Gellings, Esther (Date of defense: 2020-02-21)
At room temperature, individual molecules can be found in different conformations due to intrinsic and extrinsic factors which are reflected in spectral variability. When detecting single molecules, the ...
Remesh, Vikas (Date of defense: 2020-06-08)
The study of light-driven physical processes generated in nanomaterials require shorter (in time, or broader in frequency) laser pulses with techniques to tailor its phase and temporal/spectral ...
Palombo Blascetta, Nicola (Date of defense: 2021-03-24)
The study of light-matter interaction at the nanoscale is a very promising field of research, providing the possibility to manipulate the interaction with single quantum systems like single atoms, ...
Ortiz de Orruño Cuesta, Unai (Date of defense: 2023-04-21)
(English) Nowadays, being able to precisely characterize nanoparticles is of key relevance in a wide range of scenarios. For instance, chemical and pharmaceutical industries often rely in particle-sizing ...
Ockova, Jana (Date of defense: 2023-12-13)
(English) Light is a powerful non invasive tool for probing matter down to its fundamental molecular properties. The past three decades saw advent of metallic nanoantennas engineered to concentrate light ...