Nanocomposite Structures, Applications and Optical Properties
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical and Photonic Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 April 2022) | Viewed by 325
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Nanocomposite photonic material consists of a transparent host material incorporating one or more nanometer-scale material components having different optical properties than the host. Types of nanocomposite materials include interdispersed materials (Bruggeman type), sub-wavelength layered structures, or nanoparticle dispersed photopolymers, for instance. Periodic structures such as gratings in nanocomposites can be formed by, for example, deposition and sputtering methods, laser nanofabrication, chemical self-assembly or holographic means, to name a few. For such structures, the effective refractive index profile and absorption spectra, and the size of the structure and its homogeneity are most important properties that need to be controlled by careful choice of material components and via production parameter control for the type of radiation (electromagnetic radiation such as visible laser light and X-rays or neutrons, for instance) and the wavelength one has in mind for a particular application.
In this Special Issue, the optical properties of nanocomposite structures and, in particular, demonstrated and envisioned (potential) applications are highlighted.
It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.
Dr. Jürgen Klepp
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nanocomposite structures
- diffractive optical elements
- optical properties
- imaging
- control of optical beams
- interferometry
