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.
Recent Publications
Probing the micro-and nanoscopic properties of dental materials using infrared spectroscopy: a proof-of-principle study
Acta Biomaterialia, 2023
Plasmonic Nanoneedle Arrays with Enhanced Hot Electron Photodetection for Near‐IR Imaging
Advanced Functional Materials, 2023
Intrinsic strong light-matter coupling with self-hybridized bound states in the continuum in van der Waals metasurfaces
Nature Materials, 2023
Optimizing Hot Electron Harvesting at Planar Metal–Semiconductor Interfaces with Titanium Oxynitride Thin Films
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023
Comparison of Harmonic Generation from Crystalline and Amorphous Gallium Phosphide Nanofilms
Advanced Optical Materials, 2023
Correction Due to Nonthermally Coupled Emission Bands and Its Implications on the Performance of Y2O3:Yb3+ /Er3+ Single-Particle Thermometers
Journal of Physical Chemistry C – 2023
The CPLAS TEAM

Maicon Delarmelina
Catalysis Hub - Cardiff University
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Mbongiseni William Dlamini
Catalysis Hub - Cardiff University
Postdoctoral Research Associate

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