Label-free optical biosensing holds great promise for a variety of applications in biomedical
diagnostics, environmental and food safety, and security. It is already used as a key tool in …

We introduce the refractiveindex. info database, a comprehensive open-source repository
containing optical constants for a wide array of materials, and describe in detail the …

Thin-film coatings offer a scalable optical platform, as compared to nanopatterned films, for
various applications including structural coloring, photovoltaics, and sensing. Recently …

A global trend towards miniaturization and multiwavelength performance of nanophotonic
devices drives research on novel phenomena, such as bound states in the continuum and …

Singular behaviors are increasingly being found in structures supporting bound states in the
continuum (BICs), while the nonreciprocity with spectral phase singularity has not been …

Recent developments in the area of resonant dielectric nanostructures have created
attractive opportunities for concentrating and manipulating light at the nanoscale and the …

During the last years, giant optical anisotropy has demonstrated its paramount importance
for light manipulation. In spite of recent advances in the field, the achievement of continuous …

With the advance of on-chip nanophotonics, there is a high demand for high-refractive-index
and low-loss materials. Currently, this technology is dominated by silicon, but van der Waals …

Phase regulation of noble metal-based nanomaterials provides a promising strategy for
boosting the catalytic performance. However, realizing the continuous phase modulation in …

The emergence of van der Waals (vdW) materials resulted in the discovery of their high
optical, mechanical, and electronic anisotropic properties, immediately enabling countless …