Research grants

Reactive Plasmonics

Reactive Plasmonics: Optical Control of Electronic Processes at Interfaces for Nanoscale Physics, Chemistry and Metrology

Funder: EPSRC
Start date: 01 September 2015
End date: 31 August 2021
Principle Investigator: Prof A Zayats
Other investigators: Prof N Alford, Prof LF Cohen, Prof M Green, Prof SA Maier, Dr R Oulton, Prof DR Richards, Dr GA Wurtz
Department: Physics
Value (£): 4,813,001

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Multiscale Physics

Mathematical fundamentals of Metamaterials for multiscale Physics and Mechanics

Funder: EPSRC
Start date: 30 July 2014
End date: 29 July 2019
Principle Investigator: Prof R Craster
Other investigators: Sir JB Pendry, Prof A Movchan, Prof O Hess, Prof IS Jones, Prof N Movchan, Dr I Thompson, Prof G Pavliotis, Prof SA Maier
Department: Mathematics
Value (£): 2,551,402

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Grants

Nanoscale sculpturing of single photons with dielectrics
Title Nanoscale sculpturing of single photons with dielectrics
Funder name EPSRC
Start Date 01 Sep 2017
End Date 31 Aug 2020
Principal Investigator Dr R Sapienza
Other investigators Professor S Maier
Broadband cloaking and shielding of elastic waves in solids - H2020 - MSCA - IF
Title Broadband cloaking and shielding of elastic waves in solids - H2020 - MSCA - IF
Funder name Commission of the European Communities
Start Date 01 Sep 2015
End Date 31 Aug 2017
Principal Investigator Professor R Craster
High Temperature, High Efficiency PV-Thermal Solar System
Title High Temperature, High Efficiency PV-Thermal Solar System
Funder name Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Start Date 01 August 2015
End Date 31 July 2018
Principal Investigator Dr NJ Ekins-Daukes
Other Investigators Professor PRN Childs, Professor SA Maier, Dr CN Markides, Professor DJ Paul, Dr S Thoms,
Department Physics
Value (£) 1,108,936
Further Information http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/NGBOViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/L024926/1 
Optical Fabrication and Imaging Facility for three-dimensional sub-micron designer materials for bioengineering and photonics
Title Optical Fabrication and Imaging Facility for three-dimensional sub-micron designer materials for bioengineering and photonics
Funder name Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Start Date 01 May 2015
End Date 30 April 2017
Principal Investigator Professor SA Maier
Other Investigators Professor N Alford, Professor DDC Bradley, Dr I Dunlop
Department Physics
Value (£) 10,527
Further Information http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/NGBOViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/M000044/1
Leverhulme Trust: Dielectric nanoantennas: Exploration of a new, low-loss nanophotonics platform
Title Dielectric nanoantennas: Exploration of a new, low-loss nanophotonics platform
Funder name Leverhulme Trust
Start Date Oct 2014
Principal Investigator Professor S Maier
Department Physics
Value (£) 197,120
Further Information Leverhulme website
TERACELL: Integrated Microwave-to-Terahertz Sensors for label-free circulating tumour cell detection
Title TERACELL: Integrated Microwave-to-Terahertz Sensors for label-free circulating tumour cell detection
Funder name Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Start Date 01 October 2014
End Date 30 Spetember 2017
Principal Investigator Professor N Klein
Other Investigators Professor PD Abel, Dr N Guerra, Mr L Jiao, Dr S Lucyszyn, Professor SA Maier, Professor M Stevens
Department Materials
Value (£)  1,255,009
Further Information http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/NGBOViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/M001121/1
Nanoparticle-assisted super-resolution microscopy for live cell imaging
Title Nanoparticle-assisted super-resolution microscopy for live cell imaging
Funder name Leverhulme Trust
Start Date June 2014
Principal Investigator Professor S Maier
Department Physics
Value (£) 124,143
Further Information Leverhulme Trust website
Creating macroscale effective interfaces encapsulating microstructural physics
Title Creating macroscale effective interfaces encapsulating microstructural physics
Funder name Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Start Date 01 October 2012
End Date 31 March 2016
Principal Investigator Professor G Pavliotis
Other Investigators Professor AO Parry
Department Mathematics
Value (£) 546,594
Further Information http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/NGBOViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/J009636/1
Active Plasmonics: Electronic and All-optical Control of Photonic Signals on Sub-wavelength Scales
Title Active Plasmonics: Electronic and All-optical Control of Photonic Signals on Sub-wavelength Scales
Funder name Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Start Date 01 October 2010
End Date 31 August 2015
Principal Investigator Professor A Zayats
Other Investigators Professor N Alford, Professor DDC Bradley, Professor M Kim, Professor SA Maier, Dr R Pollard, Dr J Schilling, Dr P Stavrinou
Department Physics
Value (£) 4,462,875
Further Information http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/NGBOViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/H000917/2
Metamaterials and the Control of Electromagnetic Fields
Title Metamaterials and the Control of Electromagnetic Fields
Funder name Leverhulme Trust
Start Date August 2010
Principal Investigator Professor S Maier, Professor J Pendry
Department Physics
Value (£) 4.8 million
Further Information Leverhulme Trust website