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NanoPhotonics Centre

 

Positions available in the Nanophotonics group:

PhD Positions Available:

We are always interested in self-motivated interdisciplinary-interested PhD students, so please send us your CV and summary.

PhD projects for 2023 include:
- Ultrafast nonlinear spectroscopy of single nano-structures
- Tracking fundamentals of nanoscale friction by light
- Light-controlled Microswimmers and Micro-cilia
- the Intelligent Toilet
- Light-driven DNA nanomachines
- Optically-interrogated molecular electronics
- Active plasmonic nanodevices
- Plasmonic nanoreactors
- Tracking single molecule catalysis

For details see here

Postdoc Positions Available:

We often have postdoc positions available so please contact us sending your CV if you are interested.

 

 

 

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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!

EPSRC programme grant for Ubiquitous Optical Healthcare Technologies (UbOHT)

5 May 2023

An £8.6M EPSRC programme grant on Ubiquitous Optical Healthcare Technologies (UbOHT) has been awarded to Jeremy Baumberg along with other researchers from Cambridge, York, Strathclyde and Exeter, with the aim to build new types of low-cost biosensor to help with the monitoring, prevention and management of diseases. Read...

Top cited paper in Journal of Raman Spectroscopy

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The paper Eliminating irreproducibility in SERS substrates has been named top cited paper in the Journal of Raman Spectroscopy!!