Dr Demetris Bates

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Postdoctoral Research Associate

D.Bates@sheffield.ac.uk

Dainton Building

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Dr Demetris Bates
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Dainton Building
13 Brook Hill
Sheffield
S3 7HF

Profile: Demetris obtained an MSci(Hons) in Chemistry from the University of Nottingham in 2013. Following this, he moved to Nanoco Technologies working on the development of cadmium-free quantum dots for display applications. During this time, he was involved in process scale-up, production and technology transfer to pilot plant scale.

In 2016, Demetris began his doctoral studies under Dr Craig Robertson at the University of Liverpool, researching heterocyclic radicals and the control of their magnetic and electronic properties via light, temperature and pressure.

Demetris then joined the Molecular Photonic Breadboards project at the University of Sheffield in 2021 as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. His current research interests include: the synthesis of chromophores for the production of functionalised plasmonic surfaces exhibiting strong-coupling, multi-chromophore/plasmon interactions and the production of dye/peptide materials as antenna complexes.

Research interests

Dye synthesis, chromophores, peptide conjugates, functional materials

Summary of Research Project

Molecular Photonic Breadboards

Publications

Morris JMF, Potter J, Bates D, Wu C, Robertson CM, Higgins SJ, Nichols RJ, Low PJ & Vezzoli A (2025) Digging through the (statistical) dirt: a reproducible method for single-molecule flicker noise analysis. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 129(8), 4097-4104. View this article in WRRO
Rider MS, Johnson EC, Bates D, Wardley WP, Gordon RH, Oliver RDJ, Armes SP, Leggett GJ & Barnes WL (2024) Strong coupling in molecular systems: a simple predictor employing routine optical measurements. Nanophotonics, 13(14), 2453-2467. View this article in WRRO
Wu C, Bates D, Sangtarash S, Ferri N, Thomas A, Higgins SJ, Robertson CM, Nichols RJ, Sadeghi H & Vezzoli A (2020) Folding a Single-Molecule Junction. Nano Letters, 20(11), 7980-7986.
Yutronkie NJ, Bates D, Dube PA, Winter SM, Robertson CM, Brusso JL & Oakley RT (2019) Three-Dimensional Magnetic Exchange Networks in Trigonal Bisdithiazolyl Radicals. Inorganic Chemistry, 58(1), 419-427.
Bates D, Robertson CM, Leitch AA, Dube PA & Oakley RT (2018) Magnetic Bistability in Naphtho-1,3,2-dithiazolyl: Solid State Interconversion of a Thiazyl π-Radical and Its N–N σ-Bonded Dimer. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140(11), 3846-3849.
Johnson EC, Bates D, Yang T, Gregory K, West J, Hammond DB, Pidgeon JP, Clark J, Williams NH, Hunter CN , Armes SP et al () Rational design of pigment–polymer antenna complexes. Chemical Science.

Leggett G, Johnson E, Bates D, Yang T, Gregory K, West J, Pidgeon J, Clark J, Williams N, Hunter C & Armes S Rational Design of Pigment-Polymer Antenna Complexes.

Morris J, Potter J, Bates D, Wu C, Robertson C, Higgins S, Nichols R, Low P & Vezzoli A (2024) Digging through the (statistical) dirt: A reproducible method for single-molecule flicker noise analysis, American Chemical Society (ACS).