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Evolutionary photonics for renewable energy, nanomedicine, and advanced material engineering

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posted on 2023-06-09, 15:13 authored by Gael Favraud, Juan Sebastian Totero Gongora, Andrea Fratalocchi
Taking inspiration from complex natural phenomena such as chaos and unpredictability, as well as highly optimized organisms constituted by multitudes of interacting cells, evolutionary photonics aims at developing new sustainable technologies for renewable energy production, bioimaging, and scalable materials with advanced optical functionalities. These photonics systems integrate complex dielectric and/or metallic units into large networks of heterogeneous elements, which are entirely controlled by acting on the interactions among the different units that compose the network. This Review presents a selection of recent results in this research field, discussing advantages, challenges and perspectives of this technology in addressing global challenges in several scientific areas, ranging from broadband light energy harvesting, to scalable clean water production, early-stage cancer detection, sensing, artificial intelligence, invisible structures, and to large-scale optical materials with programmable functionality and robust structural coloration.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Laser and Photonics Reviews

ISSN

1863-8880

Publisher

Wiley

Issue

11

Volume

12

Page range

1700028 1-24

Department affiliated with

  • Physics and Astronomy Publications

Research groups affiliated with

  • Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Research Group Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2018-09-25

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