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.

Quantum mechanics

Electrodynamics

Nanophotonics

Recent outputs

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Journal Article

Improving the Efficiency of Bulk-heterojunction Solar Cells through Plasmonic Enhancement within a Silver Nanoparticle-Loaded Optical Spacer Layer

Ibrahem, M. A., Rasheed, B. G., Canimkurbey, B., Adawi, A. M., Bouillard, J. S. G., & O’Neill, M. (2025). Improving the Efficiency of Bulk-heterojunction Solar Cells through Plasmonic Enhancement within a Silver Nanoparticle-Loaded Optical Spacer Layer. ACS Omega, 10(3), 2849-2857. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.4c08801

Plasmons Enhancing Sub-Bandgap Photoconductivity in TiO<inf>2</inf> Nanoparticles Film

Ibrahem, M. A., Verrelli, E., Adawi, A. M., Bouillard, J. S. G., & O’Neill, M. (2024). Plasmons Enhancing Sub-Bandgap Photoconductivity in TiO2 Nanoparticles Film. ACS Omega, 9(9), 10169–10176. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c06932

Impact of Surface Ligand on the Biocompatibility of InP/ZnS Quantum Dots with Platelets

Gil, H. M., Booth, Z., Price, T. W., Lee, J., Naylor‐Adamson, L., Avery, M., Muravitskaya, A., Hondow, N., Allsup, D., Schneider, J. E., Naseem, K., Adawi, A. M., Bouillard, J. S. G., Chamberlain, T. W., Calaminus, S. D., & Stasiuk, G. J. (in press). Impact of Surface Ligand on the Biocompatibility of InP/ZnS Quantum Dots with Platelets. Small, Article 2304881. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202304881

Long-Range and High-Efficiency Plasmon-Assisted Förster Resonance Energy Transfer

Hamza, A. O., Al-Dulaimi, A., Bouillard, J. S. G., & Adawi, A. M. (2023). Long-Range and High-Efficiency Plasmon-Assisted Förster Resonance Energy Transfer. Journal of physical chemistry. C, 127(44), 21611–21616. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c04281

Presentation / Conference Contribution

Enhanced Switching in Solid Polymer Electrolyte Memristor Devices via the addition of Interfacial Barriers and Quantum Dots

Gater, M., Adawi, A., & Kemp, N. (2023, December). Enhanced Switching in Solid Polymer Electrolyte Memristor Devices via the addition of Interfacial Barriers and Quantum Dots. Presented at NANOARCH 2023: IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Nanoscale Architectures, Dresden, Germany

Research interests

Nanophotonics, plasmonics, metamaterials and light matter interactions on the nanoscale.

Co-investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

James Leadbeatter - Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund

Funder

Institute of Physics

Grant

£38,000.00

Started

1 September 2024

Status

Ongoing

Project

POSEIDON 2019

Funder

EC European Commission

Grant

£473,535.00

Started

1 February 2020

Status

Complete

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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