Organic Semiconductor Industry Awards (OSIA)

OSIA Winners 2006

The 2006 Organic Semiconductor Industry Awards (OSIA), sponsored by cintelliq and in association with OSA Direct, were presented by Craig Cruickshank, editor of OSA Direct, at the Organic Electronics Conference and Exhibition (OEC-06) Gala Dinner in Frankfurt, 26 September 2006.
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The winners, selected by the independent panel of judges were as follows:

Research & Development Award
OSIA Research and Development award

Winners: Iain McCulloch and Martin Heeney, Merck KGaA, for the design and synthesis of a new class of high performance organic semiconductors.

The judges considered that the research of McCulloch and Heeney stood out from the other, often very strong entrants in this category, because:

it overcame the limitation of current semiconducting polymers
it caused a stir in both the academic and industry communities
it moved the industry one step closer to making products based on organic electronics a reality
the materials are very likely to have a significant impact of the development of the industry

Start-up of the Year Award
OSIA start-up of the year award

Winner: Plextronics Inc

The judges selected Plextronics because the company has shown great technical and commercial progress throughout the past year and has demonstrated the necessary qualities of a good start-up, namely:

raising money
developing excellent technology
finding lead customers
having the potential to become a market or technology leader

Peer-Review Paper Award
OSIA best peer review paper award

Winner: Tatsuo Hasegawa, CERC-AIST for the paper "Inkjet printing of organic metal electrodes for contact engineering of Organic Field Effect Transistors".

The judges selected Hasegawa's paper from all those submitted to OEC-06 because it:

was an original piece of work on organic metal electrodes
described a novel direction to take for source/drain contacts

The 2006 judging panel consisted of:

Mark Gostick, Liquavista
Chris Smart, Acacia Capital Partners
Gail Barnes, TetraPak
Dickon Pinner, McKinsey & Co
Klaus Hecker, Organic Electronics Association (OE-A)
Craig Cruickshank, (panel chair), cintelliq and OSA Direct

The full set of peer-reviewed papers presented at OEC-06 is published by cintelliq, and is available for just £100.00 (+VAT).

OSIA awards