Next-generation structural materials are expected to be lightweight, high-strength and tough
composites with embedded functionalities to sense, adapt, self-repair, morph and restore …

The rapid development of additive manufacturing has fueled a revolution in various research
fields and industrial applications. Among the myriad of advanced 3D printing techniques …

Ultracompact sources of circularly polarized light are important for classical and quantum
optical information processing. Conventional approaches for generating chiral emission are …

Widespread concerns over the impact of human activity on the environment have resulted in
a desire to replace artificial functional materials with naturally derived alternatives. As such …

The research in circularly polarized luminescence has attracted wide interest in recent
years. Efforts on one side are directed toward the development of chiral materials with both …

Optical metasurfaces with high quality factors (Q-factors) of chiral resonances can boost
substantially light-matter interaction for various applications of chiral response in ultrathin …

The combination of conventional polarization optical elements, such as linear polarizers and
waveplates, is widely adopted to tailor light's state of polarization (SOP). Meanwhile, less …

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) offer novel mechanisms to boost the quality factor (Q‐
factor) of resonances. Unfortunately, current studies on chiral BICs metasurfaces suffer from …

Chiral nanophotonic materials are promising candidates for biosensing applications
because they focus light into nanometer dimensions, increasing their sensitivity to the …

Controlled assembly of inorganic nanoparticles with different compositions, sizes and
shapes into higher-order structures of collective functionalities is a central pursued objective …