Optical biomimetics, the study of natural systems to inspire novel solutions to problems in optical technologies, has attracted growing interest. Optical biomimetics reviews key research in this area, focusing on the techniques and approaches used to characterise and mimic natur…
Information about the physics and chemistry of liquid crystals is easy to come by, but information about applications is generally limited to technical papers or conference proceedings. Here scientists from industry and academia describe current and future applications such as t…
Photonic Crystal structures have been heralded as a disruptive technology for the miniaturization of opto-electronic devices, offering as they do the possibility of guiding and manipulating light in sub-micron scale waveguides. Applications of photonic crystal guiding - the abil…
