Tailoring of electromagnetic spontaneous emission predicted by EM Purcell more than 50
years ago has undoubtedly proven to be one of the most important effects in the rich areas of …

Metamaterials are artificial electromagnetic media structured on the subwavelength scale for
controlling the propagation of waves by means of transformation optics. The research activity …

The availability of metamaterials with properties that can be actively tuned is crucial for the
future development of various metamaterial-based technologies. Here we show that by …

A low-cost methodology to prepare highly sensitive sensors is reported with different
nanoparticles for LSPR and SERS measurements. The LSPR and SERS sensor was self …

Chirality is found at all length scales in nature, and chiral metasurfaces have recently
attracted attention due to their exceptional optical properties and their potential applications …

While the sensitive dependence of the functional characteristics of self-assembled
nanofibers on the molecular structure of their building blocks is well-known, the crucial …

The optical properties of 3D metacrystals made of gold nanoparticles in protein nanocages
are studied. These metacrystals have sizes of tens of micrometers and are of high structural …

Metaphotonics is an emerging multidisciplinary field that deals with manipulation of electro-
magnetic fields in nanoengineered (meta) materials using both electric and magnetic …

Optical embedded eigenstates (EEs) are localized modes of an open structure that are
compatible to radiation, yet they have infinite lifetime and diverging quality factors. Their …

Plasmonic nanocomposites find many applications, such as nanometric coatings in
emerging fields, such as optotronics, photovoltaics or integrated optics. To make use of their …