Ductile-to-brittle transition and yielding in soft amorphous materials: perspectives and open questions
Soft amorphous materials are viscoelastic solids ubiquitously found around us, from clays
and cementitious pastes to emulsions and physical gels encountered in food or biomedical …
and cementitious pastes to emulsions and physical gels encountered in food or biomedical …
Disordered optical metasurfaces: from light manipulation to energy harvesting
Metasurfaces, the planar version of artificial structured media at sub-wavelength scale,
provide the ability to manipulate light wave in a naturally unavailable way. They offer an …
provide the ability to manipulate light wave in a naturally unavailable way. They offer an …
[HTML][HTML] Roadmap on photonic metasurfaces
Here we present a roadmap on Photonic metasurfaces. This document consists of a number
of perspective articles on different applications, challenge areas or technologies underlying …
of perspective articles on different applications, challenge areas or technologies underlying …
Harnessing disorder for photonic device applications
For photonic devices, structural disorder and light scattering have long been considered
annoying and detrimental features that were best avoided or minimized. This review shows …
annoying and detrimental features that were best avoided or minimized. This review shows …
Self-organized lasers from reconfigurable colloidal assemblies
Non-equilibrium assemblies, where units are able to harness available energy to perform
tasks, can often self-organize into dynamic materials that uniquely blend structure with …
tasks, can often self-organize into dynamic materials that uniquely blend structure with …
Distribution of Single-Particle Resonances Determines the Plasmonic Response of Disordered Nanoparticle Ensembles
Understanding how colloidal soft materials interact with light is crucial to the rational design
of optical metamaterials. Electromagnetic simulations are computationally expensive and …
of optical metamaterials. Electromagnetic simulations are computationally expensive and …
Breaking Rayleigh's law with spatially correlated disorder to control phonon transport
Controlling thermal transport in insulators and semiconductors is crucial for many
technological fields such as thermoelectrics and thermal insulation, for which a low thermal …
technological fields such as thermoelectrics and thermal insulation, for which a low thermal …
Theoretical prediction of the effective dynamic dielectric constant of disordered hyperuniform anisotropic composites beyond the long-wavelength regime
Torquato and Kim [Phys. Rev. X11, 296 021002 (2021) 10.1103/PhysRevX. 11.021002]
derived exact nonlocal strong-contrast expansions of the effective dynamic dielectric …
derived exact nonlocal strong-contrast expansions of the effective dynamic dielectric …
Effective electromagnetic wave properties of disordered stealthy hyperuniform layered media beyond the quasistatic regime
Disordered stealthy hyperuniform dielectric composites exhibit novel electromagnetic wave
transport properties in two and three dimensions. Here, we carry out the first study of the …
transport properties in two and three dimensions. Here, we carry out the first study of the …
Organic Crystals and Optical Functions in Biology: Knowns and Unknowns
Organic crystals are widely used by animals to manipulate light for producing structural
colors and for improving vision. To date only seven crystal types are known to be used, and …
colors and for improving vision. To date only seven crystal types are known to be used, and …