The use of nanostructured coatings is crucial to maintain clean surfaces in public transport,
shop** malls, parks, and hospitals. Megacities produce large amounts of pollutants in …

The development of the information technology and, very recently, of new application
scenarios like Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0 has pushed the research towards new …

We report an alternative random laser (RL) architecture based on a flexible and ZnO-
enriched cellulose acetate (CA) fiber matrix prepared by electrospinning. The electrospun …

Conventional electronic and photonic devices are inherently 2D and rigid because of the
substrates on which they are fabricated. However, the world is not flat and stiff: There are …

Mechanically stretchable photonics provides a new geometric degree of freedom for
photonic system design and foresees applications ranging from artificial skins to soft …

Mechanically flexible photonic devices are essential building blocks for novel bio-integrated
optoelectronic systems, wearable sensors, and flexible consumer electronics. Here we …

Waveguide-based evanescent Raman sensors are an attractive chemical-detection
technology due to their compact format, increased signal over micro-Raman spectrometers …

Optimized mesoporous photocatalyst endowed with high specific surface area and large
pore size was synthesized by sol–gel method. These large pore mesoporous materials …

To protect brittle layers in organic photovoltaic devices, the mechanical neutral plane
strategy can be adopted through placing the brittle functional materials close to the neutral …

Flexible integrated photonics is an essential technology for emerging applications, including
flexible optical interconnects, optogenetic stimulation, and implantable conformal sensing …