Prof Andrea Di Falco
Professor
Teaching
Prof Di Falco teaches the courses of Plasmonics and Metamaterials and Advanced Condensed Matter at Master level. He is currently the module coordinator for Physics 1. Locally he gives tutoring support, organises and marks the experimental activity and the exams. He is also a demonstrator for the Photonics Lab and responsible for the organisation of the lab tour activity within the Transferrable skills module.
Research areas
Andrea Di Falco is professor in nano-photonics at the School of Physics and Astronomy, at the University of St Andrews. In 2010 he was awarded a fellowship from EPSRC, to develop the concept of flexible metamaterials and plasmonics at visible wavelengths. In 2019 he was awarded a ERC Consolidator grant to develop biophotonic applications of optically trapped photonic membranes. His interests cover different areas of photonics, from metamaterials to photonic crystals and applications of nonlinear optics and biophotonics.
Group website: http://synthopt.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/
PhD supervision
- Jianling Xiao
- Mohammad Biabanifard Hossein Abadi
- Ziheng Guo
- Tomasz Plaskocinski
- Femy Francis
- Sarah-Jane Twigg
- Shiju Prasad
- Farhan Ali
- Zaka Ullah
- Innes Bakkali
- Yuhui Gan
Selected publications
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Open access
Self-calibrated flexible holographic curvature sensor
Xiao, J., Plaskocinski, T. T., Biabanifard Hossein Abadi, M. & Di Falco, A., 15 Feb 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Advanced Materials Technologies. Early View, 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The role of ion dissolution in metal and metal oxide surface inactivation of SARS CoV-2
Hilton, J. V., Nanao, Y., Flokstra, M. G., Askari, M., Smith, T. K., Di Falco, A., King, P., Wahl, P. & Adamson, C. S., Feb 2024, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 90, 2, 15 p., e01553-23.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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ZrO2 holographic metasurfaces for efficient optical trapping in the visible range
Biabanifard, M., Plaskocinski, T. T., Xiao, J. & Di Falco, A., 11 Feb 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Advanced Optical Materials. Early View, 7 p., 2400248.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Laser writing of parabolic micromirrors with a high numerical aperture for optical trapping and rotation
Plaskocinski, T., Arita, Y., Bruce, G. D., Persheyev, S., Dholakia, K., Di Falco, A. & Ohadi, H., 22 Aug 2023, In: Applied Physics Letters. 123, 8, 6 p., 081106.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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On-chip optical trapping with high NA metasurfaces
Xiao, J., Plaskocinski, T. T., Biabanifard, M., Persheyev, S. & Di Falco, A., 17 May 2023, In: ACS Photonics. 10, 5, p. 1341-1348 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Optically manipulated micromirrors for precise excitation of WGM microlasers
Plaskocinski, T. T., Yan, L., Schubert, M., Gather, M. C. & Di Falco, A., 7 Dec 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Advanced Optical Materials. Early View, 9 p., 2302024.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Shape dependent conformable holographic metasurfaces
Xiao, J., Hunter, R. I., Robertson, D. A., Smith, G. M., Horsley, S., Schulz, S. A. & Di Falco, A., 25 May 2023, In: Advanced Materials Technologies. 8, 10, 8 p., 2202006.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The role of ion dissolution in metal and metal oxide surface inactivation of SARS-CoV-2
Hilton, J., Nanao, Y., Flokstra, M., Askari, M., Smith, T. K., Falco, A. D., King, P. DC., Wahl, P. & Adamson, C. S., 11 Sept 2023, (biorxiv).Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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Open access
Thin-film polymeric metasurfaces for visible wavelengths
Biabanifard Hossein Abadi, M., Xiao, J. & Di Falco, A., 5 Dec 2023, In: Applied Physics Letters. 123, 23, 6 p., 231702 .Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Anti-reflection coatings for epsilon-near-zero materials
Wynne, L., Zhang, C., Akpan, U. B., Di Falco, A. & Schulz, S. A., 1 Oct 2022, In: Optical Materials Express. 12, 10, p. 4088-4095 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review