A review on all-optical fiber-based VOC sensors: Heading towards the development of promising technology

AK Pathak, C Viphavakit - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2022 - Elsevier
The direct exposure of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is widely related to several
adverse health effects. Therefore, an accurate amount of its usage is necessary required …

Liquid‐crystal high‐frequency microwave technology: materials and characterization

DC Zografopoulos, A Ferraro… - Advanced Materials …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Ever since the advent of microwave technology, tunable devices, such as phase shifters,
resonators, and antennas, have been indispensable in applications requiring …

Vertical alignment of liquid crystals over a functionalized flexible substrate

B Sivaran**i, R Mangaiyarkarasi, V Ganesh… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
A simple and effective approach for vertical alignment of liquid crystals (LCs) over a
functionalized transparent flexible substrate is described. Surface characterization of this …

Electrically tunable critically coupled terahertz metamaterial absorber based on nematic liquid crystals

G Isić, B Vasić, DC Zografopoulos, R Beccherelli… - Physical Review …, 2015 - APS
Liquid-crystal devices are a promising cheap alternative for terahertz light modulation, albeit
they suffer from problems associated with thick cells. Here we describe a few-micron-thick …

Liquid crystal elastomer waveguide actuators

AS Kuenstler, H Kim, RC Hayward - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
While most photomechanical materials developed to date have relied on free‐space
illumination to drive actuation, this strategy fails when direct line‐of‐site access is precluded …

Anapole modes in hollow nanocuboid dielectric metasurfaces for refractometric sensing

JF Algorri, DC Zografopoulos, A Ferraro… - Nanomaterials, 2018 - mdpi.com
This work proposes the use of the refractive index sensitivity of non-radiating anapole
modes of high-refractive-index nanoparticles arranged in planar metasurfaces as a novel …

[LIBRO][B] An introduction to metamaterials and nanophotonics

C Simovski, S Tretyakov - 2020 - books.google.com
" This text book has been written as lecture notes for the master and postgraduate (licentiate)
course on Metamaterials and Nanophotonics which is taught at the School of Electrical …

2D material liquid crystals for optoelectronics and photonics

BT Hogan, E Kovalska, MF Craciun… - Journal of Materials …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The merging of the materials science paradigms of liquid crystals and 2D materials promises
superb new opportunities for the advancement of the fields of optoelectronics and photonics …

Tunable terahertz fishnet metamaterials based on thin nematic liquid crystal layers for fast switching

DC Zografopoulos, R Beccherelli - Scientific Reports, 2015 - nature.com
The electrically tunable properties of liquid-crystal fishnet metamaterials are theoretically
investigated in the terahertz spectrum. A nematic liquid crystal layer is introduced between …

Infiltrated photonic crystal fibers for sensing applications

JF Algorri, DC Zografopoulos, A Tapetado… - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
Photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) are a special class of optical fibers with a periodic
arrangement of microstructured holes located in the fiber's cladding. Light confinement is …