Research
The research activity is focused on nanoscience and nanotechnology involving metallic nanostructures for applications in plasmonics, nanophotonics and magnetism.
Among the investigated topics:
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Plasmonics
- Linear and nonlinear optical properties of metal nanostructures
- Plasmonic bio-sensors
- Modeling of the plasmonic properties of isolated or interacting nanostructures
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Nano-Photonics
- Emitter-Nanostructures interaction
- Energy transfer processes between emitters and plasmonic nanostructures
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Nano-Magnetism
- Bi-metallic nanostructures for magneto-plasmonics
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Thermodynamics and stability of nanostructures
- Thermodynamics of nucleation and growth
- Nano-alloying of immiscible elements by ion implantation
- Ion beam induced selective de-alloying
Self-assembled plasmonic NanoHole Array (NHA). The bar is about 1 micron.