Historically, photonic crystals have been made of inorganic high refractive index materials
coupled to air voids to maximize the dielectric contrast and in turn the light confinement …

Microcavities are a class of optical structures providing a versatile approach to engineering
light matter interactions. In light of recent developments in materials processing …

Photonic crystal-based biosensors hold great promise as low-cost devices for real-time
monitoring of a variety of biotargets, for example, bacterial contaminants in food. Here, we …

The incorporation of responsive elements into photonic crystals is an effective strategy for
fabricating active optical components to be used as sensors, actuators, and modulators. In …

Nowadays, consumers can estimate the condition of packaged foods only by checking the
expiration date on the label. However, this approach is inefficient when it comes to …

Recently, tunable photonic crystals (PhCs) have received great research interest, thanks to
the wide range of applications in which they can be employed, such as light emission and …

A new one-dimensional photonic crystal (1DPC) containing moderately doped silicon (m-Si)
semiconductor is proposed and its tunable properties are theoretically investigated. The …

Real-time monitoring of bacterial contaminants and pollutants in food is of paramount
importance nowadays, owing to the impressive extension of the food production/supply …

Colloidal photonic crystals (CPCs) are universal ordered structures widely used in
chemistry, physics, materials science, nanotechnology, and other fields of science and …

Achieving an active manipulation of colours has huge implications in optoelectronics, as
colour engineering can be exploited in a number of applications, ranging from display to …