Amphiphilic copolymers under geometrical confinement

The confinement effects complicate significantly the polymer behavior, however they simultaneously provide opportunities to generate novel nanostructures useful for advanced applications such as nanocontainers or molecular templates. Detailed knowledge of …

Single molecule SERS spectroscopy.

Detection of target adsorbates at ultralow concentrations and/or on a single molecule level. Design and preparation of substrates providing high SERS enhancement.

SERS and SERRS spectral studies of surface complexes

SERS and SERRS spectral studies of formation, dynamics and decomposition of transition metal-adsorbate complexes on the surface of plasmonic metal nanoparticles. SERS and SERRS spectral monitoring of free-base porphyrin metallation …

Synthesis and assembling of mono-and bi-metallic plasmonic metal nanoparticles.

Synthesis and morphological as well as optical characterization of mono-and bi-metallic plasmonic metal (mainly Ag and Au) nanoparticles. Preparation of their hybrid systems with selected molecules, namely porphyrins, phthalocyanines transition …

Surface-enhanced luminescence (SEL)

Comparison of the mechanisms of SERS, SERRS and SEL. Tayloring of plasmonic metal substrates for SERRS or SEL of a particular chromophore/luminophore.