Director, Institute for Nanoscale Technology, University of Technology Sydney
Plasmonics, optical properties, materials chemistry
BSc(Engineering), M(Engineering), PhD
Mike Cortie was born and educated in South Africa, where he obtained a BSc(Engineering), an MSc and a PhD, all in materials engineering. After some years at the Atomic Energy Board in South Africa, he worked at a gear-cutting works, and then, for 15 years, at Mintek, a South African research organisation devoted to the minerals and metals industry. While at Mintek he acquired extensive consultancy experience with international metallurgical and manufacturing industries. He relocated to Australia in 2002 and is now the Director of the Institute for Nanoscale Technology, at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. Mike has an interest in nanostructured materials with metastable structures, in precious metal alloys and compounds, in gold nano-particles and catalysts, in shape memory alloys and smart materials, and in nanoscale devices and manufacturing. Current research activities include plasmonic devices, and diverse applications of mesoporous and nanoparticulate gold as optically selective coatings and for systems and sensors involving proteins.
Applications of the precious metals, plasmonics, nanobiotechnology, mesoporous structures and their applications
M.B. Cortie, N. Stokes, and A. McDonagh, Plasmon resonance and electric field amplification of crossed gold nanorod targets, Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications, vol.7(3), 2009, pp.143-152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.photonics.2009.06.002.
V.K. Bhatia, C.S. Kealley, R. Wuhrer, K.S. Wallwork, and M.B. Cortie, Ternary and phases in the Al-Au-Cu ternary diagram, J. Alloys and Compounds, vol.488, 2010, pp.100–107.
M.B. Cortie, J. Giddings, and A. Dowd, Optical properties and plasmon resonances of titanium nitride nanostructures, Nanotechnology, vol.21, 2010, article 115201.
D. Pissuwan, C.H. Cortie, S.M. Valenzuela, M.B. Cortie, Gold nanoparticles in the diagnosis and destruction of pathogenic bacteria, Trends in Biotechnology, vol.28(4), 2010, pp.207-213. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2009.12.004
C.S. Kealley and M.B. Cortie, A computational exploration of the color gamut of nanoscale hollow scalene ellipsoids of Ag and Au, Plasmonics, vol.5 2010, pp.37-43, DOI: 10.1007/s11468-009-9112-4.