Plasmonic Forces

I am studying the momentum transfer from fast electrons, like those typically used in electron microscopy, to metallic nanoparticles of few nanometers in size, looking for an explanation for the unexpected theoretical result, and later demonstrated experimentally, of repulsion effect between the probe and the target, opening the possibility of using electron beams as a powerful nano-manipulation tool and as a trapping technique for particles or small molecules.

I am studying the momentum transfer from fast electrons, like those typically used in electron microscopy, to metallic nanoparticles of few nanometers in size, looking for an explanation for the unexpected theoretical result, and later demonstrated experimentally, of repulsion effect between the probe and the target, opening the possibility of using electron beams as a powerful nano-manipulation tool and as a trapping technique for particles or small molecules.

This project involves analytical calculations and high-demanding computing calculations, as well as state of the art experiments. In this topic there are available positions from social service, undergraduate, master to PhD thesis, working either/both theoretical and computing physics.