Dr Chris Finlayson M.Sci (Birmingham), Ph.D (Cambridge)
Lecturer
- LecturerDepartment of Physics - Teaching And Research
Department of Physics
Postal address
Aberystwyth University
Physical Sciences Building
Penglais
Aberystwyth
Physical Sciences Building
Penglais
Aberystwyth
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

ORCID: 0000-0002-9068-7584
- 2023
Quantum chemistry simulations in an undergraduate project: Tellurophenes as narrow bandgap semiconductor materials
Walker, B. & Finlayson, C., 02 Mar 2023, In: European Journal of Physics. 44, 2, 13 p., 025401.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2022
Transparent Polymer Opal Thin Films with Intense UV Structural Color
Rosetta, G., Gunn, M., Tomes, J., Butters, M., Pieschel, J., Hartmann, F., Gallei, M. & Finlayson, C., 11 Jun 2022, In: Molecules. 27, 12, 12 p., 3774.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Spectroscopic Ellipsometry and Optical Modelling of Structurally Colored Opaline Thin-Films
Finlayson, C., Rosetta, G. & Tomes, J., 12 May 2022, In: Applied Sciences. 12, 10, 9 p., 4888.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
DOI: 10.3390/app12104888- 2021
An experimental and theoretical determination of oscillatory shear-induced crystallization processes in viscoelastic photonic crystal media
Finlayson, C., Rosetta, G. & Baumberg, J. J., 14 Sept 2021, In: Materials. 14, 18, 18 p., 5298.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
DOI: 10.3390/ma14185298- 2020
Chromaticity of structural color in polymer thin film photonic crystals
Rosetta, G., An, T., Zhao, Q., Baumberg, J. J., Tomes, J., Gunn, M. & Finlayson, C., 13 Nov 2020, In: Optics Express. 28, 24, p. 36219-36228 10 p., 410338.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
DOI: 10.1364/OE.410338- Published
Quantifying the saturation of structural color from thin film polymeric photonic crystals
Rosetta, G., Butters, M., Tomes, J., Little, J., Gunn, M. & Finlayson, C., 26 Feb 2020, Photonic and Phononic Properties of Engineered Nanostructures X. Adibi, A., Lin, S-Y. & Scherer, A. (eds.). SPIE, 112890B. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; vol. 11289).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding (Non-Journal item)
DOI: 10.1117/12.2544198 - 2018
Solvatochromism based on structural color: Smart polymer composites for sensing and security
Dong, X., Wu, P., Schaefer, C. G., Zhang, L., Finlayson, C. & Wang, C., 13 Sept 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Materials and Design. 160, p. 417-426 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2017
Solvatochromism in Perylene Diimides; Experiment and Theory
Fuller, C. A. & Finlayson, C., 06 Dec 2017, In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 19, 47, p. 31781-31787 7 p., 31781.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
DOI: 10.1039/C7CP05039ASpray-coating deposition techniques for polymeric semiconductor blends
Bernardin, G., Davies, N. & Finlayson, C., 15 Nov 2017, In: Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing. 71, p. 174-180 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Generating Bulk-Scale Ordered Optical Materials Using Shear-Assembly in Viscoelastic Media
Finlayson, C. & Baumberg, J. J., 22 Jun 2017, In: Materials. 10, 7, 14 p., 688.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
DOI: 10.3390/ma10070688