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POLIMA is very happy to announce that Daniel Miranda has started as a new POLIMA PhD student. Daniel is a talented student arriving from University of Minho where he has been supervised by POLIMA adjunct Professor Nuno Peres.

Daniel Miranda possesses an educational background in physics, with a bachelor's and master’s degree from the University of Minho in Portugal. 
During his Master studies, Daniel has worked on two topics. First, he investigated one-dimensional systems mainly studying how their topological and localization properties change in the presence of a quasi-periodic potential. The second project consisted of the study of plasmons in a tunable graphene-based plasmonic crystal, alongside the topological properties of the many plasmonic. During both works, which were analytical for the most part, he significantly developed his mathematical and numerical techniques. The contact with plasmonics heavily influenced his choice to join POLIMA and work on the topic.

His Ph.D research focusses on tunable graphene-based nano-structures, i.e nanoribbon arrays, and how they interact with light. By changing the properties of the graphene structure, like doping, size and lattice parameter, it is possible to alter the optical response, change the resonance frequency and even induce field localization. The project’s ultimate goal is to advance our current knowledge on graphene plasmonics and propose flexible nano-devices, whose plasmonic and optical properties can be easily tuned at will, finding their way into experimental research and technology. Daniel’s PhD position is funded by the POLIMA Center of Excellence grant from Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF).