The emission of polymer distributed feedback lasers can be tuned by integrating nonlinear optical organic molecules.
Eva Rittweger
Broadband Plasmonic Response of Semiconductor Disks
The plasmonic behavior of touching semiconductor disks shows a highly efficient broadband response in the terahertz regime as predicted by theoretical studies.
Advanced Optical Materials Issue 3
Issue 3 of Advanced Optical Materials covers optical waveguides, plasmonics, nanolasers, and more. All articles are free to read.
Novel Polymeric Ionic Liquids through Click Chemistry
Radical thiol-ene addition was used for the synthesis of new polymeric ionic liquids which could serve as novel polyelectrolytes.
Hierarchical Electrohydrodynamic Structures for SERS
Hierarchical electrohydrodynamic pattern formation enables the fabrication of multiscale 3D structured arrays as SERS-active platforms.
Electrochemistry Reversibly Switches Optical Response
A novel metal deposition-based electrochromic device can realize three optical states in a single material—transparent, mirror and black.
Metamaterial Absorbers: A Review
Padilla and co-workers give an excellent overview on metamaterial absorbers and discuss a selection of examples and related applications in this field.
Gold Nanoantennas Boost the Emission Rate of Conjugated Polymers
The radiative emission rate of poly(3-hexylthiophene) could be greatly enhanced by integrating it into a plasmonic split-dipole nanoantenna.
Propagation Kinetics is Key in Aqueous-Phase Copolymerization
It has been shown that knowledge of propagation kinetics is a key factor for the rational design of new products by aqueous-phase copolymerization.
Polymerization Inhibition for 3D Nanolithography
The depletion mechanism in a stimulated emission depletion (STED) inspired photoresist for 3D nanolithography has been identified.