LIMITED OFFER
Save 50% on book bundles
Immediately download your ebook while waiting for your print delivery. No promo code is needed.
Nano-Optics
Fundamentals, Experimental Methods, and Applications
- 1st Edition - July 6, 2020
- Editors: Sabu Thomas, Yves Grohens, Guillaume Vignaud, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Jemy James
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 8 3 9 2 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 8 3 9 3 - 9
Nano-Optics: Fundamentals, Experimental Methods, and Applications offers insights into the fundamentals and industrial applications of nanoscale light-emitting materials and their… Read more
Purchase options
Institutional subscription on ScienceDirect
Request a sales quoteNano-Optics: Fundamentals, Experimental Methods, and Applications offers insights into the fundamentals and industrial applications of nanoscale light-emitting materials and their composites. This book serves as a reference, offering an overview of existing research, with a particular focus on industrial applications. Nano-optics is the branch of nanoscience and nanotechnology that deals with interaction of light with nanoscale objects. This book explores the materials, structure, manufacturing techniques, and industrial applications of nano-optics. The applications discussed include healthcare, communication, astronomy, and satellites.
- Explains the major manufacturing techniques for light-emitting nanoscale materials
- Discusses how nanoscale optical materials are being used in a range of industrial applications
- Assesses the challenges of using nano-optics in a mass-production context
1. From nature: Optics, nanotechnology, and nano-optics
2. Nano-optics: Challenges, trends, and future
3. Nano-optics for healthcare applications
4. Laser, nanoparticles, and optics
5. Introduction to quantum plasmonic sensing
6. Nanobiophotonics and fluorescence nanoscopy in 2020
7. Nanotechnology-based fiber-optic chemical and biosensors
8. Light transport in three-dimensional photonic crystals
9. Application of two-dimensional materials in fiber laser systems
10. Carbon nanotube-based sensors and their application
11. Optical fiber coated with zinc oxide nanorods toward light sidecoupling for sensing application
12. Synthesis, characterization, and applications of opals
13. Theoretical methods, simulation and modeling in nano-optics
14. Photonic crystals-based light-trapping approach in solar cells
- No. of pages: 376
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: July 6, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128183922
- eBook ISBN: 9780128183939
ST
Sabu Thomas
Professor Sabu Thomas is the Director of Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He is also currently the Chairman of the Trivandrum Engineering Science and Technology Research Park (TrESPARK), Trivandrum, Kerala, India. He was the former Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. Prof. Thomas is a highly committed teacher and a remarkably active researcher well-known nationally and internationally for his outstanding contributions in polymer science and nanotechnology. He has published over 1400 research articles in international refereed journals. and has also edited and written 210 books. His H-index is 140 and total citations are more than 94,000. He has supervised 125 PhD theses. He has received many international and national awards and recognitions. Under the leadership of Prof. Thomas, Mahatma Gandhi University has been transformed into a top University in India.
Affiliations and expertise
Full Professor, International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, IndiaYG
Yves Grohens
Professor Yves Grohens is the Director of the LIMATB (Material Engineering) Laboratory of Université de Bretagne Sud, France. His master's and PhD degrees were from Besançon University, France. After finishing his studies, he worked as assistant professor and later professor in various reputed universities in France. He is an invited professor to many universities in different parts of the world as well. His areas of interest include physicochemical studies of polymer surfaces and interfaces, phase transitions in thin films confinement, nano and bio composites design and characterization, and biodegradation of polymers and biomaterials. He has written several book chapters, monographs, and scientific reviews and has published 130 international publications. He is the chairman and member of advisory committees of many international conferences.
Affiliations and expertise
Director, ComposiTIC laboratory, University of South Brittany, France.GV
Guillaume Vignaud
Guillaume Vignaud is Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of South Brittany, France. His research focuses on the optical properties of nanoscale thin films.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, University of South Brittany, FranceNK
Nandakumar Kalarikkal
Dr. Nandakumar Kalarikkal is an Associate Professor at the School of Pure and Applied Physics and Joint Director of the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. His research activities involve applications of nanostructured materials, laser plasma, and phase transitions. He is the recipient of research fellowships and associateships from prestigious government organizations such as the Department of Science and Technology and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research of the Government of India. He has active collaborations with national and international scientific institutions in India, South Africa, Slovenia, Canada, France, Germany, Malaysia, Australia, and the United States. He has more than 130 publications in peer-reviewed journals. He also co-edited nine books of scientific interest and co-authored many book chapters.
Affiliations and expertise
International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and School of Pure and Applied Physics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, IndiaJJ
Jemy James
Dr Jemy James obtained his Phd from University of South Brittany, France, and is presently working at WITec GmbH, Germany. He was earlier Junior Research Fellow at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottyam, India.
Affiliations and expertise
Support Engineer, WITec GmbH, GermanyRead Nano-Optics on ScienceDirect