Molecular Nanophotonics

Research group no. 22

Molecular Nanophotonics

Group leader

Research topics

We conduct research on the optical and spectroscopic properties of nanostructures, nanoparticles, and nanomaterials, as well as their interactions with molecules and chemical compounds. Our goal is to understand the mechanisms governing the processes occurring in these nanosystems, which will enable their wide application in modern technologies. To this end, we apply and refine spectroscopic and microscopic techniques, especially those allowing for ultra-sensitive detection and identification at the single-molecule level. Our studies on the optical, electronic, and structural properties of materials and their components allow for a deeper understanding of how the structure and composition of optically active nanoassemblies affect their functionality and potential applications as photoactive materials, used in ultra-sensitive optical detection, photoelectronics, and photochemistry.

Members

  • dr Sylwester Gawinkowski
  • mgr. inż. Patryk Pyrcz
  • mgr. Abdolvahab Amirsalari

Publications

A reagentless amperometric biosensor for creatinine assay based on recombinant creatinine deiminase and N-methylhydantoin-sensitive CoCu nanocomposite
N Stasyuk, A Zakalskiy, W Nogala, S Gawinkowski, T Ratajczyk, M Bonarowska, O Demkiv, O Zakalska, M Gonchar
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical (2023) 393, 134276

Multimodal microscope system for hyperspectral imaging of scattering directionality and Raman excitation spectroscopy
A Amirsalari, S Razi, S Gawinkowski
Journal of Raman Spectroscopy (2023) 54 (9), 976

Toward the Detection Limit of Electrochemistry: Studying Anodic Processes with a Fluorogenic Reporting Reaction
S Linfield, S Gawinkowski, W Nogala
Anal. Chem. (2023) 95 (30), 11227–11235

Tuneable-Wavelength Nanosecond Laser Tailoring of Plasmon Resonance Spectra of Gold Nanoparticle Colloids
T Sukmanee, M Szuster, A Gorski, M Hołdyński, S Gawinkowski
Nanoscale Advances (2023) 5, 3697-3704

Financing

  • Fast molecular dynamics in plasmonic nanocavities

NCN OPUS 2020/39/B/ST4/01523 Project leader: S. Gawinkowski

  • Crystalline organic porous polymers upconverting light energy

NCN SONATA 2022/47/D/ST5/01375 Project carried out in consortium with Ensemble3 Ltd.

  • Chemistry and physics in nanojunction

MNISW Diamond Grant Project leader: P. Pyrcz