All forms of energy follow the law of conservation of energy, by which they can be neither
created nor destroyed. Light-to-heat conversion as a traditional yet constantly evolving …

The connection between laser‐based material processing and additive manufacturing is
quite deeply rooted. In fact, the spark that started the field of additive manufacturing is the …

The nonradiative conversion of light to heat by plasmonic nanostructures, the so‐called
plasmonic photothermal effect, has attracted enormous attention due to their widespread …

Several synthesis techniques have emerged for the preparation of chiral metal nanoparticles
(NPs) with intrinsic chiral geometrical structures and high optical activity. Chiral plasmonic …

Integrating nanoscale building blocks of low dimensionality (0D; ie, spheres) into higher
dimensional structures endows them and their corresponding materials with emergent …

Hydrogel materials endow the flat optics platform with active tuning capability, owing to their
remarkable humidity‐responsive swelling behavior. Despite recent advances in hydrogel …

The direct patterning of colors using the bombardment of a focused beam of electrons onto a
thin-film stack consisting of poly (methyl methacrylate) coated with a thin nickel film is …

Great effort has recently been made to develop noble‐metal nanomaterials with good
activity, high durability, and appropriate selectivity to improve their efficiency in functional …

Plasmonic color printing with semicontinuous metal films is a lithography-free and
environment-friendly method for generating nonfading bright colors. Such films are …

Plasmonic color printing has received significant attention owing to its advantages such as
nonfading and nontoxic color expression, without necessitating the use of chemical dyes …