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.
Journal Article
Water-soluble rhenium clusters with triazoles: the effect of chemical structure on cellular internalization and the DNA binding of the complexes
Konovalov, D. I., Ivanov, A. A., Frolova, T. S., Eltsov, I. V., Gayfulin, Y. M., Plunkett, L., …Shestopalov, M. A. (2020). Water-soluble rhenium clusters with triazoles: the effect of chemical structure on cellular internalization and the DNA binding of the complexes. Chemistry : a European journal, 26(61), 13904-13914. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202001680
Optical properties of nanowires based on a blend of poly (9,9-dioctylfluorene) [PFO] and poly(9,9-dioctyl fluorene-alt-benzothiadiazole) [F8BT]
Khalil, G. E., Adawi, A. M., & Lidzey, D. G. (2020). Optical properties of nanowires based on a blend of poly (9,9-dioctylfluorene) [PFO] and poly(9,9-dioctyl fluorene-alt-benzothiadiazole) [F8BT]. Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 118, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physe.2019.113829
Long-term ambient air-stable cubic CsPbBr3 perovskite quantum dots using molecular bromine
Thapa, S., Bhardwaj, K., Basel, S., Pradhan, S., Eling, C. J., Adawi, A. M., …Tamang, S. (2019). Long-term ambient air-stable cubic CsPbBr3 perovskite quantum dots using molecular bromine. Nanoscale advances, 1(9), 3388-3391. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9na00486f
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