Functional Nanostructured Systems for Nanophotonics, Plasmonics and Metamaterials
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanophotonics Materials and Devices".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 3599
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Interests: applied physics: materials science and optics; light-matter interactions; photonics; nanotechnology; nanophotonics
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Interests: nanophotonics; phase-change materials; reconfigurable metasurfaces
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In this Special Issue we intend to address the use of nanomaterials in nanophotonics, plasmonics and metamaterials for optical applications. Over the last several decades, there has been enormous development in the field of nanophotonics, the science that studies the complex interactions between light and matter at the sub-wavelength scale. As a result, new optical phenomena such as negative refractive index, subwavelength focusing and extraordinary transmission have been demonstrated, amongst others. In turn, these phenomena have shown great potential to be implemented in a wide range of cutting-edge applications, including photovoltaics, optical communications, quantum information processing, lighting, sensing, chemistry, and biology. However, these potential applications require the judicious design and fabrication of new materials based on nanostructured systems in order to meet specifications.
In this Special Issue we invite the submission of original manuscripts devoted to the engineering and realization of nanomaterials for nanophotonics, plasmonics and metamaterials, with special emphasis on real-world applications. We are particularly interested in new material structures and/or reconfigurable functional materials, as well as novel optical phenomena and experimental demonstrations.
In this Special Issue we invite the submission of original manuscripts devoted to the engineering of nanomaterials for nanophotonics, plasmonics and metamaterials for optical applications. We are particularly interested in new material structures and new experimental developments. Topics to be covered include (but are not limited to):
- Fabrication and optical response of nanomaterial systems ( physical and chemical routes, laser processing, etc.).
- Exploring the relations between the nature, size, shape, organization of nanostructures and their optical properties (e.g., plasmon resonances, high-refractive-index Mie resonances, anapole resonances, luminescence, non-linear effects).
- Advanced optical characterization of nanostructured systems or assemblies of nanostructures (e.g., dark-field, near-field, luminescence imaging, ultrafast spectroscopy, ellipsometry/polarimetry).
- Active and tunable photonic nanomaterial systems, i.e., systems showing reversible tuning of the optical properties of nanostructures.
- Nanostructured metamaterials for optical applications: fabrication and optical response.
- Applications (sensing, photocatalysis, photovoltaics, lighting, switching, etc.).
Dr. Rosalia Serna
Dr. Carlota Ruiz De Galarreta
Dr. Sara Nunez-Sanchez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nanophotonics
- plasmonics
- metamaterials
- nanomaterials for optical applications
- high-refractive-index and mie-resonant nanomaterials
- epsilon near zero nanomaterials
- quantum confinement in nanomaterials
- hybrid nanostructures and nanomaterials
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