Nanostructured system combines nanotechnology with artificial opals

nanocomposite-system

Novel hybrid system with gold nanocrescents evaporated over artificial opals shows unexpected optical properties.

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Advanced Optical Materials publishes Issue 2

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The second issue of Advanced Optical Materials is now online, including twelve research articles covering all aspects of light-matter interactions.

Advanced Optical Materials publishes first issue

AOM

The first independent issue of Advanced Optical Materials is now online, including a review on magnetoplasmonics as well as ten excellent, original research articles.

A Snapshot of Plasmonic Sensors

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Modern nanofabrication schemes and other methodological advances enable new fascinating possibilities in the emerging area of biosensing.

Point of Light: nanofocusing in plasmonic waveguides

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Engineers create a device that can focus light into a point of just a few nanometers, with applications in computing, communications, and imaging.

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Overcoming quenching in plasmonic antennas

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Researchers observe excitation enhancement in plasmonic antenna despite the presence of strong quenching losses affecting the emission.

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Advanced Optical Materials Issue 4

AOM issue 4

Issue 4 of Advanced Optical Materials covers optical cloaking, holography, lithography, and more. All articles are free to read.

Near-Field Enhancements along Ring-Shaped Nanostructures

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The near-field enhancement on the surface of ring-shaped gold nanostructure becomes homogeneous through circularly polarized light.

Large-Area Low-Cost Gold Nanostructures through Colloidal Nanolithography

large-area low-cost plasmonic nanostructures

Double split-ring resonators with optimized Fano resonances for refractive index sensing could be realised by hole-mask colloidal nanolithography.

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Nanoantenna-enhanced lanthanide upconversion

nanoantenna-enhanced lanthanide-based upconversion luminescence materials

3D plasmonic nanoantennas produce a 300 times enhancement in the conversion efficiency of lanthanide-based upconversion luminescence materials.

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