Magnetic bacteria devices can manipulate light similar to liquid crystals in display and spatial light modulator technology.
Advanced Optical Materials
Hot Electrons Racing through Gold Nanoantennas
Hot electron injection within hybrid metal–transition metal dichalcogenides systems is analyzed and offers new physical insights into enhancement of optoelectronic activity with nanoantennas.
Advanced Optical Materials Top 5 – December 2016
The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, metamaterials, optical devices, detectors & sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
Advanced Optical Materials Highlights Biosensors, Metasurfaces, and a Caterpillar Robot
Biosensors, metasurfaces, and a caterpillar robot is highlighted on the November covers of Advanced Optical Materials.
Along Came a Spider…
A study investigating the blue colouring of many tarantulas discovered that it arises due to multilayer interference, yet little or no iridescence is observed.
Transparent Furniture that Glows in the Dark
Researchers reveal “Quantum-Dot Wood”, transparent wood impregnated with luminescent semiconductor nanoparticles.
The Colorful Hand Print – Made by an Optical Strain Sensor
In a recent study published in Advanced Optical Materials, researchers make use of hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC) to develop optical strain sensors.
Advanced Optical Materials Top 5 – November 2016
The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, metamaterials, optical devices, detectors and sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
Advanced Optical Materials Top 5 – October 2016
The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, metamaterials, optical devices, detectors and sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
Enhanced optical modulation depth of terahertz waves
A particularly intriguing terahertz modulator has been created by Dr. Tianlong Wen, Prof. Qiye Wen and their colleagues.
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