Nanophotonic engineering provides an effective platform to manipulate thermal emission on-
demand, enabling unprecedented heat management superior to conventional bulk …

The physics of periodic systems are of fundamental importance and result in various
phenomena that govern wave transport and interference. However, deviations from …

The discovery of the Frank–Kasper σ phase in diblock copolymer and tetrablock terpolymer
melts catalyzed a renewed interest over the past decade in understanding particle-forming …

Photonic crystals have proven their potential and are nowadays a familiar concept. They
have been approached from many scientific and technological flanks. Among the many …

Over the past decade, the Anderson localization of light and a wide variety of associated
phenomena have come to the forefront of research. Numerous investigations have been …

The technologies employed for the preparation of conventional tissue engineering scaffolds
restrict the materials choice and the extent to which the architecture can be designed. Here …

Frank–Kasper phases are tetrahedrally packed structures occurring in numerous materials,
from elements to intermetallics to self-assembled soft materials. They exhibit complex …

Theoretical and experimental studies suggest that both Hermitian and non-Hermitian
quasicrystals show localization due to the fractal spectrum and to the transition to diffusive …

Recently, strongly modulated photonic crystals, fabricated by the state-of-the-art
semiconductor nanofabrication process, have realized various novel optical properties. This …

Since the advent of quantum mechanics and the clear demonstration of the existence
of'matter waves', physicists have never failed to take advantage of concepts and theoretical …