Mr Steve Po

Biography

Steve is a PhD student in the Photonics and Nanotechnology group where his main research interest focuses on the fabrication of metallic nanoparticles, their conjugation with semiconducting nanoparticles (Quantum Dots), and their combined optical behaviour. Steve completed his undergraduate studies at King’s in 2018 with a First Class Honours MSci in Physics.

Thesis title

Exploring the energy dynamics of biomimetic metal-semiconductor heterostructure nanoparticles

Research interests

• Photonics
• Plasmonics
• Quantum Dots
• Fluorescence enhancement and lifetime behaviour

PhD supervisor

Principal supervisor: Dr Aliakssandra Rakovich