Periodic structures with a sub‐wavelength pitch have been known since Hertz conducted his
first experiments on the polarization of electromagnetic waves. While the use of these …

Thin film solar cells are one of the important candidates utilized to reduce the cost of
photovoltaic production by minimizing the usage of active materials. However, low light …

Optical reflection, or in other words the loss of reflection, from a surface becomes
increasingly crucial in determining the extent of the light-matter interaction. The simplest …

Nature routinely produces nanostructured surfaces with useful properties,,,, such as the self-
cleaning lotus leaf, the colour of the butterfly wing, the photoreceptor in brittlestar and the …

Designing multifunctional surfaces that have user-specified interactions with impacting
liquids and with incident light is a topic of both fundamental and practical significance …

Knowledge on phonon transmittance as a function of phonon frequency and incidence
angle at interfaces is vital for multiscale modeling of heat transport in nanostructured …

The surprising properties of biomaterials are the results of billions of years of evolution.
Generally, biomaterials are assembled under mild conditions with very limited supply of …

Neatly scratching the surface: A facile etching technique assisted by a silver‐nanoparticle
network to produce large‐area 1D silicon nanostructure arrays with desired orientation and …

Nanophotonic light trapping for solar cells is an exciting field that has seen exponential
growth in the last few years. There has been a growing appreciation for solar energy as a …

A review of recent progress on the fabrication of biomimetic antireflective surfaces is
presented, with a particular emphasis on antireflective surfaces of silicon and fused silica …