Switchable Optical Trapping of Mie‐Resonant Phase‐Change Nanoparticles

L Mao, I Toftul, S Balendhran, M Taha… - Laser & Photonics …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Optical tweezers revolutionized the manipulation of nanoscale objects. Typically, tunable
manipulations of optical tweezers rely on adjusting either the trapping laser beams or the …

Flexible vanadium dioxide photodetectors for visible to longwave infrared detection at room temperature

S Balendhran, M Taha, S Wang, W Yan… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Flexible optoelectronics is a rapidly growing field, with a wide range of potential
applications. From wearable sensors to bendable solar cells, curved displays, and curved …

A Comprehensive Review on Synthesis, Phase Transition, and Applications of VO2

A Kumar, A Kumar, A Kandasami, VR Singh - Journal of Superconductivity …, 2024 - Springer
The first-order reversible phase transition in vanadium dioxide (VO2), popularly coined as
metal-insulator transition (MIT), is a matter of significant interest since its genesis in the late …

A Thermally Reconfigurable Photonic Switch Utilizing Drop Cast Vanadium Oxide Nanoparticles on Silicon Waveguides

G Tanyi, D Peace, M Taha, E Cheng… - Advanced Photonics …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Photonic switches play a vital role in optical communications and computer networks for
establishing and releasing connections of optical signals. With the growing demand for ultra …

Switchable optical trapping based on Mie-resonant phase-change nanoparticles

L Mao, I Toftul, S Balendhran, M Taha… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Optical tweezers have revolutionized the manipulation of nanoscale objects, offering
versatile control over trapped particles. Typically, the manipulation and trapping capabilities …

COOL INNOVATIONS TO PROTECT CITIES FROM DANGEROUS HEAT

NG BO, GR AL CHINA - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Emmanuel Defay, a researcher at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology in
Belvaux, and his colleagues built a device that relies on 'electrocaloric'cooling. In this …