The introduction of bound states in the continuum (BICs) to photonics has revolutionized the
way cavity design and light–matter interactions are thought about in general. BICs can have …

BACKGROUND Nanoscale optics is usually associated with plasmonic structures made of
metals such as gold or silver. However, plasmonics suffers from high losses of metals …

Recent rapid progress in subwavelength optics and nanophotonics with dielectric structures
is underpinned by the physics of Mie resonances excited in nanoparticles with a high …

With rapid advances in optoelectronics, electrochromic materials and devices have received
tremendous attentions from both industry and academia for their strong potentials in …

The prospect of creating metamaterials with optical properties greatly exceeding the
parameter space accessible with natural materials has been inspiring intense research …

Metasurfaces have become a rapidly growing field of research in recent years due to their
exceptional abilities in light manipulation and versatility in ultrathin optical applications. They …

The ideal material for nanophotonic applications will have a large refractive index at optical
frequencies, respond to both the electric and magnetic fields of light, support large optical …

Plasmonic colours are structural colours that emerge from resonant interactions between
light and metallic nanostructures. The engineering of plasmonic colours is a promising …

Dielectrics represent a new frontier for surface-enhanced Raman scattering. They can serve
as either a complement or an alternative to conventional, metal-based SERS, offering key …

Laser‐induced forward transfer (LIFT) is a digital printing technique that uses a pulsed laser
beam as the driving force to project material from a donor thin film toward the receiving …