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Spring 2023
The electrochromic (EC) effect has attracted constant research efforts since it was first described in the early 19th century. Conventionally, EC oxides (e.g., WO3, MoO3, V2O5, and NiO) are employed to modulate light transmittance in smart windows, which allow for up to 80% optical transmission...
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Nanophotonic detection of nanomechanical structures for use toward mass sensing applications
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Nanomechanical beam resonators show much promise for use in integrated on-chip mass sensing systems. This follows from their own very small masses and also their ability to store the mechanical energy of their oscillations to produce strong measurable mechanical response signals. To achieve...
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Plasmon Enhanced Titanium Dioxide Nanotubes for Nanophotonics, Non-linear Optics, and Photocatalysis
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Photocatalysis was originally inspired by photosynthetic models from nature, and now opens the window to a wider range of applications including but not limited to solar-to-chemical energy storage, water/air purification. Both photocatalytic hydrogen generation and CO2 to hydrocarbon processes...
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Spring 2011
The field of plasmonics has offered the promise to combine electronics and photonics at the nanometer scale for ultrafast information processing speeds and compact integration of devices. Various plasmonic waveguide schemes were proposed with the potential to achieve switching functionalities and...