNTs for applications in LEDs, solar cells, and sensors. She has pioneered breakthroughs in multivalent anion-based electron donor materials and solution-processable organic electronics.

Education: Ph.D., University of Cambridge (2007); B.Sc. Computational Chemistry, NUS (1995). Prior roles include Research Fellowships at NUS and Cavendish Lab, and industry experience at Bell Labs and Chartered Semiconductor.

Research highlights include the 2019 Nature paper demonstrating multivalent anion electron donors, enabling air-stable low-work-function materials. Her group explores energy-level engineering and morphology-property relationships in organic electronics.

Editorial roles: Associate editor of Journal of Materials Chemistry C. Awards include the NUS-Cambridge Dual Professorship (2008).

Teaching: CM4254 Chemistry of Semiconductors (AY2022/2023). Laboratory affiliations: Organic Nano Device Laboratory (ONDL) focusing on plastic electronics innovation.