Nokia Research Center

Research Interests

Nanostructured sensors: The huge increase in surface-to-volume ratio as materials are reduced to nanoscale sizes offers real advantages for sensing.  We are exploiting the vast sensitivity of nanomaterials to their environment in the development of intelligent, context-aware sensing systems.   

Nanomanufacturing: We are focused on bridging the gap between the nanoscale and the macroscale.  For instance, nanostructures possess properties that make them ideal for a diverse range of applications but this can only happen if they can be assembled to interface with larger, macroscopic systems.  We are currently investigating approaches for the directed assembly of nanowires using dielectrophoresis and other self-assembly techniques.

Research Projects

Nanosensing Architectures project as part of the Rich Context Modelling focus area.

Collaborative projects with University of Cambridge working in the areas of self-assembled plasmonic structures, graphene optoelectronics and nanowire-based biosensors.

Industrial supervisor on a University of Cambridge MPhil project focusing on the fabrication and characterisation of flexible graphene devices.

Conferences

Richard White; Antti Niskanen; Alan Colli; Hongwei Li; Elisabetta Spigone; Jani Kivioja, Nanonose: Machine Learning with Nanowire Sensors, EuroNanoForum , Budapest, Hungary (2011)

Other Information

Postgraduate degree: PhD Nanoscience (Engineering), University of Cambridge, 2008.

Degree: MEng Electrical Engineering, University of Cambridge, 2003.