Maria Hadjipanayi

Name Maria Hadjipanayi
Work Groups Work Group 2 - Characterisation
Laboratory Photovoltaic Technology Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Organisation University of Cyprus
Website http://www.pvtechnology.ucy.ac.cy/pvtechnology/
Areas of Research optical characterization of nanomaterials, materials for photovoltaic applications
Research Keywords quantum dots, nanowires, photoluminescence, near-field

Areas of Future Interest bionanotechnology, photovoltaics

  • Strongly coupled single quantum dot in a photonic crystal waveguide cavity F.S.F. Brossard, X. L. Xu, D.A. Williams, M. Hadjipanayi, M Hopkinson, X. Wang, R.A. Taylor, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 97, (2010) p. 111101
  • Towards registered single quantum dot photonic devices K. H. Lee, F. S. F. Brossard, M. Hadjipanayi, X. Xu, F. Waldermann, A. M. Green, D. N. Sharp, A. J. Turberfield, D. A. Williams and R. A. Taylor, Nanotechnology, Vol. 19, Issue 45, (2008) p.455307
  • Scanning near-field photoluminescence mapping of (110) InAs-GaAs self-assembled quantum dots M. Hadjipanayi, A. C. Maciel, J. F. Ryan, D. Wasserman and S. A. Lyon, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 85, Issue 13, (2004) p.2535

    • Brief CV
    My research interests involve the study of the fundamental physics of solid-state nanostructures which exhibit novel optoelectronic characteristics such as semiconductor quantum dots, quantum wires, carbon fullerenes, nanotubes, oxide nanoparticles, etc.
    Brief CV:
    a) experienced in optical spectroscopy of nanomaterials
    b) 4 years experience of scanning near-field optical microscopy (SNOM)
    c) experienced with argon-ion, Ti:Sapphire (Mai-Tai, Mira) and dye lasers
    d) experienced with optical fibres
    e) familiar with semiconductor processing: metal evaporation and wire-bonding
    f) experienced with photolithographic procedures: photoresist spinning, laser exposure and developing
    g) experienced in cryogenics
    h) familiar with LabView, Matlab, Maple and Mathematica