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Advanced Optical Materials
Advanced Nostalgia: Highlights from the Archives
A peek into the Advanced journal archives reveals some of the interesting and creative work published over the years that is still being cited today.
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The iridescence of Nicobar pigeon plumage is put under the microscope.
Copper Nanowire Hedgehogs: Nature-Inspired SERS Substrates
A broadband visible-light-driven photocatalytic SERS platform with the CuO nanowires (NWs)/Cu2O hetero-nanostructures as the backbone.
Optimal in Optical: 2D Semiconductors, OLEDs, Metasurfaces, and Much More
This month’s top Advanced Optical Materials papers and covers.
A Yellow Polariton Condensate in a Dye Filled Microcavity
Pavlos G. Lagoudakis, David G. Lidzey and co-workers observed polariton condensation in the yellow part of the visible spectrum from a planar organic semiconductor microcavity containing the molecular dye bromine-substituted boron-dipyrromethene.
Advanced Optical Materials Top 5 – September 2017
The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, metamaterials, optical devices, detectors & sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
Advanced Optical Materials Top 5 – August 2017
The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, metamaterials, optical devices, detectors & sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
Boosting the Sensitivity of Bio/Chemical Sensing with Nanogap Metasurfaces
A metamaterial superabsorber structure with sub-5-nanometer gaps boosts the sensitivity of bio/chemical sensing.
Transparent Wood Laser
Elena Vasileva and co-workers develop an organic laser by embedding an organic dye into transparent wood.
Advanced Optical Materials Top 5 – May 2017
The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, metamaterials, optical devices, detectors & sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
Detecting Enantiomers – Nanoparticles Acting as Circular Dichroism Antennas
A discussion of how nanoparticles of different plasmonic materials can facilitate the detection of molecular CD spectra is presented.
Advanced Optical Materials Top 5 – April 2017
The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, metamaterials, optical devices, detectors & sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
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