Holographic relief gratings can be fabricated directly on the surface of azobenzene-
containing materials (or simply azomaterials) without additional development steps. Despite …

The diffraction of polychromatic light from periodic superficial structures is often responsible
for the structural colors observed in Nature. Similarly, engineered microtextures fabricated …

Thin film supramolecular azopolymers support the all‐optical generation of dynamic surface
microstructures. Using a spatial light modulator (SLM) illuminated at 488 nm, structured …

Surfaces endowed with three-dimensional (3D) mesostructures, showing features in the
nanometer to micrometer range, are critical for applications in several fields of science and …

Structured surfaces offer attractive functionalities that are inaccessible to their planar
counterparts. To improve performance and expand their range of applications, fabrication …

The fabrication of Diffractive Optical Elements (DOEs) involves the structuration of material
surfaces with geometries on the scale of light wavelength. Differently to standard …

Fostered by the recent advancements in photonic technologies, the need for all-optical
dynamic control on complex photonic elements is emerging as more and more relevant …

Multiplexing is a method in which multiple information is stored or combined in a common
medium. In photolithographic applications, spatial and temporal multiplexing can be used to …

Tailoring surface-driven functionalities requires versatile techniques for surface
micropatterning. Here surfaces of a photosensitive azobenzene-containing polymer …

Instead of the multi-step processes of standard lithography, thin films of amorphous
azobenzene-containing polymers enable direct fabrication of diffractive optical elements in a …