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Read more at: Press release for Angelos' Infrared Upconversion Science paper

Press release for Angelos' Infrared Upconversion Science paper

31 May 2022

“It’s like listening to slow-rippling earthquake waves by colliding them with a violin string to get a high whistle that’s easy to hear, and without breaking the violin,” - Professor Jeremy Baumberg Read the university's press release for Angelos, Rohit and co.'s latest Science paper, Detecting mid-infrared light by...


Read more at: Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday

21 March 2022

Happy birthday!! A suprise party for Jeremy with delicous vegan Cake! Thank you Sara and Marika for organising.


Read more at: NanoPhotonics Christmas Party

NanoPhotonics Christmas Party

16 December 2021

Many thanks to Chris and Jeremy for organising a very nice Christmas dinner at Jesus College. It was good to be able to see everyone again. Now we just need to figure out who gave which present to who :) Christmas_dinner_2021_2 Christmas_dinner_2021_3


Read more at: Featured article in Nature Communications

Featured article in Nature Communications

30 November 2021

Our work on tracking the interactions between single molecules and gold atoms has been selected as Featured Article in Nature Communications. A great recognition of the hard work put in by Jack and Tamás! Article available here . single_molecule_gold_Atom.gif


Read more at: Bowling November '21

Bowling November '21

29 November 2021

A nice evening out with the NanoPhotonics group. About 30 people from the NanoPhotoncis centre decided to go bowling together at the Leisure Centre. And ofcourse pub afterwards. Thanks to the organizers Sarah and Ishaan.


Read more at: Royal Society University Research Fellowship: Bart de Nijs

Royal Society University Research Fellowship: Bart de Nijs

24 November 2021

Bart de Nijs has been awarded a prestigious University Research Fellowship from the Royal Society. This will be held in the NanoPhotonics Centre where Bart will focus his research on combining the powerful optical properties of self-assembled plasmonic nanoarchitectures with molecular catalysts to develop new types of...


Read more at: MaySchool intra-group conference
MaySchool intra-group conference

MaySchool intra-group conference

24 May 2021

This year's seasonal school was a bit closer to home than usual - one of the highlights was the group punting trip! Thanks to the organizers Aoife Gregg, Ermanno Miele, Angelos Xomalis, Niclas Mueller, Sara Rocchetti and Chunxiang Wei!


Read more at: Virtual Chocolate tasting

Virtual Chocolate tasting

17 September 2020

Since social gatherings were not possible during lockdown, the group decided to organise a virtual chocolate tasting. Everyone received their own set of artisan chocolate delicacies. An expert talked us through the various tasting methods, with very interesting tasting notes as a result: tastes.png


Read more at: Jeremy awarded PICOFORCE ERC Grant
Jeremy awarded PICOFORCE ERC Grant

Jeremy awarded PICOFORCE ERC Grant

21 April 2020

PICOFORCE ERC Grant awarded to Nanophotonics Centre


Read more at: Ica skating with the NanoPhotonics groups

Ica skating with the NanoPhotonics groups

14 December 2019

A small group from the NanoPhotonics Centre braved the cold and when for Ica Skating in the North Pole Ice skating rink (Cambridge). Thanks for organising Lukas!


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!