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Wayne Dickson

Dr Wayne Dickson

Reader in Experimental Nanophotonics

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Research interests

  • Physics

Biography

Research

  • Deposition and characterisation of thin-films via sputtering and atomic layer deposition (thermal and plasma enhanced)
  • Top-down and bottom-up nanofabrication
  • Metamaterials and plasmonics
  • Ultra-sensitive optical sensing (chemical and biological)
  • Nonlinear Optics
  • Electrochemistry and photo-electrochemistry
  • Plasmonic photo-catalysis

Dr Dickson’s primary research aims concern the development of novel and sustainable optical materials for applications in NetZero, ultrasensitive chemical and biological sensing and photo-catalysis.

Teaching

Dr Dickson currently teaches two undergraduate courses, Optics and Fundamentals of Nanotechnology.  He currently supervises three PhD students and regularly supervises BSc MSci and MSc projects.

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Research

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Photonics & Nanotechnology

The research in the group involves the development and applications of advanced photonic technologies and of novel nanomaterials to address modern challenges in photonic and quantum technologies, new nanostructured materials, sensing, imaging and clean energy.

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London Centre for Nanotechnology

The London Centre for Nanotechnology is a UK-based multidisciplinary enterprise operating at the forefront of science and technology. Its purpose is to solve global problems in information processing, healthcare, energy and the environment through the application of nanoscience and nanotechnology.

GaP disks on a photoelectrode for enhanced water splitting Ludwig Hüttenhofer
CPLAS: New perspectives in photocatalysis and near-surface chemistry: catalysis meets plasmonics

EPSRC programme grant investigating light-driven energy-conversion at the nanoscale for stimulating chemical transformations.

Project status: Ongoing

News

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Department of Physics opens new suite of photonics and nanofabrication laboratories

A new suite of photonics and nanofabrication laboratories has been officially opened on the King’s Strand Campus. The photonics laboratories house...

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Events

12Jun

10th London Plasmonics Forum 2024

The London Plasmonics forum will be hosted at King's College London

Please note: this event has passed.

Features

Students welcomed to King's for first ever STEM work experience week

30 students from secondary schools across London joined the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences (NMES,) for an interactive week exploring...

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Research

THUMB PAGE Laser Trap
Photonics & Nanotechnology

The research in the group involves the development and applications of advanced photonic technologies and of novel nanomaterials to address modern challenges in photonic and quantum technologies, new nanostructured materials, sensing, imaging and clean energy.

LCN image-01
London Centre for Nanotechnology

The London Centre for Nanotechnology is a UK-based multidisciplinary enterprise operating at the forefront of science and technology. Its purpose is to solve global problems in information processing, healthcare, energy and the environment through the application of nanoscience and nanotechnology.

GaP disks on a photoelectrode for enhanced water splitting Ludwig Hüttenhofer
CPLAS: New perspectives in photocatalysis and near-surface chemistry: catalysis meets plasmonics

EPSRC programme grant investigating light-driven energy-conversion at the nanoscale for stimulating chemical transformations.

Project status: Ongoing

News

NMES academic promotions

New readers and senior lecturers in NMES

Congratulations

King's researcher leads £10 million EPSRC grant investigating light-driven energy-conversion

Could the world’s most abundant energy source – light – solve one of the most pressing demands for a sustainable society, reducing the energy required in key...

Disks on a photoelectrode for enhanced water splitting

Nanostrand newsletter available for download

Nanostrand is the newsletter for the Photonics & Nanotechnology Group and the Biological Physics and Soft Matter Group in the Department of Physics.

Photonics & Nanotechnology Group

Department of Physics opens new suite of photonics and nanofabrication laboratories

A new suite of photonics and nanofabrication laboratories has been officially opened on the King’s Strand Campus. The photonics laboratories house...

Cleanroom. Image credit: Maggie Luckhurst

NMES Women in Science Week 2016

On Wednesday 5 October we held our own Ada Lovelace Day in the Faculty of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, an event to round off a week of activities to...

I Love Ada badges

Discover Science: Ada Lovelace Schools Celebration

Women in Science Week at King’s College London is not only intended to celebrate the incredible women already working and studying in the Faculty of Natural &...

I Love Ada badges

Events

12Jun

10th London Plasmonics Forum 2024

The London Plasmonics forum will be hosted at King's College London

Please note: this event has passed.

Features

Students welcomed to King's for first ever STEM work experience week

30 students from secondary schools across London joined the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences (NMES,) for an interactive week exploring...

Work Experience Week - Website Types and Entries Feature Hero Image 1903 x 558 px