Pavel Matousek
Honorary Visiting Research Fellow
Pavel Matousek is an Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Senior Fellow at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (STFC-UKRI). His research focuses on the development of advanced laser vibrational spectroscopy methods for probing deep within diffusely scattering media and through optically turbid barriers and applying these across multiple disciplines. Applications include non-invasive disease diagnosis in clinical settings (eg cancers and bones), security screening (airport security, field screening), cultural heritage (subsurface compositional analysis), pharmaceutical analysis (quality control) and forensic analysis (food and medicine).
Recent publications
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Noninvasive Characterization of Preservation Fluids through Glass Container Using Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy: Potential in Heritage Science.
Mosca S. et al, (2025), ACS Omega, 10, 8658 - 8664
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Shifted-excitation Raman difference spectroscopy and charge-shifting detection coupled with spatially offset Raman spectroscopy for heritage science.
Lux A. et al, (2025), The Analyst
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Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Biomedical Applications: Recent Advances and Future Challenges.
Lin LL. et al, (2025), ACS applied materials & interfaces
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Gold Nanoraspberries for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering: Synthesis, Optimization, and Characterization
Mehta M. et al, (2025), ACS Omega
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Plasmonic Nanoparticles for Photothermal Therapy: Benchmarking of Photothermal Properties and Modeling of Heating at Depth in Human Tissues.
Skinner WH. et al, (2025), The journal of physical chemistry. C, Nanomaterials and interfaces, 129, 1864 - 1872