Terahertz radiation has become an important diagnostic tool in the development of new
technologies. However, the diffraction limit prevents terahertz radiation (λ≈ 0.01–3 mm) …

Classical thermodynamics often helps to passively describe macroscopic heat phenomena
of natural systems, which means people almost cannot change the heat phenomena, but …

Photothermal catalysis is an emerging sub-discipline of heterogeneous catalysis. It is distinct
from both thermochemical catalysis driven by heat and photochemical catalysis powered by …

Infrared and optical spectroscopy represents one of the most informative methods in
advanced materials research. As an important branch of modern optical techniques that has …

Super-resolution optical microscopy, which gives access to finer details of objects, is highly
desired for fields of nanomaterial, nanobiology, nanophotonics, etc. Many efforts, including …

Recent advancement in twisted layered metasurfaces can be employed to control the
nanoscale flow of light, including the exotic hyperbolic-to-elliptic topological transitions in …

Terahertz (THz) near-field microscopy retains the advantages of THz radiation and realizes
sub-wavelength imaging, which enables applications in fundamental research and industrial …

Atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) materials exhibit enormous potential in photodetectors
because of novel and extraordinary properties, such as passivated surfaces, tunable …

Shot noise, originating from the discrete nature of electric charge, is generated by scattering
processes. Shot-noise measurements have revealed microscopic charge dynamics in …

Confining light to sharp metal tips has become a versatile technique to study optical and
electronic properties far below the diffraction limit. Particularly near-field microscopy in the …