Cvetelin Vasilev

Feature Writer

M.Sc. Physics, Ph.D. Polymer Physics

Cvetelin Vasilev has a degree and a doctorate in Physics and is pursuing a career as a biophysicist at the University of Sheffield. With more than 20 years of experience as a research scientist, he is an expert in the application of advanced microscopy and spectroscopy techniques (high-resolution AFM, single-molecule force spectroscopy, fluorescence lifetime imaging) to better understand the organization of “soft” complex systems – synthetic polymers, biological membranes and biological single molecules.

Cvetelin is an experienced and enthusiastic communicator and presenter, both in English and Bulgarian, with more than 40 publications in peer-reviewed journals (h-index of 17) in the field of polymer science, biophysics, nanofabrication and nanobiophotonics. He also has substantial skills for creating high-quality content for scientific publications, technical manuals, websites and blogs. He is always curious and eager to learn new things and is passionate for keeping up-to-date with developments in science, engineering and digital media.

Articles from Cvetelin

Exploring the Physics of Thin Film Optical Spectra

The development and use of advanced coating technologies have ensured many technological breakthroughs. While the end application of the optical thin films can vary, the need for precise control over their thickness and optical properties remains consistent regardless of their use.

29 Apr 2022

Analyzing Polymers with Microscopy: Principles and Applications

The microscopic characterization of polymers is key to the understanding of the fundamental structure-function relation on a molecular level and paves the way toward the rational design of novel and improved polymers materials.

29 Mar 2022

Using Atomic Force Microscopy to Study Meteorites

Recently, scientists from the IBM Research laboratory in Zurich, in collaboration with a multinational research team, studied organic molecules from meteorites using ultra-high-resolution atomic force microscopy (AFM) for the first time.

17 Mar 2022

How High-Power Lasers Help Simulate the Early Universe

An international group of physicists from the University of California at San Diego and Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics facility in Romania devised an experiment that uses a tightly focused high-power laser with a peak power density of 5×1022 W/cm2 to generate a magnetic field as strong as that of a neutron star (100 million times stronger than Earth's magnetic field).

8 Feb 2022

3D Printing Optical Systems Using Two-Photon Polymerization (2PP) Methods

UpNano, an Austrian company specialized in high-precision optical 3D printing, has developed two additive manufacturing materials suitable for use with its two-photon polymerization 3D printing technology.

9 Dec 2021

Enhancing Biophysics Research with Raman Spectroscopy

Raman spectroscopy has become an essential tool for chemists, physicists, and biologists. By analyzing subtle molecular vibration modes, the technique enables high-sensitivity non-invasive structural studies of different water-soluble and membrane-bound biomolecules (DNA, RNA, proteins) and their interactions under physiological conditions.

25 Nov 2021

Quantum Entanglements and the Development of Electron Microscopy

In recent years, new methods utilizing the quantum nature of electrons have emerged, promising to revolutionize electron microscopy and offer some unexpected capabilities.

25 Nov 2021

Finding Oceans on Exoplanets with Next-Generation Optics

In the coming decades, exoplanet exploration is likely to become a key goal for next-generation telescopes. Astronomers and astrobiologists envisage that detecting oceans on terrestrial exoplanets may be the key to success in our search for habitable worlds beyond the Solar System.

23 Nov 2021

Making Autonomous Vehicles Safer with Reflective Microscale Concave Interfaces

Researchers from the USA and China have explained the mechanism behind the structural color that appears when light is reflected off a thin film of microscale concave interfaces. The team also proposed a range of possible applications of the technology, including smart road signs that enhance the pattern recognition abilities of autonomous vehicles.

4 Nov 2021

How Photon Collisions Could Lead to New Physics Discoveries Beyond the Standard Model

An international team of researchers, part of CERN’s Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) collaboration, has recently developed a way of studying matter created when photons collide. The results of these experiments can shed some light on the physics beyond the Standard Model.

29 Oct 2021