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Advanced Optical Materials Top 5 – December 2015
The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, optical devices, detectors & sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
Black Phosphorus Composites for Pulsed Lasing
Black phosphorus encapsulated in a transparent polymer matrix is applied as a nonlinear absorber material for pulse generation in optical fiber lasers.
Plasmonics Enhances Electroluminescence in Quantum Dot LEDs
The addition of plasmonic silver nanostructures has enhanced the external quantum efficiency of this QLED device by 46%.
Ultrahigh-Responsivity Hybrid Graphene–Perovskite Photodetectors
A group working on photodetectors has covered monolayer graphene with a thin layer of perovskite islands, leading to ultrahigh responsivity.
Shape Memory Liquid Crystalline Hydrogels
Amir H. Torbati and Patrick T. Mather present a new synthesis for orientationally ordered liquid crystalline hydrogels with shape memory characteristics.
Excitons in metal-halide perovskites
Menendez-Proupin et al. study excitons in metal-halide perovskites using the effective mass approximation providing better agreement with the experiment.
Advanced Optical Materials Top 5 – November 2015
The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, optical devices, detectors & sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
Temperature-Responsive Hydrogel Films
Cross-linked hydrogel-particle films with tunable size, shape, porosity and optical transmission are obtained with a simple evaporation method.
Electronic Skin: Bridging the Gap for Human–Machine Interaction
In this comprehensive review, the main research routes and technologies that are being followed to deliver high-performance electronic skin are discussed.
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