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Marija Strojnik - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Alon A Gorodetsky - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • cephalopod inspired Optical Engineering of human cells
    Nature Communications, 2020
    Co-Authors: A Chatterjee, Juana Cerna A Sanchez, Toyohiko Yamauchi, Vanessa Taupin, Justin Couvrette, Alon A Gorodetsky
    Abstract:

    Although many animals have evolved intrinsic transparency for the purpose of concealment, the development of dynamic, that is, controllable and reversible, transparency for living human cells and tissues has remained elusive to date. Here, by drawing inspiration from the structures and functionalities of adaptive cephalopod skin cells, we design and engineer human cells that contain reconfigurable protein-based photonic architectures and, as a result, possess tunable transparency-changing and light-scattering capabilities. Our findings may lead to the development of unique biophotonic tools for applications in materials science and bioEngineering and may also facilitate an improved understanding of a wide range of biological systems.

Yong Cao - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • recent advances in organic photovoltaics device structure and Optical Engineering optimization on the nanoscale
    Small, 2016
    Co-Authors: Guoping Luo, Xingang Ren, Su Zhang, Wallace C H Choy, Yong Cao
    Abstract:

    Organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, which can directly convert absorbed sunlight to electricity, are stacked thin films of tens to hundreds of nanometers. They have emerged as a promising candidate for affordable, clean, and renewable energy. In the past few years, a rapid increase has been seen in the power conversion efficiency of OPV devices toward 10% and above, through comprehensive optimizations via novel photoactive donor and acceptor materials, control of thin-film morphology on the nanoscale, device structure developments, and interfacial and Optical Engineering. The intrinsic problems of short exciton diffusion length and low carrier mobility in organic semiconductors creates a challenge for OPV designs for achieving Optically thick and electrically thin device structures to achieve sufficient light absorption and efficient electron/hole extraction. Recent advances in the field of OPV devices are reviewed, with a focus on the progress in device architecture and Optical Engineering approaches that lead to improved electrical and Optical characteristics in OPV devices. Successful strategies are highlighted for light wave distribution, modulation, and absorption promotion inside the active layer of OPV devices by incorporating periodic nanopatterns/nanostructures or incorporating metallic nanomaterials and nanostructures.

Toyohiko Yamauchi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • cephalopod inspired Optical Engineering of human cells
    Nature Communications, 2020
    Co-Authors: A Chatterjee, Juana Cerna A Sanchez, Toyohiko Yamauchi, Vanessa Taupin, Justin Couvrette, Alon A Gorodetsky
    Abstract:

    Although many animals have evolved intrinsic transparency for the purpose of concealment, the development of dynamic, that is, controllable and reversible, transparency for living human cells and tissues has remained elusive to date. Here, by drawing inspiration from the structures and functionalities of adaptive cephalopod skin cells, we design and engineer human cells that contain reconfigurable protein-based photonic architectures and, as a result, possess tunable transparency-changing and light-scattering capabilities. Our findings may lead to the development of unique biophotonic tools for applications in materials science and bioEngineering and may also facilitate an improved understanding of a wide range of biological systems.

Sewoong Baek - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • plasmonic forward scattering effect in organic solar cells a powerful Optical Engineering method
    Scientific Reports, 2013
    Co-Authors: Sewoong Baek
    Abstract:

    In this report, plasmonic effects in organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs) are systematically analyzed using size-controlled silver nanoparticles (AgNPs, diameter: 10 ~ 100 nm), which were incorporated into the anodic buffer layer, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS). The Optical properties of AgNPs tuned by size considerably influence the performance levels of devices. The power conversion efficiency (PCE) was increased from 6.4% to 7.6% in poly[N-9-hepta-decanyl-2,7-carbazole-alt-5,5-(4,7-di-2-thienyl-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole)] (PCDTBT):[6,6]-phenyl C71-butyric acid methyl ester (PC70BM) based-OPVs and from 7.9% to 8.6% in polythieno[3,4-b]thiophene/benzodithiophene (PTB7):PC70BM based-OPVs upon embedding the AgNPs. The external quantum efficiency (EQE) was significantly enhanced by the absorption enhancement due to the plasmonic scattering effect. Finally, we verified the origin of the size-dependent plasmonic forwarding scattering effect of the AgNPs by visualizing the scattering field with near-field Optical microscopy (NSOM) and through analytic Optical simulations.