As a ubiquitous solar-thermal energy conversion process, solar-driven evaporation has
attracted tremendous research attention owing to its high conversion efficiency of solar …

Since solar energy is the ultimate energy resource and a significant amount of global energy
utilization goes through heat, there have been persistent efforts for centuries to develop …

The continuous combustion of non-renewable fossil fuels and depletion of existing
resources is intensifying the research and development of alternative future energy options …

Plasmonics offer unprecedented control over light and stimulate fundamental research and
engineering applications in solar energy. The surface plasmon resonance is responsible for …

The social development, economic growth and booming population have caused
aggravated water pollution, making clean water shortage an urgent issue to be solved. In …

Photocatalytic oxidation has been widely investigated and applied to perform degradation of
organic pollutants in water and air. In recent technological advancement, photocatalysis …

Optofluidics—the synergistic integration of photonics and microfluidics—is a new analytical
field that provides a number of unique characteristics for enhancing the sensing …

Continuous‐flow photochemistry is used increasingly by researchers in academia and
industry to facilitate photochemical processes and their subsequent scale‐up. However …

Principles of Adaptive Optics describes the foundations, principles, and applications of
adaptive optics (AO) and its enabling technologies. This leading textbook addresses the …

When an Au nanoparticle in a liquid medium is illuminated with resonant light of sufficient
intensity, a nanometer scale envelope of vapor a “nanobubble” surrounding the particle …