Professor Alasdair Clark

  • Professor of Nanoscale Engineering (Biomedical Engineering)

email: Alasdair.Clark@glasgow.ac.uk

Advanced Research Centre, Level 4, 11 Chapel Lane, Glasgow, G11 6EW

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776

Biography

Alasdair Clark is a Professor of Nanoscale Engineering working in the James Watt School of Engineering at the University of Glasgow. Alasdair leads the Nanophotonic Devices research group. 

Research interests

Website

https://awclarkresearch.com/

PDRA position available - deadline 5th January 2026

Apply here: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPO752/research-associate
We are recruiting a PDRA to develop a new sensing tool with real-world impact.
This PDRA will lead the development of a compact device for on-site detection of trace contaminants in whisky, working in partnership with the Scotch Whisky Research Institute.
The PDRA will take a proven nanophotonic sensor and integrate the optical, fluidic, and software components needed to turn it into a deployable prototype.
If you’re a pratically-minded engineer who enjoys hands-on system integration and wants to work at the interface of photonics, sensors, and industry, we’d be thrilled to receive your application.

Nanophotonic Tongue Sensors

Research Interests

Prof. Clark’s research concentrates on practical applications of photonic metasurfaces; novel, nano-engineered devices based on the interaction of light with nanostructures. Prof. Clark’s group develops new nanophotonic materials and devices for applications optics, photonics, bio-imaging, sensing, diagnostics, and DNA nanotechnology.

PhD Positions - 2025

If you are interested in studying as a PhD student in my group please follow the links below for more information. 

PhD - Artificial Taste Buds for industrial, medical, and environmental applications

PhD - Nano-Photonic Metasurfaces for Optical Communications

PhD - Reconfigurable Metasurfaces

PhD - Plasmonics for Security Labelling

PhD - DNA Origami as a self-assembly tool for applications in sensing, therapeutics, and engineering

Contact alasdair.clark@glasgow.ac.uk to apply

 
 
 

 

Expertise

Plasmonics, electron-beam lithography, nanolithography, structural colour, molecular nanopatterning, self assembly, nanophotonics, optics, biosensing, biosensors, sensors, molecular assembly, colorimetrics, metamaterials, metasurfaces, synthetic biology, DNA Origami, DNA nano-patterning, DNA nanotechnology, nanomaterials, plasmon, surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), structural color, cross-reactive sensors, artificial tongue sensors.

Publications

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2025

Sperling, J. R. et al. (2025) An integrated plasmonic sensing array for chemical fingerprinting and flavour profiling in beverages and other liquids. ACS Sensors, (doi: 10.1021/acssensors.5c02485) (PMID:41043109) (Early Online Publication)

2024

Wills, Max F.K., Alejo, Carlos Bueno, Hundt, Nikolas, Santana-Vega, Marina, Taladriz-Sender, Andrea, Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776, Hudson, Andrew J. and Eperon, Ian C. (2024) FluoroTensor: identification and tracking of colocalised molecules and their stoichiometries in multi-colour single molecule imaging via deep learning. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 23, pp. 918-928. (doi: 10.1016/j.csbj.2024.02.004)

Schulz, S. A. et al. (2024) Roadmap on photonic metasurfaces. Applied Physics Letters, 124(26), 260701. (doi: 10.1063/5.0204694)

Angelucci, Sara, Chen, Zhaozhong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7005-8855, Skvarenina, Ľubomír, Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776, Vallés, Adam and Lavery, Martin P.J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6419-421X (2024) Structured light enhanced machine learning for fiber bend sensing. Optics Express, 32(5), pp. 7882-7895. (doi: 10.1364/OE.513829)

Kara, H. et al. (2024) 2′-19F labelling of ribose in RNAs: a tool to analyse RNA/Protein interactions by NMR in physiological conditions. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 11, 1325041. (doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2024.1325041) (PMID:38419689) (PMCID:PMC10899400)

2023

Sperling, J. R. et al. (2023) A cross-reactive plasmonic sensing array for drinking water assessment. Environmental Science: Nano, 10(12), pp. 3500-3508. (doi: 10.1039/D3EN00565H) (PMID:38073859)

Mcguire, K. et al. (2023) Supramolecular click chemistry for surface modification of quantum dots mediated by Cucurbit[7]uril. ACS Nano, 17(21), pp. 21585-21594. (doi: 10.1021/acsnano.3c06601) (PMID:37922402)

Christie, Iain, Peveler, William J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9829-2683 and Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 (2023) Optimising Cross-Reactive Plasmonic Arrays for Biosensing Applications. In: SPIE BiOS 2023: Plasmonics in Biology and Medicine XX, San Francisco, CA, USA, 28 Jan - 03 Feb 2023, (doi: 10.1117/12.2649244)

Onilude, Hammed A., Santana Vega, Marina and Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 (2023) Functionalisation of 20 nm Citrate-Coated Gold Nanoparticles Using Perfluorodecanethiol. In: SPIE OPTO 2023, San Francisco, CA, USA, 28 Jan-3 Feb 2023, (doi: 10.1117/12.2649965)

Santana Vega, M. et al. (2023) A New Platform for Single Molecule Measurements Using the Fluorous Effect. In: SPIE BiOS 2023: Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Superresolution Imaging XVI, San Francisco, CA, USA, 28 Jan - 03 Feb 2023, (doi: 10.1117/12.2647953)

Govenlock, Greig, Boehme, Lars and Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 (2023) Nanoplasmonic Ecosystem Sensors. In: SPIE BiOS 2023: Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics, Treatment and Environmental Applications XXIII, San Francisco, CA, USA, 28 Jan - 03 Feb 2023, (doi: 10.1117/12.2649117)

Sperling, Justin R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1708-2474, Savage, Laurie, Wilson, Liam T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7005-3587, Cuthill, Calum, Mcguire, Katie, Robbie, Jill ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5376-8908, Sloan, William D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Gauchotte-Lindsay, Caroline ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4970-5031, Peveler, William J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9829-2683 and Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 (2023) Optical Tastebuds for Water Quality Testing. In: SPIE BiOS 2023: Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics, Treatment and Environmental Applications XXIII, San Francisco, CA, USA, 28 Jan - 03 Feb 2023, (doi: 10.1117/12.2647396)

Zou, J. et al. (2023) Fluorous-directed assembly of DNA origami nanostructures. ACS Nano, 17(1), pp. 752-759. (doi: 10.1021/acsnano.2c10727) (PMID:36537902) (PMCID:PMC9835977)

Sperling, J. R. et al. (2023) Optical Tastebuds for Water Analysis. In: Applied Industrial Spectroscopy 2023, Munich, Germany, 30 Jul - 03 Aug 2023, ISBN 9781957171241 (doi: 10.1364/AIS.2023.AM2A.6)

2022

Bueno-Alejo, C. J. et al. (2022) Surface passivation with a perfluoroalkane brush improves the precision of single-molecule measurements. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 14(44), pp. 49604-49616. (doi: 10.1021/acsami.2c16647) (PMID:36306432) (PMCID:PMC9650645)

Lavery, Martin P. J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6419-421X, Angelucci, Sara, Chen, Zhaozhong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7005-8855, Clark, Alasdair ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 and Valles, Adam (2022) Fiber Bend Position Sensor Enhanced by Twisted Light. SPIE OPTO 2022, San Francisco, California, United States, 22-27 January 2022. (doi: 10.1117/12.2610357)

2019

Zhang, Shuailong, Li, Weizhen, Elsayed, Mohamed, Tian, Pengfei, Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776, Wheeler, Aaron R. and Neale, Steven L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X (2019) Size-scaling effects for microparticles and cells manipulated by optoelectronic tweezers. Optics Letters, 44(17), pp. 4171-4174. (doi: 10.1364/OL.44.004171) (PMID:31465355)

Macias, Gerard, Sperling, Justin R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1708-2474, Peveler, William J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9829-2683, Burley, Glenn A., Neale, Steven L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X and Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 (2019) Whisky tasting using a bimetallic nanoplasmonic tongue. Nanoscale, 11(32), pp. 15216-15223. (doi: 10.1039/C9NR04583J) (PMID:31384879)

Sperling, Justin R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1708-2474, Macias Sotuela, Gerard, Burley, Glenn A., Neale, Steven L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X and Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 (2019) Nanoplasmonic discrimination of organic solvents using a bimetallic optical tongue. In: SPIE BiOS 2019, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2-7 Feb 2019, 108950G. (doi: 10.1117/12.2507275)

2018

Sperling, Justin R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1708-2474, Macias, Gerard, Neale, Steven L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X and Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 (2018) Multilayered nanoplasmonic arrays for self-referenced biosensing. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 10(40), pp. 34774-34780. (doi: 10.1021/acsami.8b12604) (PMID:30207457)

2017

Zhang, S. et al. (2017) Manufacturing with light – micro-assembly of opto-electronic microstructures. Optics Express, 25(23), pp. 28838-28850. (doi: 10.1364/OE.25.028838)

Heydari, Esmaeil, Sperling, Justin R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1708-2474, Neale, Steven L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X and Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 (2017) Plasmonic color filters as dual-state nanopixels for high-density microimage encoding. Advanced Functional Materials, 27(35), 1701866. (doi: 10.1002/adfm.201701866)

Sperling, Justin R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1708-2474, Neale, Steven L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X and Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 (2017) Bridging the gap: rewritable electronics using real-time light-induced dielectrophoresis on lithium niobate. Scientific Reports, 7, 9660. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-09877-9) (PMID:28851963) (PMCID:PMC5575290)

Flynn, Gabriella E., Withers, Jamie M., Macias, Gerard, Sperling, Justin R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1708-2474, Henry, Sarah L., Cooper, Jonathan M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050, Burley, Glenn A. and Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 (2017) Reversible DNA micro-patterning using the fluorous effect. Chemical Communications, 53(21), pp. 3094-3097. (doi: 10.1039/C7CC00288B) (PMID:28243661) (PMCID:PMC5358500)

2016

Heydari, Esmaeil, Li, Zhibo, Cooper, Jonathan M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 and Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 (2016) Polarization switchable two-color plasmonic nano-pixels for creating optical surfaces encoded with dual information states. Proceedings of the SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering, 9756, 975619. (doi: 10.1117/12.2209103)

Henry, Sarah L., Withers, Jamie M., Singh, Ishwar, Cooper, Jonathan M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050, Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776, Burley, Glenn A. and Cogdell, Richard J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2119-6607 (2016) DNA-directed spatial assembly of photosynthetic light-harvesting proteins. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 14(4), pp. 1359-1362. (doi: 10.1039/c5ob02351c) (PMID:26660647)

Li, Zhibo, Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 and Cooper, Jonathan M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2016) Dual color plasmonic pixels create a polarization controlled nano color palette. ACS Nano, 10(1), pp. 492-498. (doi: 10.1021/acsnano.5b05411) (PMID:26631346)

2015

Kashmery, Heba A., Thompson, David G., Dondi, Ruggero, Mabbott, Samuel, Graham, Duncan, Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 and Burley, Glenn A. (2015) SERS enhancement of silver nanoparticles prepared by a template-directed triazole ligand strategy. Chemical Communications, 51(65), pp. 13028-13031. (doi: 10.1039/C5CC02883C) (PMID:26179948)

Heydari, Esmaeil, Thompson, David, Graham, Duncan, Cooper, Jonathan M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 and Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 (2015) An Engineered Nano-Plasmonic Biosensing Surface for Colorimetric and SERS Detection of DNA-Hybridization Events. In: Plasmonics in Biology and Medicine XII, San Francisco CA, USA, 7-8 Feb 2015, 93400O. (doi: 10.1117/12.2076915)

2014

Kashmery, Heba A., Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776, Dondi, Ruggero, Fallows, Andrew J., Cullis, Paul M. and Burley, Glenn A. (2014) Defining the structural parameters of tri­azole ligands in the templated synthesis of silver nanoparticles. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2014(28), pp. 4886-4895. (doi: 10.1002/ejic.201402593)

Li, Zhibo, Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 and Cooper, Jonathan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2014) Annular nanoplasmonic void arrays as tunable surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy substrates. Applied Physics Letters, 105(3), 033115. (doi: 10.1063/1.4891537)

Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776, Thompson, David G., Graham, Duncan and Cooper, Jonathan M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2014) Engineering DNA binding sites to assemble and tune plasmonic nanostructures. Advanced Materials, 26(25), pp. 4286-4292. (doi: 10.1002/adma.201400510)

Neale, Steven L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X, Witte, Christian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3023-7968, Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776, Reboud, Julien ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6879-8405 and Cooper, Jonathan M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2014) Optoelectronic cell lysis. In: Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XI, San Diego, CA, USA, 17-21 Aug 2014, p. 916425. (doi: 10.1117/12.2062186)

2013

Clark, A.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 and Cooper, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2013) Molecularly defined plasmonic engineering to visualize antibody binding events by eye. In: SPIE Plasmonics in Biology and Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA, 02 Feb 2013, 85970Q-85970Q. (doi: 10.1117/12.2003130)

Singh, I., Wendeln, C., Clark, A.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776, Cooper, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050, Ravoo, B.J. and Burley, G.A. (2013) Sequence-selective detection of double-stranded dna sequences using pyrrole–imidazole polyamide microarrays. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(9), pp. 3449-3457. (doi: 10.1021/ja309677h)

2012

Clark, A.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 and Cooper, J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2012) Plasmon shaping using protein nanoarrays and molecular lithography to engineer structural color. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 51(15), pp. 3562-3566. (doi: 10.1002/anie.201108007)

2011

Clark, A.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 and Cooper, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2011) Nanogap ring antennae as plasmonically coupled SERRS substrates. Small, 7(1), pp. 119-125. (doi: 10.1002/smll.201001438)

2010

Clark, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 and Cooper, J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2010) Optical properties of multiple-split nanophotonic ring antennae. Advanced Materials, 22(36), pp. 4025-4029. (doi: 10.1002/adma.201000131)

2009

Clark, A.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776, Glidle, A., Cumming, D.R.S. and Cooper, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2009) Plasmonic split-ring resonators as dichroic nanophotonic DNA biosensors. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131(48), pp. 17615-17619. (doi: 10.1021/ja905910q)

Cleary, A., Clark, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776, Glidle, A., Cooper, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 and Cumming, D.R.S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7838-8362 (2009) Fabrication of double split metallic nanorings for Raman sensing. Microelectronic Engineering, 86(4-6), pp. 1146-1149. (doi: 10.1016/j.mee.2009.02.008)

2008

Clark, A.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776, Glidle, A., Cumming, D.R.S. and Cooper, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2008) Nanophotonic split-ring resonators as dichroics for molecular spectroscopy. Applied Physics Letters, 93(2), 023121. (doi: 10.1063/1.2956389)

2007

Sheridan, A.K., Clark, A.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776, Glidle, A., Cooper, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 and Cumming, D.R.S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7838-8362 (2007) Fabrication and tuning of nanoscale metallic ring and split-ring arrays. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures, 25(6), p. 2628. (doi: 10.1116/1.2794328)

Clark, A.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776, Sheridan, A.K., Glidle, A., Cumming, D.R.S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7838-8362 and Cooper, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2007) Tuneable visible resonances in crescent shaped nano-split-ring resonators. Applied Physics Letters, 91, (doi: 10.1063/1.2772180)

Sheridan, A.K., Clark, A.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776, Glidle, A., Cooper, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 and Cumming, D.R.S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7838-8362 (2007) Multiple plasmon resonances from gold nanostructures. Applied Physics Letters, 90(14), p. 143105. (doi: 10.1063/1.2719161)

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Articles

Sperling, J. R. et al. (2025) An integrated plasmonic sensing array for chemical fingerprinting and flavour profiling in beverages and other liquids. ACS Sensors, (doi: 10.1021/acssensors.5c02485) (PMID:41043109) (Early Online Publication)

Wills, Max F.K., Alejo, Carlos Bueno, Hundt, Nikolas, Santana-Vega, Marina, Taladriz-Sender, Andrea, Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776, Hudson, Andrew J. and Eperon, Ian C. (2024) FluoroTensor: identification and tracking of colocalised molecules and their stoichiometries in multi-colour single molecule imaging via deep learning. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 23, pp. 918-928. (doi: 10.1016/j.csbj.2024.02.004)

Schulz, S. A. et al. (2024) Roadmap on photonic metasurfaces. Applied Physics Letters, 124(26), 260701. (doi: 10.1063/5.0204694)

Angelucci, Sara, Chen, Zhaozhong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7005-8855, Skvarenina, Ľubomír, Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776, Vallés, Adam and Lavery, Martin P.J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6419-421X (2024) Structured light enhanced machine learning for fiber bend sensing. Optics Express, 32(5), pp. 7882-7895. (doi: 10.1364/OE.513829)

Kara, H. et al. (2024) 2′-19F labelling of ribose in RNAs: a tool to analyse RNA/Protein interactions by NMR in physiological conditions. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 11, 1325041. (doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2024.1325041) (PMID:38419689) (PMCID:PMC10899400)

Sperling, J. R. et al. (2023) A cross-reactive plasmonic sensing array for drinking water assessment. Environmental Science: Nano, 10(12), pp. 3500-3508. (doi: 10.1039/D3EN00565H) (PMID:38073859)

Mcguire, K. et al. (2023) Supramolecular click chemistry for surface modification of quantum dots mediated by Cucurbit[7]uril. ACS Nano, 17(21), pp. 21585-21594. (doi: 10.1021/acsnano.3c06601) (PMID:37922402)

Zou, J. et al. (2023) Fluorous-directed assembly of DNA origami nanostructures. ACS Nano, 17(1), pp. 752-759. (doi: 10.1021/acsnano.2c10727) (PMID:36537902) (PMCID:PMC9835977)

Bueno-Alejo, C. J. et al. (2022) Surface passivation with a perfluoroalkane brush improves the precision of single-molecule measurements. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 14(44), pp. 49604-49616. (doi: 10.1021/acsami.2c16647) (PMID:36306432) (PMCID:PMC9650645)

Zhang, Shuailong, Li, Weizhen, Elsayed, Mohamed, Tian, Pengfei, Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776, Wheeler, Aaron R. and Neale, Steven L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X (2019) Size-scaling effects for microparticles and cells manipulated by optoelectronic tweezers. Optics Letters, 44(17), pp. 4171-4174. (doi: 10.1364/OL.44.004171) (PMID:31465355)

Macias, Gerard, Sperling, Justin R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1708-2474, Peveler, William J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9829-2683, Burley, Glenn A., Neale, Steven L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X and Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 (2019) Whisky tasting using a bimetallic nanoplasmonic tongue. Nanoscale, 11(32), pp. 15216-15223. (doi: 10.1039/C9NR04583J) (PMID:31384879)

Sperling, Justin R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1708-2474, Macias, Gerard, Neale, Steven L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X and Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 (2018) Multilayered nanoplasmonic arrays for self-referenced biosensing. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 10(40), pp. 34774-34780. (doi: 10.1021/acsami.8b12604) (PMID:30207457)

Zhang, S. et al. (2017) Manufacturing with light – micro-assembly of opto-electronic microstructures. Optics Express, 25(23), pp. 28838-28850. (doi: 10.1364/OE.25.028838)

Heydari, Esmaeil, Sperling, Justin R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1708-2474, Neale, Steven L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X and Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 (2017) Plasmonic color filters as dual-state nanopixels for high-density microimage encoding. Advanced Functional Materials, 27(35), 1701866. (doi: 10.1002/adfm.201701866)

Sperling, Justin R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1708-2474, Neale, Steven L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X and Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 (2017) Bridging the gap: rewritable electronics using real-time light-induced dielectrophoresis on lithium niobate. Scientific Reports, 7, 9660. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-09877-9) (PMID:28851963) (PMCID:PMC5575290)

Flynn, Gabriella E., Withers, Jamie M., Macias, Gerard, Sperling, Justin R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1708-2474, Henry, Sarah L., Cooper, Jonathan M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050, Burley, Glenn A. and Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 (2017) Reversible DNA micro-patterning using the fluorous effect. Chemical Communications, 53(21), pp. 3094-3097. (doi: 10.1039/C7CC00288B) (PMID:28243661) (PMCID:PMC5358500)

Heydari, Esmaeil, Li, Zhibo, Cooper, Jonathan M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 and Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 (2016) Polarization switchable two-color plasmonic nano-pixels for creating optical surfaces encoded with dual information states. Proceedings of the SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering, 9756, 975619. (doi: 10.1117/12.2209103)

Henry, Sarah L., Withers, Jamie M., Singh, Ishwar, Cooper, Jonathan M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050, Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776, Burley, Glenn A. and Cogdell, Richard J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2119-6607 (2016) DNA-directed spatial assembly of photosynthetic light-harvesting proteins. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 14(4), pp. 1359-1362. (doi: 10.1039/c5ob02351c) (PMID:26660647)

Li, Zhibo, Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 and Cooper, Jonathan M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2016) Dual color plasmonic pixels create a polarization controlled nano color palette. ACS Nano, 10(1), pp. 492-498. (doi: 10.1021/acsnano.5b05411) (PMID:26631346)

Kashmery, Heba A., Thompson, David G., Dondi, Ruggero, Mabbott, Samuel, Graham, Duncan, Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 and Burley, Glenn A. (2015) SERS enhancement of silver nanoparticles prepared by a template-directed triazole ligand strategy. Chemical Communications, 51(65), pp. 13028-13031. (doi: 10.1039/C5CC02883C) (PMID:26179948)

Kashmery, Heba A., Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776, Dondi, Ruggero, Fallows, Andrew J., Cullis, Paul M. and Burley, Glenn A. (2014) Defining the structural parameters of tri­azole ligands in the templated synthesis of silver nanoparticles. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2014(28), pp. 4886-4895. (doi: 10.1002/ejic.201402593)

Li, Zhibo, Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 and Cooper, Jonathan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2014) Annular nanoplasmonic void arrays as tunable surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy substrates. Applied Physics Letters, 105(3), 033115. (doi: 10.1063/1.4891537)

Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776, Thompson, David G., Graham, Duncan and Cooper, Jonathan M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2014) Engineering DNA binding sites to assemble and tune plasmonic nanostructures. Advanced Materials, 26(25), pp. 4286-4292. (doi: 10.1002/adma.201400510)

Singh, I., Wendeln, C., Clark, A.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776, Cooper, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050, Ravoo, B.J. and Burley, G.A. (2013) Sequence-selective detection of double-stranded dna sequences using pyrrole–imidazole polyamide microarrays. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(9), pp. 3449-3457. (doi: 10.1021/ja309677h)

Clark, A.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 and Cooper, J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2012) Plasmon shaping using protein nanoarrays and molecular lithography to engineer structural color. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 51(15), pp. 3562-3566. (doi: 10.1002/anie.201108007)

Clark, A.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 and Cooper, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2011) Nanogap ring antennae as plasmonically coupled SERRS substrates. Small, 7(1), pp. 119-125. (doi: 10.1002/smll.201001438)

Clark, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 and Cooper, J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2010) Optical properties of multiple-split nanophotonic ring antennae. Advanced Materials, 22(36), pp. 4025-4029. (doi: 10.1002/adma.201000131)

Clark, A.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776, Glidle, A., Cumming, D.R.S. and Cooper, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2009) Plasmonic split-ring resonators as dichroic nanophotonic DNA biosensors. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131(48), pp. 17615-17619. (doi: 10.1021/ja905910q)

Cleary, A., Clark, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776, Glidle, A., Cooper, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 and Cumming, D.R.S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7838-8362 (2009) Fabrication of double split metallic nanorings for Raman sensing. Microelectronic Engineering, 86(4-6), pp. 1146-1149. (doi: 10.1016/j.mee.2009.02.008)

Clark, A.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776, Glidle, A., Cumming, D.R.S. and Cooper, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2008) Nanophotonic split-ring resonators as dichroics for molecular spectroscopy. Applied Physics Letters, 93(2), 023121. (doi: 10.1063/1.2956389)

Sheridan, A.K., Clark, A.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776, Glidle, A., Cooper, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 and Cumming, D.R.S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7838-8362 (2007) Fabrication and tuning of nanoscale metallic ring and split-ring arrays. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures, 25(6), p. 2628. (doi: 10.1116/1.2794328)

Clark, A.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776, Sheridan, A.K., Glidle, A., Cumming, D.R.S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7838-8362 and Cooper, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2007) Tuneable visible resonances in crescent shaped nano-split-ring resonators. Applied Physics Letters, 91, (doi: 10.1063/1.2772180)

Sheridan, A.K., Clark, A.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776, Glidle, A., Cooper, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 and Cumming, D.R.S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7838-8362 (2007) Multiple plasmon resonances from gold nanostructures. Applied Physics Letters, 90(14), p. 143105. (doi: 10.1063/1.2719161)

Conference or Workshop Item

Lavery, Martin P. J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6419-421X, Angelucci, Sara, Chen, Zhaozhong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7005-8855, Clark, Alasdair ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 and Valles, Adam (2022) Fiber Bend Position Sensor Enhanced by Twisted Light. SPIE OPTO 2022, San Francisco, California, United States, 22-27 January 2022. (doi: 10.1117/12.2610357)

Conference Proceedings

Christie, Iain, Peveler, William J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9829-2683 and Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 (2023) Optimising Cross-Reactive Plasmonic Arrays for Biosensing Applications. In: SPIE BiOS 2023: Plasmonics in Biology and Medicine XX, San Francisco, CA, USA, 28 Jan - 03 Feb 2023, (doi: 10.1117/12.2649244)

Onilude, Hammed A., Santana Vega, Marina and Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 (2023) Functionalisation of 20 nm Citrate-Coated Gold Nanoparticles Using Perfluorodecanethiol. In: SPIE OPTO 2023, San Francisco, CA, USA, 28 Jan-3 Feb 2023, (doi: 10.1117/12.2649965)

Santana Vega, M. et al. (2023) A New Platform for Single Molecule Measurements Using the Fluorous Effect. In: SPIE BiOS 2023: Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Superresolution Imaging XVI, San Francisco, CA, USA, 28 Jan - 03 Feb 2023, (doi: 10.1117/12.2647953)

Govenlock, Greig, Boehme, Lars and Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 (2023) Nanoplasmonic Ecosystem Sensors. In: SPIE BiOS 2023: Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics, Treatment and Environmental Applications XXIII, San Francisco, CA, USA, 28 Jan - 03 Feb 2023, (doi: 10.1117/12.2649117)

Sperling, Justin R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1708-2474, Savage, Laurie, Wilson, Liam T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7005-3587, Cuthill, Calum, Mcguire, Katie, Robbie, Jill ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5376-8908, Sloan, William D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Gauchotte-Lindsay, Caroline ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4970-5031, Peveler, William J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9829-2683 and Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 (2023) Optical Tastebuds for Water Quality Testing. In: SPIE BiOS 2023: Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics, Treatment and Environmental Applications XXIII, San Francisco, CA, USA, 28 Jan - 03 Feb 2023, (doi: 10.1117/12.2647396)

Sperling, J. R. et al. (2023) Optical Tastebuds for Water Analysis. In: Applied Industrial Spectroscopy 2023, Munich, Germany, 30 Jul - 03 Aug 2023, ISBN 9781957171241 (doi: 10.1364/AIS.2023.AM2A.6)

Sperling, Justin R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1708-2474, Macias Sotuela, Gerard, Burley, Glenn A., Neale, Steven L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X and Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 (2019) Nanoplasmonic discrimination of organic solvents using a bimetallic optical tongue. In: SPIE BiOS 2019, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2-7 Feb 2019, 108950G. (doi: 10.1117/12.2507275)

Heydari, Esmaeil, Thompson, David, Graham, Duncan, Cooper, Jonathan M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 and Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 (2015) An Engineered Nano-Plasmonic Biosensing Surface for Colorimetric and SERS Detection of DNA-Hybridization Events. In: Plasmonics in Biology and Medicine XII, San Francisco CA, USA, 7-8 Feb 2015, 93400O. (doi: 10.1117/12.2076915)

Neale, Steven L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-276X, Witte, Christian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3023-7968, Clark, Alasdair W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776, Reboud, Julien ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6879-8405 and Cooper, Jonathan M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2014) Optoelectronic cell lysis. In: Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XI, San Diego, CA, USA, 17-21 Aug 2014, p. 916425. (doi: 10.1117/12.2062186)

Clark, A.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-5776 and Cooper, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-1050 (2013) Molecularly defined plasmonic engineering to visualize antibody binding events by eye. In: SPIE Plasmonics in Biology and Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA, 02 Feb 2013, 85970Q-85970Q. (doi: 10.1117/12.2003130)

This list was generated on Thu Dec 4 17:05:18 2025 GMT.

Grants

 

  • Industrial Funding, Plasmonic Sensors, Apr 23 - Apr 24. £270k
  • Industrial Funding, Plasmonic Sensors, Feb 22 - Apr 23. £255k
  • Industrial Funding, Plasmonic Sensors, August 21 - Feb 22. £100k
  • EPSRC, "Decentralised Water Technologies", 2021 - 2026, Co-I, £4M 
  • Industrial Funding, Plasmonic Sensors, January-June 2021. £100k
  • University of Sydney - University of Glasgow Partnership Collaboration Awards. In collaboration with Dr. Shelley Wickham. January 2020 - January 2021. £20k
  • BBSRC sLoLa, "How do RNA-Binding Proteins Control Splice Site Selection?", In collaboration the University of Strathclyde and the University of Leicester. April 2020 - April 2025. £4.1M
  • The Leverhulme Trust, "Macromolecular construction of DNA networks using the Fluorous effect", In collaboration with Prof. Glenn Burley, University of Strathclyde. Nov 2018 - Nov 2021. £335k. 
  • Royal Society Research Grant. November 2017 - November 2018. £12k
  • BBSRC Grant, "DNA-directed construction of three-dimensional photosynthetic assemblies" In collaboration with Dr. Glenn Burley, University of Strathclyde, and Prof. Richard Cogdell, University of Glasgow. Oct 2016- June 2020. £844k 
  • EPSRC First Grant. May 2016 - May 2017. £125k.
  • The Leverhulme Trust, "Photonic circuitry using DNA", In collaboration with Dr. Glenn Burley, University of Strathclyde. May 2015 - Nov 2017. £231k.
  • School of Engineering, "Novel Optical Electrical Mechanical Sensory Platform."  In collaboration with Dr Steven Neale and Dr. Manlio Tassieri.  From 11/06/12. £40k.
  • Scottish Crucible Award, Royal Society of Edinburgh, "The Development of a Viral Outbreak Early Warning System for Field and Hospital Use." In collaboration with Dr. Helen Bridle (Heriot Watt) and Dr. William Mackay (UWS). From Jan 2013. £4k
  • Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship, “Plasmon Enhanced Pyroelectrodynamic Nanoscale Trapping and Sensing.”  2011-2016. £594k.



 

Supervision

 

  • Justin Sperling (RA)
  • Finlay Walton (RA)
  • Sara Angelucci (PhD)
  • Sara Shadman (PhD)
  • Rebecca Setford (PhD)
  • Hailey Gao (PhD)
  • Fei Teng (PhD)
  • Mirinal Rayappa (PhD) 

 

Alumni:

  • Marina Santana Vega (RA)
  • Badri Aekbote (RA)
  • Sathkumara Narayana Mudalige (RA)
  • Jamie Withers (RA)
  • Gerard Sotuela (RA)
  • Esmaeil Heydari (RA)
  • Sarah Henry (RA)
  • Sia Andresson (RA)
  • Ashley Stammers (RA)
  • Hammed Onilude (PhD)
  • Andrew Farthing (PhD)
  • Greig Govenlock (PhD)
  • Iain Christie (PhD)
  • Gabriella Flynn (PhD)
  • Olurotimi Esan (PhD)
  • Zhibo Li (PhD)
  • Jiajia Zou (PhD)

Teaching

ENG3084/ENG5287 Biomechanics 3/M

ENG5281 Energy in Biological Systems

ENG5044 Integrated Systems Design Project M

Professional activities & recognition

Research fellowships

  • 2011 - 2016: Royal Academy of Engineering, Research Fellowship
  • 2013 - 2016: University of Glasgow, Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Leadership Fellowship

Grant committees & research advisory boards

  • 2016 - present: EPSRC, Review Council

Selected international presentations

  • 2019: FNANO 2019 (invited) (Snowbird, Utah, USA)
  • 2019: META 2019 (invited) (Lisbon, Portugal)
  • 2018: META 2018 (invited) (Mediterranean Sea)
  • 2017: META 2017 (invited) (Seoul, South Korea)
  • 2017: Optofluidics 17 (invited) (Singapore)
  • 2017: Frontiers in Engineering EU-US Symposium (invited) (Davis, CA, USA)
  • 2014: Frontiers in Engineering EU-US Symposium (invited) (Seattle, USA)
  • 2012: Photonic Technologies and Applications (invited) (Berkeley, USA)
  • 2007: Gordon Research Conference, The Physics & Chemistry of Microfluidics (invited) (New Hampshire, USA)

Research datasets

Jump to: 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2017 | 2016
Number of items: 7.

2023

Sperling, J. R. , Poursat, B., Savage, L., Christie, I., Cuthill, C., McGuire, K. , Karimullah, A. S. , Robbie, J. , Gauchotte-Lindsay, C. , Peveler, W. J. and Clark, A. W. (2023) A nanoplasmonic sensor array for optical inline drinking water assessment: a pilot study with rural Scottish water treatment works. [Data Collection]

2022

Zou, J., Stammers, A. C. , Taladriz-Sender, A., Withers, J., Christie, I., Santana Vega, M., Aekbote, B. , Peveler, W. , Rusling, D., Burley, G. and Clark, A. (2022) Fluorous Directed Assembly of DNA Origami Nanostructures. [Data Collection]

2019

Sperling, J. R. , Macias, G., Neale, S. and Clark, A. (2019) Multilayered Nanoplasmonic Arrays for Self-Referenced Biosensing. [Data Collection]

Sperling, J. , Macias-Sotuela, G., Peveler, W. , Burley, G., Neale, S. and Clark, A. (2019) Whisky tasting using a bimetallic nanoplasmonic tongue. [Data Collection]

2017

Heydari, E., Sperling, J. , Neale, S. and Clark, A. (2017) High density optical storage using plasmonic nano pixels as dual-state data-bits. [Data Collection]

Sperling, J. , Neale, S. and Clark, A. (2017) Bridging the Gap - Rewritable Electronics Using Pyroelectric Tweezing. [Data Collection] (Unpublished)

2016

Flynn, G., Withers, J., Macias-Soteula, G., Cooper, J. , Burley, G., Clark, A., Henry, S. and Sperling, J. (2016) Reversible DNA Micro-patterning Using the Fluorous Effect. [Data Collection]

This list was generated on Fri Dec 5 02:47:09 2025 GMT.

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