The ability to control and modulate the interaction of light with matter is crucial to achieve
desired optical properties including reflection, transmission, and selective polarization …

The field of plasmonics has become one of the most interesting and active research areas in
nanotechnology, enabling numerous fundamental studies and applications in a variety of …

Clean water scarcity combined with environmental impacts of municipal and industrial
wastewater necessitates the development of new technologies for clean water production …

The self‐assembly of block copolymers (BCPs) into photonic materials has drawn significant
attention due to the flexibility and diversity of the building blocks that can be synthesized …

Abstract A Au-Cu 2 O/rGO nanocomposite based electrochemical sensor for selective and
simultaneous detection of dopamine and uric acid was developed. The nanocomposite was …

Heterogeneous materials in which the characteristic length scale of the filler material is in
the nanometer range—ie, nanocomposites—is currently one of the fastest growing areas of …

Nanoparticle–polymer composites are diverse and versatile functional materials, with
applications ranging from electronic device fabrication to catalysis. This review focuses on …

The incorporation of nanoscopic particles into ordered nanostructures afforded by block
copolymers can provide control over particle distribution and orientation. This could enable …

Control of interfacial interactions leads to a dramatic change in shape and morphology for
particles based on poly (styrene-b-2-vinylpyridine) diblock copolymers. Key to these …

Three-dimensional (3D) photonic crystals (PCs) are crystalline materials where the refractive
index is periodically modulated on a length scale comparable to the light wavelength of …