Active Plasmonic Nanomaterials

Luciano De Sio is a senior research scientist at the Beam Engineering for Advanced Measurements Company, USA. He graduated in physics from the University of Calabria, Italy, in 2003 and did his PhD in science and technology of mesophases and molecular materials from the same university in 2006. He has extensive experience in the fields of plasmonics, optofluidics, polymers, and liquid crystals. He has coauthored 70 articles in physics, several book chapters, and 14 international patents and delivered more than 30 scientific communications at conferences. He is also the principal investigator of an international project of European Office of Aerospace Research & Development (EOARD), supported by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) and the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).

Optics and plasmonics of soft-nanostructured materials. Synthesis and surface engineering of plasmonic nanoparticles. Amorphous nanoparticle assemblies by bottom-up principles. Study of surfactant on nanoparticles and its optimization. A brief overview on synthesis and characterization of Nanomaterials. Plasmon-gain interplay in metastructures. Localized surface plasmons: a powerful tool for sensing. Self-organized plasmonic nanomaterials based on liquid crystals and metal nanoparticles. Tunable plasmonics based on liquid crystals. Nonlinear optical enhancement with plasmonic core–shell nanowires. Nanotechnology for renewable solar energy. Flexible plasmonics: fundamental and applied aspects.