Nanocrystal based Nanophotonic Devices
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "A：Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 September 2018) | Viewed by 3966
Special Issue Editors
Interests: novel photonic and plasmonic structures; quantum materials; metamaterials; novel optical and photonic functionalities
Interests: exciton–plasmon coupling; spontaneous and stimulated emission enhancement
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nanoscale crystals offer a powerful platform for device engineers. This can be achieved by tailoring their size, shape, composition, as well as their surfaces, functionalized with molecular ligands of diverse chemistry. At the nanoscale (typically, 2–100 nm), quantum and dielectric confinement effects give rise to the tunable electronic and optical properties of nanocrystals. The nanophotonic devices can be designed by selecting the characteristics of the nanocrystal building blocks and by controlling their bottom-up assembly. Of course, there are several large challenges that researchers and engineers must overcome to fully utilize nanocrystal-based nanophotonic devices, e.g., simulation and design of such devices, and controlling the location of each crystal in nanofabricated structure. Accordingly, this Special Issue seeks to highlight research papers, short communications, and review articles that focus on: (1) developing design and synthesis of new types of nanocrystals as building blocks of photonic devices; and (2) novel designs, modeling and fabrication of all kinds of nanocrystal-based photonic devices.
Prof. Dr. Humeyra Caglayan
Dr. Alireza Rahimi Rashed
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nanocrystals
- nanophotonics
- colloidal nanocrystals
- plasmonics
- device components
- coupling
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