New perspectives in photocatalysis and near-surface chemistry:
catalysis meets plasmonics
CPLAS is £10 million programme grant funded by EPSRC and industry project partners for a six-year study to investigate light-driven energy-conversion at the nanoscale for stimulating chemical transformations. The project aims to advance a new field of research called “plasmo-catalysis”, which will take the light-harvesting capabilities of metallic nanostructures and transform this energy to control chemical reaction pathways in photocatalysis and photo-electrocatalysis. The research has the potential for wide-reaching applications in energy production, environmental clean-up & the pharmaceutical industry.
The 9th London Plasmonics Forum will take place on 7 June 2023 at King’s College London.
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Recent Publications
Carrier density tuning in CuS nanoparticles and thin films by Zn doping via ion exchange
Nanoscale, 2023
Quasi-BIC Modes in All-Dielectric Slotted Nanoantennas for Enhanced Er3+ Emission
ACS Photonics, 2023
High‐Q Nanophotonics Over the Full Visible Spectrum Enabled by Hexagonal Boron Nitride Metasurfaces
Advanced Materials, 2022
Effect of Mirror Quality on Optical Response of Nanoparticle‐on‐Mirror Plasmonic Nanocavities
Advanced Optical Materials, 2022
Tale of Two Resonances: Waveguide–Plasmon Coupling and High Q-Factor Engineering on the Nanoscale
ACS Photonics, 2022
Humidity-induced direct modification of the optical response of plasmonic nanorod metamaterials
Optical Materials Express, 2022
The CPLAS TEAM

Zhenyao Chen
King's College London
PhD Student

Anatoly Zayats
King's College London
Principal Investigator

Stefan Maier
Imperial College London
Lead Co-Investigator

Richard Catlow
Catalysis Hub - Cardiff University
Lead Co-Investigator

Andy Beale
Catalysis Hub - UCL
Co-Investigator

Francesca Baletto
Co-Investigator

Wayne Dickson
King's College London
Co-Investigator

Simon Freakley
Catalysis Hub - Bath University
Co-Investigator