Light management with natural materials: from whiteness to transparency

G Jacucci, L Schertel, Y Zhang, H Yang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The possibility of structuring material at the nanoscale is essential to control light–matter
interactions and therefore fabricate next‐generation paints and coatings. In this context …

The dependent scattering effect on radiative properties of micro/nanoscale discrete disordered media

BX Wang, C Zhao - Annual Review of Heat Transfer, 2020 - dl.begellhouse.com
The dependent scattering effect (DSE), which arises from the wave nature of
electromagnetic radiation, is a critical mechanism affecting the radiative properties of …

Biomimetic Polymer Film with Brilliant Brightness Using a One‐Step Water Vapor–Induced Phase Separation Method

W Zou, L Pattelli, J Guo, S Yang, M Yang… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The scales of the white Cyphochilus beetles are endowed with unusual whiteness arising
from the exceptional scattering efficiency of their disordered ultrastructure optimized through …

Role of packing density and spatial correlations in strongly scattering 3D systems

L Pattelli, A Egel, U Lemmer, DS Wiersma - Optica, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Discrete random media have been investigated extensively over the past century due to
their ability to scatter light. Even so, the link between the three-dimensional (3D) spatial …

[PDF][PDF] CT-and MRI-aided fluorescence tomography reconstructions for biodistribution analysis

S Schraven, R Brück, S Rosenhain… - Investigative …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Objectives Optical fluorescence imaging can track the biodistribution of fluorophore-labeled
drugs, nanoparticles, and antibodies longitudinally. In hybrid computed tomography …

Non-self-similar light transport in scattering media

E Pini, G Mazzamuto, F Riboli, DS Wiersma… - Physical Review …, 2024 - APS
Transport processes underpin a wide variety of phenomena, ranging from chemistry, to
physics and ecology. Despite their pervasiveness, however, several distinctive features of …

Optimized White Reflectance in Photonic‐Network Structures

F Utel, L Cortese, DS Wiersma… - Advanced Optical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 3D disordered networks are receiving increasing attention as they represent a
versatile architecture for highly scattering materials. However, due to their complex …

Topological invariance in whiteness optimisation

JS Haataja, G Jacucci, TG Parton, L Schertel… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Maximizing the scattering of visible light within disordered nano-structured materials is
essential for commercial applications such as brighteners, while also testing our …

Experimental imaging and Monte Carlo modeling of ultrafast pulse propagation in thin scattering slabs

L Pattelli, G Mazzamuto - Journal of Biomedical Optics, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Significance: Most radiative transport problems in turbid media are typically associated with
mm or cm scales, leading to typical time scales in the range of hundreds of ps or more. In …

Experimental determination of effective light transport properties in fully anisotropic media

E Pini, P Naglič, M Bürmen, A Gatto… - Advanced …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Structurally anisotropic materials are ubiquitous in several application fields, yet their
accurate optical characterization remains challenging due to the lack of general models …