The Nanomaterials and Spectroscopy Group is led by Professor Yury Rakovich at the Centre of Materials Physics. The group's research is focused on spectroscopy and photonic applications of nano-scale functional units, including semiconductor quantum dots and quantum wires, metal nanoparticles and nanoantennas and organic/inorganic nano-hybrid systems.
Research topics
- Optics of semiconductor nanorystals (quantum dots)
- Optical properties of nano-hybrid materials fabricated using nano-scale building blocks, such as semiconductor quantum dots, heterostuctures (quantum wires), metal nanoparticles, nanoantenas and organic functional materials (J-aggregates)
- Energy transfer and conversion in nanostructures on single quantum dot / molecule level
- Novel experimental approaches to control, manipulate and probe with light on nanoscale
- Optics of microcavities, photonic molecules and nanojets
- Field enhanced spectroscopy (photoluminescence enhancement, SERS)
- Exciton-plasmon interactions in hybrid nanomaterials
- Spectroscopy of hybrid nano-bio systems

Science field
Physical Sciences
Institution
Material Physics Center / Centro de Física de Materiales
RIS3 Priorities
- Advanced manufacturing
Main researcher
Yuri Rakovich
Website
Address
Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal, 5 – E-20018 Donostia – San Sebastián (Gipzukoa)
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