Three-dimensional deterministic aperiodic structures are realized for the first time and studied with respect to their optical properties.
Multi-spectral materials in the visible, infrared, and terahertz
The combination of a plasmonic color filter and a terahertz metamaterial absorber exhibits unique resonant phenomena over several decades of wavelengths.
Hyperuniform disordered photonic materials with a complete band gap
Due to their unique properties these fascinating materials are predicted to possess a complete photonic bandgap without any long-range order.
Best of Advanced Optical Materials – Now online
Advanced Optical Materials has made a selection of the best articles from 2013 available to download for free.
Good news all around for OLED displays
Researchers fabricate transparent metal electrodes of just 5 nm, significantly improving the efficiency and angular colour stability of white OLED devices.
UCNP 2.0: Engineering the upconversion excitation wavelength to a sweet spot
Researchers develop inproved upconversion nanoparticles for medical imaging.
Fast-response photochromic materials based on oil-core capsules
ICN2 and UAB researchers have just reported a new type of fast-response photochromic film that they have developed using oil-filled polymeric cores.
Switchable Diffraction from Liquid Crystal–Carbon Nanotube Hybrids
Voltage-dependent diffraction switching makes a hybrid liquid crystal–carbon nanotube device a good candidate for high-resolution displays.
Structure–Property Analysis Allows Colour-Tunable Solid-State Luminescence
Structure–property relationships of single crystals are analysed such that their spontaneous and stimulated emission properties can be quantified based on their crystal structures.
Nanostructured system combines nanotechnology with artificial opals
Novel hybrid system with gold nanocrescents evaporated over artificial opals shows unexpected optical properties.