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Daniel's research is concerned with both the theory and application of artificially structured electromagnetic materials for photonic engineering, quantum technologies, and energy applications.

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  • Conformal CVD-grown MoS2 on Three-dimensional Woodpile Photonic Crystals for Photonic Bandgap Engineering, Taverne, M., Zheng, X., Chen, Y., Morgan, K., Chen, L., Meethale Palakkool, N., Rezaie, D., Awachi, H., Rarity, J., Hewak, D., Huang, C., Ho, Y. 26 May 2023, In: ACS Applied Optical Materials
  • Observation of Complete Photonic Bandgap in Low Refractive Index Contrast Inverse Rod-Connected Diamond Structured Chalcogenides, Chen, L., Morgan, K., Alzaidy, G., Huang, C., Ho, Y., Taverne, M., Zheng, X., Ren, Z., Feng, Z., Zeimpekis, I., Hewak, D., Rarity, J. 15 May 2019, In: ACS Photonics
  • Indirect optical trapping using light driven micro-rotors for reconfigurable hydrodynamic manipulation, Būtaitė, U., Gibson, G., Ho, Y., Taverne, M., Taylor, J., Phillips , D. 14 Mar 2019, In: Nature Communications
  • Orbital angular momentum vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers, Li, H., Phillips , D., Wang, X., Ho, Y., Chen, L., Zhou, ., Zhu, J., Yu, S., Cai, X. 20 Jun 2015, In: Optica
  • Shape-induced force fields in optical trapping, Phillips , D., Padgett, M., Hanna, S., Ho, ., Carberry, D., Miles, M., Simpson, S. May 2014, In: Nature Photonics

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  • Topology-optimised metasurface architectures for solar-thermal absorption, Ho, D. (Principal Investigator), The Royal Society, 21/03/22 - 20/03/23, 0.00
  • 3D Nanophotonics in Artificially Structured Chalcogenide Materials, Ho, D. (Principal Investigator), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, 01/06/21 - 31/05/24, £474,704.00
  • Lingusitics Course, Busawon, K. (Principal Investigator), Ho, D. (Co Investigator), Regional Center and Nancy Territorial Center | Epinal, 01/03/20 - 30/04/20, 0.00

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  • Oral presentation: Fabrication of Novel 3D Structured Electrode for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Generation Applications using Additive Manufacturing 2023
  • Other: Additive Nano-Manufacturing of Multi-Functional Materials for Smart Stents Sensing - PI: Dr. Yu-Sheng Lin (Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology); Co-PIs: Dr. Daniel Ho (Northumbria University), Dr. Kevin Chung-Che Huang (University of Southampton), Dr. Shuangyi Yan (University of Bristol), and Dr. Chen-Hsun Weng (National Cheng Kung University), funded by the Academia Sinica of Taiwan & U.S. National Academy of Medicine (2022 Healthy Longevity Grand Challenge Competition), value (US$): 100,000, 01/09/2022 – 31/08/2024. 2022

Nadira Meethale Palakkool Design Strategies of Solid-State Electrochemical Devices based on Precious Metal-Free 3D Electrodes Start Date: 01/03/2022

Accepting PhD Students to join the Nanophotonic Engineering Laboratory (NEL)

If you are an exceptional candidate with an interest in the following topics, please contact: daniel.ho@northumbria.ac.uk or mike.taverne@northumbria.ac.uk

  • Three-dimensional Nanophotonics in Artificially Structured Materials.
  • Artificially Nano-structured Materials for Three-dimensional Electrodes and Catalysts.
  • Scalable Two-dimensional Layered Materials for Efficient Quantum Photon Sources.
  • Topology-optimised Metasurface Architectures for Solar-Thermal Absorption.
  • Additive Micro/Nano-manufacturing of Structured Piezoelectric Active Materials for Intelligent Stent Monitoring.
  • Micro-Nanostructure-Stabilized Liquid-Crystalline Blue-Phase.

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  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering PhD June 20 2007
  • Electrical Engineering BSc June 30 1999
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy FHEA

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