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NanoPhotonics Centre

 

Publications

Key publications: 

Plasmonic chemistry

Light-Directed Tuning of Plasmon Resonances via Plasmon-Induced Polymerization Using Hot Electrons. ACS Photonics, 2017, 4, 1453-1458.

Tunable plasmonics:

Light-induced actuating nanotransducers, PNAS, 2016, 113, 5503-5507.

Fast dynamic color switching in temperature-responsive plasmonic films, Adv. Opt. Mater., 2016, 4, 877-882.

Capillary-Force-Assisted Optical Tuning of Coupled Plasmons, Adv. Mater. 2015, 27, 6457-6461.

Controllable Tuning Plasmonic Coupling with Nanoscale Oxidation. ACS Nano, 2015, 9, 6110-6118.

Hybrid colloidal plasmonics:

Kinetically-controlled synthesis of ultra-small silica nanoparticles and ultra-thin coatings. Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 4623-4627.

On the Origin and Underappreciated Effects of Ion Doping in Silica. Small, 2015, 11, 4351-4365.

Symmetry breaking polymerization: One-pot synthesis of plasmonic hybrid Janus nanoparticles. Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 10344-10349.

Harnessing Nonlinear Rubber Swelling for Bulk Synthesis of Anisotropic Hybrid Nanoparticles. J. Mater. Chem. C 2014, 2, 8745-8749.

Complex photonic crystals:

Revealing invisible photonic inscriptions: Images from strain, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2015, 7, 13497-13502.

Stamping colloidal photonic crystals: a facile way towards complex pixel colour patterns for sensing and displays. Nanoscale 2015, 7, 1857-1863.

Selective patterning of polymer opal films by microimprint lithography. Adv. Opt. Mater. 2014, 2, 1098-1104.

Patterning and Pixelation of Colloidal Photonic Crystals for Addressable Integrated Photonics. J. Mater. Chem. 2011, 21, 11330-11334.

Novel plasmonic/photonic structures and fabrication

Near-Field Optical Drilling of Sub-λ Pits in Thin Polymer Films。 ACS Photonics 2017, 4, 1292-1297.

Self-aligned colloidal lithography for controllable and tunable generation of plasmonic nanogaps. Small 2015, 11, 2139-2143.

Nanoimprint lithography of Al nanovoids for deep-UV SERS. ACS Appl. Mater. & Interfaces 2014, 6, 17358-17363.

Oxygen Plasma Etching-Induced Crystalline Lattice Transformation of Colloidal Photonic Crystals. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 17340-17342.

Fabrication of 3D Photonic Crystals of Ellipsoids Convective Self-Assembly in Magnetic Field. Adv. Mater. 2009, 21, 1936-1940.

Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
Dr Tao  Ding

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Latest news

NanoPhotonics @ Femincam

29 September 2023

PhD students from the NanoPhotonics Centre have attended Femincam, a one-day conference celebrating emerging women in science and leaders in electronic materials. During the event Sara Rocchetti also presented her poster on “Amplified plasmonic forces from DNA-origami scaffolded single dyes in nanogaps”.

ICAVS flash presentations prizes awarded to Marika and Yuling!

4 September 2023

A number of group members recently attended ICAVS12 in Krakow. Congratulations to Yuling who won the prize for the best flash presentation and to Marika for winning the best flash presentation audience award!

Sara Rocchetti - Best poster at Chemical and NanoScience symposium

17 May 2023

Sara Rocchetti won the best poster award at the 10th Chemical and NanoScience symposium Newcastle (CNSN-X) with her work on DNA origami and nanophotonics. Well done!