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Dr Ali Adawi

Dr Ali Adawi

Reader in Physics

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Science and Engineering
  • School of Natural Sciences

Summary

Dr Ali Adawi is a reader in physics whose research focuses on areas of organic and inorganic semiconductor nanostructures, nanophotonics and their technological applications.

His current research interests include hybrid organic / inorganic two-dimensional photonic crystal nano-cavities, plasmonic and hybrid plasmonic/photonic nanopatch antennas for highly efficient nano-light sources, Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) and the development of plasmonic nano-gaps for single molecule detection, near-zero refractive index metamaterials for directive emission and the spectroscopy of organic and inorganic nanomaterials.

Dr Ali Adawi has more than 60 research publications and one patent.

Recent outputs

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Conference Proceeding

Capacitive effects and memristive switching in three terminal multilayered MoS 2 devices

Gater, M., Adawi, A. M., & Kemp, N. T. (2022). Capacitive effects and memristive switching in three terminal multilayered MoS 2 devices. In 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) (225-229). https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCAS48785.2022.9937227

Journal Article

Stark Effect Control of the Scattering Properties of Plasmonic Nanogaps Containing an Organic Semiconductor

Pagnotto, D., Muravitskaya, A., Benoit, D. M., Bouillard, J. G., & Adawi, A. M. (in press). Stark Effect Control of the Scattering Properties of Plasmonic Nanogaps Containing an Organic Semiconductor. ACS Applied Optical Materials, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaom.2c00135

Capacitive effects and memristive switching in three terminal multilayered MoS<inf>2</inf>devices

Gater, M., Adawi, A. M., & Kemp, N. T. (2022). Capacitive effects and memristive switching in three terminal multilayered MoS2devices. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 2022, 225-229. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCAS48785.2022.9937227

Using adsorption kinetics to assemble vertically aligned nanorods at liquid interfaces for metamaterial applications

Morgan, S. O., Muravitskaya, A., Lowe, C., Adawi, A. M., Bouillard, J. G., Horozov, T. S., …Buzza, D. M. (2022). Using adsorption kinetics to assemble vertically aligned nanorods at liquid interfaces for metamaterial applications. Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP, 24, 11000-11013. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cp05484h

Persistent near-infrared photoconductivity of ZnO nanoparticles based on plasmonic hot charge carriers

Ibrahem, M. A., Verrelli, E., Cheng, F., Adawi, A. M., Bouillard, J. S. G., & O'Neill, M. (2022). Persistent near-infrared photoconductivity of ZnO nanoparticles based on plasmonic hot charge carriers. Journal of applied physics, 131(10), Article 103103. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0079006

Co-investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

POSEIDON 2019

Funder

EC European Commission

Grant

£473,535.00

Started

1 February 2020

Status

Ongoing

Project

Self assembly of two dimensional colloidal alloys for metamaterials applications

Funder

EPSRC Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council

Grant

£654,933.00

Started

26 January 2015

Status

Complete

Postgraduate supervision

Dr Adawi welcomes applications in

- Light matter interactions on the nanoscale

- Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) and single molecule detection

- Plasmonic nano-light sources

- Metamaterials

Completed PhDs

- Anthony Edwards, 2016, Optical Properties of Organic Plasmonic Devices

- Addison Marshall, 2017, Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Single Molecule Detection and Biosensing

Current PhD supervisions

- Abdullah Hamza, Modification of F?rster Resonance Energy Transfer using Plasmonic Nanogaps

- Donatello Pagnotto, Directed Self-Assembly for Metamaterials

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