Dr Nicolas Laurand
Principal Research Fellow
Institute of Photonics
Personal statement
I lead the Colloidal Photonic Materials and Devices team at the Institute of Photonics of the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, Scotland). My overarching aims are:
➢ To conduct excellent, collaborative research in Photonics and enable technologies for addressing grand challenges and delivering impact
➢ To develop the experts of the future through research
My research in Photonics at the interface of Nanotechnology and Life Sciences contributes:
➢ To further the scientific knowledge of photonic devices and materials including novel colloidal semiconductors and nanomaterials
➢ To develop functional device technologies and instrumentation for healthcare, science, optical communications and emerging applications
My current research themes include:
• Colloidal quantum dots and perovskites color converters for LEDs and lasers
• Colloidal semiconductor lasers
• DNA photonics for sensing
• Hybrid, mechanically-flexible sources for phototherapy
My interests also cover epitaxial inorganic semiconductor structures and devices, microchip semiconductor disk lasers and optical fibre-based devices.
Prize And Awards
- Leverhulme Trust Research Leadership Award
- Recipient
- 2020
- Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA), Physics and Life Sciences fellowship
- Recipient
- 2010
- Best Young Researcher
- Recipient
- 2006
Publications
- Quantum dot supraparticle photocatalysts for photodegradation of rhodamine B
- Eling Charlotte J, Laurand Nicolas
- ACS Omega Vol 11, pp. 23125-23137 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.5c13184
- Multiexcitonic lasing in thin-shell colloidal quantum dot supraparticles
- Alves Pedro Urbano, Laurand Nicolas
- ACS Photonics Vol 13, pp. 739-744 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5c02304
- Hybrid upconversion-nanocrystal/quantum-dot supraparticles for Stokes and anti-Stokes Emission
- McCormick Emma, Laurand Nicolas, Eling Charlotte
- 2024 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC) IEEE Photonics Conference 2025 2025 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC) (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/IPC65510.2025.11282207
- Reduced laser thresholds in colloidal quantum dot supraparticles via ligand engineering
- Eling C J, Laurand N
- 2025 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC) IEEE Photonics Conference 2025 2025 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), pp. 1-2 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/ipc65510.2025.11282264
- CdSSe/ZnS quantum dot fluorescence sensor for NH₃ detection
- dos Santos Alves Pedro, Laurand Nicolas
- Nanophotonics and Micro/Nano Optics International Conference 2025 (2025)
- Near-infrared fluorescent glutathione capped gold nanoclusters : impact of synthesis conditions and hairpinDNA functionalization
- Wang Bowen, Chen Yu, Laurand Nicolas
- BioMedEng25 (2025)
Professional Activities
- Lightstalk - Microscopic ‘Lasers in a Jar’
- Speaker
- 12/2024
- Strategic Themes - IEEE Distinguished Lecture Series – GE Gas Measurement Sensor Technologies
- Participant
- 26/11/2024
- High yield and accuracy transfer printing of micron-scale optoelectronic devices for volume manufacturing
- Examiner
- 21/8/2024
- IEEE Photonics Society (External organisation)
- Advisor
- 2024
- Miniaturised components for next generation cold-atom quantum sensors
- Examiner
- 2024
- Enhanced detection of explosives using organic semiconductors
- Examiner
- 14/11/2023
Projects
- Wound Management and Microbiota Control using Light: Harnessing Advanced Research in Quantum Dot Materials for Health Tech (HARQDOT
- Laurand, Nicolas (Principal Investigator) Eling, Charlotte (Research Co-investigator) dos Santos Alves, Pedro (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2027
- Two-factor authentication” sensor for Pathogen Monitoring
- dos Santos Alves, Pedro (Principal Investigator) Lasserre, Perrine (CoPI) Corrigan, Damion (Administrator) Laurand, Nicolas (Administrator)
- StrathWide 2024 funding award (£5000.00).
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2025
- CHEETOS - on-CHip chEmical sEnsors for TOxic gaSes detection
- Laurand, Nicolas (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
- Lasers and photonics of the future: self-assembled optically active resonators (Research Leadership) | McCormick, Emma
- Laurand, Nicolas (Principal Investigator) Mathieson, Keith (Co-investigator) McCormick, Emma (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2026
- Lasers and photonics of the future: self-assembled optically active resonators (Research Leadership)
- Laurand, Nicolas (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2025
- Wearable multi--wavelength light-emitting device - HTAF CiC Interventional Biophotonics
- Laurand, Nicolas (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2019 - 29-Jan-2020
Contact
Dr
Nicolas
Laurand
Principal Research Fellow
Institute of Photonics
Email: nicolas.laurand@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4109