Dr Simon Hanna
M.A., Ph.D.(Cantab.)
Current positions
Reader in Physics
School of Physics
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Research interests
My primary research interest is in the physics of holographic optical tweezers and their applications in nanoscience. This work forms part of the Dynamic Holographic Assembler project.
I have co-authored a book on Liquid Crystalline Polymers
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
LIQUID CRYSTALS FOR TELECOM SYSTEMS (COMIT FARADAY PARTNERSHIP)
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of PhysicsDates
01/10/2003 to 01/10/2005
DETERMINATION OF THE STRUCTURE OF POLYMERIC SURFACES
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of PhysicsDates
01/04/1997 to 01/04/2000
Thesis supervisions
Particle Size Anisotropy Analysis in Single Particle Tracking using the T-Matrix Method
Supervisors
Projecting proteins and random walks
Supervisors
Mobility and Separation of Knotted Polymers
Supervisors
Coarse-grained modelling of blood cell mechanics
Supervisors
Optical Forces in Complex Systems
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
12/03/2024Optical trapping and binding of mixed refractive index particles
Complex Light and Optical Forces XVIII
Optical forces and torques in skyrmionic beams
On the suitability of rigorous coupled-wave analysis for fast optical force simulations
Journal of Optics
Dynamics of mixed refractive index particles in complex fields
Lateral optical force optimisation based on periodic arrays of a single motif
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