Optical tweezers and associated manipulation tools in the far field have had a major impact
on scientific and engineering research by offering precise manipulation of small objects …

Tremendous progress in nanotechnology has enabled advances in the use of luminescent
nanomaterials in imaging, sensing and photonic devices. This translational process relies …

Slot‐die coating is recognized as the most compatible method for the roll‐to‐roll (R2R)
processing of large‐area flexible organic solar cells (OSCs). However, the photovoltaic …

Gold nanorods have been receiving extensive attention owing to their extremely attractive
applications in biomedical technologies, plasmon-enhanced spectroscopies, and optical …

Photonic metasurfaces, that is, two-dimensional arrangements of designed plasmonic or
dielectric resonant scatterers, have been established as a successful concept for controlling …

We introduce self-assembled nanoantennas to enhance the fluorescence intensity in a
plasmonic hotspot of zeptoliter volume. The nanoantennas are prepared by attaching one or …

Nanoscale quantum emitters are key elements in quantum optics and sensing. However,
efficient optical excitation and detection of such emitters involves large solid angles because …

Owing to the size mismatch between light and nanoscale objects such as single molecules,
it is important to be able to control light–molecule interactions,,,. Plasmonic nanoantennas …

Optical metamaterials and nanoplasmonics bridge the gap between conventional optics and
the nanoworld. Exciting and technologically important capabilities range from …

Spontaneous emission is not an inherent property of a luminescent material; rather, it arises
due to interaction between the material and its local electromagnetic environment. Changing …