Research in the Kadodwala group has has three themes: (a) spectroscopic investigations of the electronic properties of nanostructured materials on surfaces; (b) the development of new electron-based chirally sensitive spectroscopic techniques; (c) the develop-ment of novel chiroptical spectroscopic probes. Kadodwala currently holds an MRC discipline-hopping grant (Ref. G0902256), which is directly related to this proposal. The “hop” has enabled him to focus entirely on research and acquiring new skills in the life sciences.

Hendry, E., Mikhaylovskiy, R., Barron, L., Kadodwala, M., and Davis, T.J. (2012) Chiral electromagnetic fields generated by arrays of nanoslits. Nano Letters, 12(7), pp. 3640-3644. (doi:10.1021/nl3012787) Abdulrahman, N.A., Fan, Z., Tonooka, T., Kelly, S.M., Gadegaard, N., Hendry, E., Govorov, A.O., and Kadodwala, M. (2012) Induced chirality through electromagnetic coupling between chiral molecular layers and plasmonic nanostructures. Nano Letters, 12(2), pp. 977-983. (doi:10.1021/nl204055r) Hendry, E., Carpy, T., Johnston, J., Popland, M., Mikhaylovskiy, R.V., Lapthorn, A., Kelly, S.M., Barron, L.D., Gadegaard, N., and Kadodwala, M. (2010) Ultrasensitive detection and characterization of biomolecules using superchiral fields. Nature Nanotechnology, 5(11), pp. 783-787. (doi:10.1038/nnano.2010.209) Fleming, C., Long, D. L., McMillan, N., Johnston, J., Bovet, N., Dhanak, V., Gadegaard, N., Kogerler, P., Cronin, L., and Kadodwala, M. (2008) Reversible electron-transfer reactions within a nanoscale metal oxide cage mediated by metallic substrates. Nature Nanotechnology, 3(4), pp. 229-233. (doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.66)