Research Interests and Activities

Current Research Activities

Photophysics of semiconductor nanocrystals

Spontaneous emission of light in photonic crystals

Propagation of waves in complex nanostructures (photonic crystals, fractal multilayers, quasiperiodic media)

Surface enhanced Raman scattering, surface enhanced fluorescence and single molecule detection

Ongoing Research Projects

National Program for Basic Research:
Propagation, transformation and emission of electromagnetic waves in semiconductor nanostructures and mesoscopic systems with modified density of photon states (2001-2005)
Headed by S.V.Gaponenko, A.V.Lavrinenko

Basic Research Foundation of Belarus:
- Electron spin resonance in semiconductor nanosrystals (2002-2004)
Headed by S.A.Mikhnov
- Wave propagation in fractal micro- and nanostructures (2003-2005)
Headed by S.V.Zhukovsky

INTAS:
- Enhanced Raman scattering and luminescence in periodic nanostructures
(2002-2004)
- Tunable photonic crystals (2002-2004)

Swiss National Science Foundation
Synthesis and investigation of semiconductor nanotubes (2001-2004)

For information on completed projects, see our Projects page