3D Nonlinear Photonic Crystals from Biotemplating Investigating the interplay between a 3D linear photonic crystal and a nonlinear optical material Read more
Amyloid-based structural color for circular dairy economy We’re developing tamper-proof, brightly colored labels from dairy by-products to combat counterfeiting… Read more
Angle-Independent Structural Color in Stretchable Materials We engineer iridescent elastomers with tailored surface roughness to achieve vivid, structural colour… Read more
Bio-Inspired Photonic Pigments for Non-Fading, Structural Colouration (Marie-Curie Global Postdoctoral Fellowship) Inspired by nature’s most vibrant colors, COLOUR project pioneers a new class of photonic pigments that… Read more
Block copolymer self-assembly Block copolymer self-assembly unlocks large, ordered 3D nanostructures for advanced material applications Read more
Bright white scatterers beyond titania With growing restrictions on titanium dioxide, this project develops sustainable, non-toxic white pigments… Read more
Collective emission in metamaterials Polarisation and angle resolved thermal emission and fluorescence in network-like metamaterials Read more
Colloidal Depletion for Sorting and Structural Coloration We harness depletion forces to control colloidal interactions—enabling precision sorting and the emergence… Read more
Colloidal self-assembly for fabricating optical materials Structured materials made from the self-assembly of colloidal particles Read more
Complete photonic band gap materials Three dimensional photonic crystals with complete photonic band gap obtained via the self-assembly of… Read more
Computer-generated disordered networks for photonic bandgap Random nanoscale networks in insects reveal how disorder can create brilliant structural colours Read more
Disordered Diamond-Like Colloidal Networks for Photonic Bandgap Materials We design self-assembled colloidal structures with diamond symmetry and controlled disorder—enabling… Read more
Double Net Metamaterials Interwoven metallic networks reveal how electron acoustic waves and quasi-BICs emerge through intricate… Read more
Hybrid Photonic Materials with Titania-Enhanced Block Copolymer Structures By integrating titania nanoparticles into self-assembled block copolymers, we create hybrid materials… Read more
Inverted 3D Photonic Crystals from Colloidal Self-Assembly Using templated self-assembly and material inversion, this project creates 3D photonic crystals with… Read more
Ion-selective membranes for power conversion from salinity gradients with unprecedented efficiency Electric eel-inspired materials to storage and deliver electrical power Read more
Living Colors: Magnetically Tunable Photonic Gels for Adaptive Camouflage Inspired by cephalopods, we design soft materials that change color on demand using magnetic fields and… Read more
Mechanoluminochromic Coatings for Real-Time Damage Detection We develop UV-activated polymer coatings that visibly reveal stress and impact damage—enabling real-time… Read more
Metamaterial Floquet modes Developing tools to obtain metamaterial evanescent Floquet modes Read more
Microfluidics for Tailored Photonic Microparticle Fabrication Microfluidic techniques enable the precise and scalable fabrication of polymer microparticles with controlled… Read more
Molecular Building Blocks of Structural Color To recreate nature’s vibrant structural colors, we investigate the lipids and proteins responsible for… Read more
Nanostructured polymer particles Polymer particles with well-defined nanostructures obtained via the confined self-assembly of block copolymers… Read more
Photonic Structural Materials with Controlled Disorder (ERC) Discovering hidden correlations in disordered photonic materials Read more
Radial Lasers from All-Polymer Spherical Microcavities We are pioneering a new class of low-threshold lasers by creating fully solution-processed, polymer-based… Read more
Self-assembly of Biomimetic Photonic Crystals Reveal the self-assembly process of photonic crystals in nature and their bio-inspired fabrication Read more
