Research areas
Biophotonics & biophysics:
- bio-derived optical structures and devices
- biological lasers (living lasers)
- optical devices based of fluorescent proteins
- cellular biomechanics
- nanophotonic biosensors
Organic electronics / OLEDs:
- nano- and micro-patterning of organic semiconductors
- OLED optics and outcoupling, nano-photonic structures
- spectroscopy and molecular orientation
- organic electronics in lab-on-chip systems
- white OLEDs
Plasmonics:
- plasmonic lasers / spasers
- optical amplification
- ‘molecular’ plasmonics
- organic/inorganic hybrid systems
- plasmonic waveguides and sensors
More on http://gatherlab.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk.
PhD supervision
- Jothi Letchumy Mahendra Kumar
- Ranjini Sircar
- Ross Cowie
Selected publications
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Open access
A highly stable and efficient organic microcavity polariton laser
Witt, J., Mischok, A., Le Roux, F. & Gather, M. C., 19 Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: MRS Communications. 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A multi-modal microscope for integrated mapping of cellular forces and Brillouin scattering with high resolution
Meek, A. T., Busse, F., Kronenberg, N. M., Dinh, S. V., Berghaus, K. V., Booth, J. H., Scarcelli, G. & Gather, M. C., Apr 2024, In: Journal of Physics: Photonics. 6, 2, 14 p., 025012.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Absolute quantum efficiency measurements of electrochemiluminescent devices through electrical impedance spectroscopy
Moon, C. & Gather, M. C., 30 Jul 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Advanced Optical Materials. Early View, 2401253.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Breaking the angular dispersion limit in thin film optics by ultra-strong light-matter coupling
Mischok, A., Siegmund, B., Le Roux, F., Hillebrandt, S. G. H., Vandewal, K. & Gather, M. C., 3 Dec 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 10 p., 10529.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Deformable microlaser force sensing
Dalaka, E., Hill, J. S., Booth, J. H. H., Popczyk, A., Pulver, S. R., Gather, M. C. & Schubert, M., 5 Jun 2024, In: Light: Science & Applications. 13, 14 p., 129.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Digichem: computational chemistry For everyone
Lee, O., Gather, M. C. & Zysman-Colman, E., 16 Aug 2024, In: Digital Discovery. 3, p. 1695-1713 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluation of acenes as potential acceptors in thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters and the promise of a phenoxazine–naphthalene emitter for OLEDs
Lee, O. S., Sharma, N., Matulaitis, T., Slawin, A. M. Z., Olivier, Y., Samuel, I. D. W., Gather, M. C. & Zysman-Colman, E., 28 Mar 2024, In: Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 12, 12, p. 4273-4286 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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High-brightness blue polariton organic light-emitting diodes
Witt, J., Mischok, A., Tenopala Carmona, F., Hillebrandt, S., Butscher, J. F. & Gather, M. C., 15 Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: ACS Photonics. 11, 5, p. 1844–1850 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Hyperspectral confocal imaging for high-throughput readout and analysis of bio-integrated microlasers
Titze, V. M., Caixeiro, S., Dinh, V. S., König, M., Rübsam, M., Pathak, N., Schumacher, A.-L., Germer, M., Kukat, C., Niessen, C. M., Schubert, M. & Gather, M. C., 18 Jan 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature Protocols. 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open-source tools for the fabrication and characterization of organic electronics
Butscher, J. F., Kwon, S., Popczyk, A. & Gather, M. C., 15 Aug 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Advanced Electronic Materials. Early View, 10 p., 2400460.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review