Dr Kristy Vernon
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Personal details
Keywords
metal nanostructures, plasmons, quantum dots, sensing, waveguiding
Research field
Optical Physics, Materials Engineering, Nanotechnology
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (Queensland University of Technology)
- Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice (Queensland University of Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
Teaching
Unit co-ordinator for Mathematical Methods in Physics (PVB202) 2014-2015
Unit co-ordinator of Physics Research (PVB304) 2015
Publications
- Vernon, K., Funston, A., Novo, C., Gomez, D., Mulvaney, P. & Davis, T. (2010). Influence of particle-substrate interaction on localized plasmon resonances. Nano Letters, 10(6), 2080–2086. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/44542
- Hettiarachchige, C., Vernon, K., Funston, A., Cheng, H., Eftekhari, F. & Davis, T. (2015). Excitation of bound plasmons along nanoscale stripe waveguides: a comparison of end and grating coupling techniques. Optics Express, 23(8), 10188–10197. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/83671
- Mcleod, A., Vernon, K., Rider, A. & Ostrikov, K. (2014). Optical coupling of gold nanoparticles on vertical graphenes to maximize SERS response. Optics Letters, 39(8), 2334–2337. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/70105
- Notarianni, M., Vernon, K., Chou, A., Aljada, M., Liu, J. & Motta, N. (2014). Plasmonic effect of gold nanoparticles in organic solar cells. Solar Energy, 106, 23–37. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/65280
- Funston, A., Gomez, D., Karg, M., Vernon, K., Davis, T. & Mulvaney, P. (2013). Aligned linear arrays of crystalline nanoparticles. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 4(12), 1994–2001. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/77240
- Gomez, D., Vernon, K., Mulvaney, P. & Davis, T. (2010). Coherent superposition of exciton states in quantum dots induced by surface plasmons. Applied Physics Letters, 96(7), 1–3. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/45247
- Vernon, K., Davis, T., Scholes, F., Gomez, D. & Lau, D. (2010). Physical mechanisms behind the SERS enhancement of pyramidal pit substrates. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 41(10), 1106–1111. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/44563
- Davis, T., Gomez, D. & Vernon, K. (2010). Simple model for the hybridization of surface plasmon resonances in metallic nanoparticles. Nano Letters, 10(7), 2618–2625. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/45066
- Gomez, D., Vernon, K., Mulvaney, P. & Davis, T. (2010). Surface plasmon mediated strong exciton-photon coupling in semiconductor nanocrystals. Nano Letters, 10(1), 274–278. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/45391
- Davis, T., Vernon, K. & Gomez, D. (2009). Designing plasmonic systems using optical coupling between nanoparticles. Physical Review B, 79(15), 1–10. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/45328
QUT ePrints
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Awards
- Type
- Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- Invited speaker at AIP2014
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- Editorial board
- Type
- Recipient of a Nationally Competitive Research Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2011
- Details
- Fellowship Type: ARC Principal Research FellowshipDP110101454, APD (2011-2013)"Boolean plasmonics: the design of nano-optical logic gates"$375,000
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2011
- Details
- Young Tall Poppy Science Award
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2007
- Details
- Fulbright Postgraduate Award - scholarship to study and undertake research at the University of California, Berkeley
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- Australian Optical Society Postgraduate Award
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- University Medal
Selected research projects
- Title
- Boolean Plasmonics: The Design of Nano-Optical Logic Gates
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP110101454
- Start year
- 2011
- Keywords
- Plasmon Waveguide; Quantum Dot; Lithography; Logic Gate
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.