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Research group website: www.valev.org.
Prof Valev heads the MultiPhoton NanoPhotonics research group, which focuses on the interaction between powerful laser light and nanostructured materials. In January 2019, the team "made history" by demonstrating a new physical effect, that had eluded scientists for 40 years. The effect had been referred to as the impossible theory.
Valev's main expertise is in building laser experiments for studying novel materials, such as plasmonic nanostructures, metamaterials, 2D materials and quantum optical materials. He aims to discover new properties and to test theoretical predictions. His focus is on the physics of photons, electrons and magnetism confined to tiny volumes of space – nanoparticles or 2D sheets. He seeks out new and useful intersections between classical electromagnetism and quantum mechanics. His investigations are both fundamental and applied, with potential benefits for the pharmaceutical, food, perfume, and agrochemical industries.
Teaching interests
In both research and teaching projects, Prof Valev's work often takes a distinct science fiction aspect, as his team builds laser-powered nano-photonic steam engines (Steampunk Science) or program humanoid robots to teach physics.
Keywords
- Chirality
- Chiral nanostructures
- Chiral metamaterials
- Nanophotonics
- Plasmonics
- Metamaterials
- Second Harmonic Generation
- Chiroptical effects
- Nonlinear chiroptical effects
- Nano Metalworking
- Nanowelding
- Magnetism
- Multiphoton microscopy
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TRANSMUTING GOLD INTO AURIDES FOR ALKali Metal MagnetometrY: ALKEMMY
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/12/20 → 31/05/22
Project: Research council
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Research output
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Klarite as a label-free SERS-based assay: A promising approach for atmospheric bioaerosol detection
Tahir, M. A., Zhang, X., Cheng, H., Xu, D., Feng, Y., Sui, G., Fu, H., Valev, V. K., Zhang, L. & Chen, J., 7 Jan 2020, In: Analyst. 145, 1, p. 277-285 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Single nanoparticle chiroptics in a liquid: optical activity in hyper-Rayleigh scattering from Au helicoids
Ohnoutek, L., Cho, N. H., Murphy, A., Kim, H., Rasadean, D-M., Pantos, D., Nam, K. T. & Valev, V., 12 Aug 2020, In: Nano Letters. 20, 8, p. 5792-5798 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Facilitates the Detection of Microplastics < 1 μm in the Environment
Xu, G., Cheng, H., Jones, R., Feng, Y., Gong, K., Li, K., Fang, X., Tahir, M. A., Valev, V. & Zhang, L., 15 Dec 2020, In: Environmental Science & Technology. 54, 24, p. 15594–15603Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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‘Hot’ in plasmonics: temperature-related concepts and applications of metal nanostructures
Kuppe, C., Rusimova, K. R., Ohnoutek, L., Slavov, D. & Valev, V. K., 1 Jan 2020, In: Advanced Optical Materials. 8, 1, 1901166.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open Access14 Citations (Scopus) -
Atomic dispensers for thermoplasmonic control of alkali vapor pressure in quantum optical applications
Rusimova, K., Slavov, D., Pradaux-Caggiano, F., Collins, J., Gordeev, S., Carbery, D., Wadsworth, W., Mosley, P. & Valev, V., 24 May 2019, In: Nature Communications. 10, 1, 8 p., 2328.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)
Datasets
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Dataset for "Enantiomorphing chiral plasmonic nanostructures: a counter-intuitive sign reversal of the nonlinear circular dichroism"
Collins, J. (Creator), Valev, V. (Creator), Zheng, X. (Creator), Braz, N. (Project Member), Slenders, E. (Creator), Zu, S. (Creator), Vandenbosch, G. (Creator), Moshchalkov, V. (Project Member), Fang, Z. (Creator), Ameloot, M. (Creator), Warburton, P. (Project Member) & Valev, V. (Supervisor), University of Bath, 3 May 2018
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00483
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Dataset for "Circular dichroism in higher-order diffraction beams from chiral quasi-planar nanostructures"
Kuppe, C. (Creator), Williams, C. (Project Member), You, J. (Creator), Collins, J. (Project Member), Gordeev, S. (Creator), Wilkinson, T. (Project Member), Panoiu, N. (Creator) & Valev, V. (Supervisor), University of Bath, 27 Mar 2018
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00479
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Dataset for "Atomic dispensers for thermoplasmonic control of alkali vapor pressure in quantum optical applications"
Rusimova, K. (Creator), Slavov, D. (Creator), Pradaux-Caggiano, F. (Creator), Collins, J. (Creator), Gordeev, S. (Creator), Carbery, D. (Creator), Mosley, P. (Creator), Wadsworth, W. (Creator) & Valev, V. (Creator), University of Bath, 24 May 2019
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00529
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Strong Rotational Anisotropies Affect Nonlinear Chiral Metamaterials
Valev, V. (Creator), Hooper, D. (Creator) & Collins, J. (Creator), University of Bath, 2017
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00327
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Dataset for "Second Harmonic Generation Optical Rotation Solely Attributable to Chirality in Plasmonic Metasurfaces"
Collins, J. (Creator), Hooper, D. (Creator), Mark, A. (Creator), Kuppe, C. (Creator) & Valev, V. (Supervisor), University of Bath, 31 May 2018
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00520
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