Drisko Lab

Research focus

ERC Starting Grant · 2020

Bottom-up fabrication of nanostructured silicon-based materials with unprecedented optical properties

Controlling the crystallinity, form, dimensions and porosity of nano-objects produces remarkable and unique physical properties. Silica (SiO2) is among the most studied nanomaterial, where its morphology can be controlled precisely. The reduced form, silicon (Si), has exceptional properties of interest to batteries, semi-conductors, electronics and optics. If it were possible to control the physical characteristics of silicon nano-objects, a host of applications would become possible in new domains of optics. Hence a major current challenge is the creation of synthetic routes to Mie-resonant silicon particles and their assembly into metamaterials. The aim of Scatter is to revolutionize…

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