The growing world population, evolving urbanization, and globalization have created more
demand for food, which has increased challenges in food safety. Development and …

Food packaging encompasses the topical role of preserving food, hence, extending the shelf-
life, while ensuring the highest quality and safety along the production chain as well as …

Two-dimensional (2D) materials such as graphene, graphene oxide, transition metal oxide,
MXene and others have shown high potential for the design and fabrication of various …

Microcavities are a class of optical structures providing a versatile approach to engineering
light matter interactions. In light of recent developments in materials processing …

Here, the fabrication of the Ag nanoparticles loaded one-dimensional anodic aluminum
oxide defective photonic crystals (Ag@ AAO DPCs) with controllable structure parameters is …

The incorporation of responsive elements into photonic crystals is an effective strategy for
fabricating active optical components to be used as sensors, actuators, and modulators. In …

A ternary one-dimensional photonic crystal biosensor was proposed for quick and easy
bacterial detection. The Air/(AMB) N/D/(AMB) N/Glass structure is formed by a defect layer …

This review describes hybrid photonic-plasmonic structures based on periodic structures
having metallic coatings or inserts, which make use of the Tamm plasmon for sensing …

Recently, tunable photonic crystals (PhCs) have received great research interest, thanks to
the wide range of applications in which they can be employed, such as light emission and …

Silver, in the form of nanostructures, is widely employed as an antimicrobial agent. The
origin of the biocidal mechanism has been elucidated in the last decades, originating from …