Principal Investigator: Dr. Patryk Kusch

Located at: Freie Universität Berlin

Project A04 uses near-field optical microscopy to study polaritons—hybrid light-matter states—in mol2Dmat systems. It investigates how excitons in molecular films couple to photonic states in materials like hBN or graphene. By imaging polariton behavior, the project aims to reveal their properties and create tunable plasmonic nanostructures with adjustable optical responses.

Experimental methods: scattering near-field optical microscope (SNOM), tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS)