Feature issue introduction: organic and polymeric materials for photonic applications

Kwang-Sup Lee, Eunkyoung Kim, Hong-Bo Sun, and Alex K.-Y. Jen

Opt. Mater. Express 7(7), 2691-2696 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Fluorescence enhancement of hemicyanines bound to DNA or DNA-complex and their application to dye laser

Yuki Suzuki and Yutaka Kawabe

Opt. Mater. Express 7(6), 2062-2068 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Chiral polymer photonics

Alexander Baev and Paras N. Prasad

Opt. Mater. Express 7(7), 2432-2439 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Efficient wafer-scale poling of electro-optic polymer thin films on soda-lime glass substrates: large second-order nonlinear coefficients and exceptional homogeneity of optical birefringence

Jingdong Luo, Dong Hun Park, Roland Himmelhuber, Zong-Long Zhu, Ming Li, Robert A. Norwood, and Alex K-Y. Jen

Opt. Mater. Express 7(6), 1909-1916 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Programmable dual electrochromism in azine linked conjugated polymer

Minsu Han, Mithrabinda K. Poduval, Haijin Shin, Nobuyuki Tamaoki, Taiho Park, Yuna Kim, and Eunkyoung Kim

Opt. Mater. Express 7(6), 2117-2125 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Highly efficient silver nanowire/PEDPT:PSS composite microelectrodes via poly(ethylene glycol) photolithography

Dabum Kim, Youngsang Ko, Wooki Kim, Donghyuk Kim, and Jungmok You

Opt. Mater. Express 7(7), 2272-2279 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Development of tunable electro-optical properties on U-shaped-alignment in-plane switching liquid crystal devices

Guan-Jhong Lin, Tien-Jung Chen, Yi-Wei Tsai, and Jin-Jei Wu

Opt. Mater. Express 7(7), 2461-2470 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Fluorescence evolution processes of visible/ultraviolet photo-reduced graphene oxide

Yuan-yuan Yue, Yang Chen, Yan-xia Zhang, Lei Wang, and Hai-yu Wang

Opt. Mater. Express 7(7), 2519-2527 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Facile fabrication of moisture responsive graphene actuators by moderate flash reduction of graphene oxides films

Yu-Qing Liu, Jia-Nan Ma, Yan Liu, Dong-Dong Han, Hao-Bo Jiang, Jiang-Wei Mao, Chang-Hao Han, Zhi-Zhen Jiao, and Yong-Lai Zhang

Opt. Mater. Express 7(7), 2617-2625 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Fabrication of a high-Q factor ring resonator using LSCVD deposited Si₃N₄ film

Xiaoyang Cheng, Jianxun Hong, Andrew M. Spring, and Shiyoshi Yokoyama

Opt. Mater. Express 7(7), 2182-2187 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Dendrite-joining of air-gap-separated PMMA substrates using ultrashort laser pulses

Yusuke Mizuguchi, Takayuki Tamaki, Takashi Fukuda, Koji Hatanaka, Saulius Juodkazis, and Wataru Watanabe

Opt. Mater. Express 7(7), 2141-2149 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Improving Faraday rotation performance with block copolymer and FePt nanoparticle magneto-optical composite

Alexander Miles, Yue Gai, Palash Gangopadhyay, Xinyu Wang, Robert A. Norwood, and James J. Watkins

Opt. Mater. Express 7(6), 2126-2140 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

One-step electrochemical synthesis of graphene oxide-TiO₂ nanotubes for improved visible light activity

Imran Ali, Seu-Run Kim, Kyungmin Park, and Jong-Oh Kim

Opt. Mater. Express 7(5), 1535-1546 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Fabrication of pseudo single crystalline thin films composed of polydiacetylene nanofibers and their optical properties

Yuki Iimori, Tsunenobu Onodera, Hitoshi Kasai, Masaya Mitsuishi, Tokuji Miyashita, and Hidetoshi Oikawa

Opt. Mater. Express 7(7), 2218-2223 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Fabrication of gold clusters photoreduced in gold-dendrimer complex nanoparticles

Akira Miura, Tsunenobu Onodera, Hitoshi Kasai, Takane Imaoka, Kimihisa Yamamoto, and Hidetoshi Oikawa

Opt. Mater. Express 7(7), 2224-2229 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Photopatternable cadmium-free quantum dots with ene-functionalization

Seung-Kyu Park, Xuecheng Teng, Juhyung Jung, Prem Prabhakaran, Cheol Woo Ha, and Kwang-Sup Lee

Opt. Mater. Express 7(7), 2440-2449 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Slowing sub-picosecond laser pulses with 0.55 mm-thick cholesteric liquid crystal

Chun-Wei Chen, Xuexue Guo, Xingjie Ni, Tsung-Hsien Lin, and Iam Choon Khoo

Opt. Mater. Express 7(6), 2005-2011 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Plasmonic effects of quantum size metal nanoparticles on dye-sensitized solar cell

S. Shah, I.M. Noor, J. Pitawala, I. Albinson, T. M. W. J. Bandara, B. -E. Mellander, and A. K. Arof

Opt. Mater. Express 7(6), 2069-2083 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Efficient inverted flexible polymer solar cells with transparent top MoO₃/Au/Ag/NPB electrodes

Xue-Mei Wen, Rui Ma, Da Yin, and Yan-Gang Bi

Opt. Mater. Express 7(7), 2188-2193 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Water dispersion of reduced graphene oxide stabilized via fullerenol semiconductor for organic solar cells

Sehyun Lee, Jun-Suk Yeo, Jin-Mun Yun, and Dong-Yu Kim

Opt. Mater. Express 7(7), 2487-2495 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Highly sensitive and selective fiber-optic Fabry-Perot volatile organic compounds sensor based on a PMMA film

Cai-Bin Yu, Yu Wu, Chen Li, Fan Wu, Jin-Hao Zhou, Yuan Gong, Yun-Jiang Rao, and Yuan-Fu Chen

Opt. Mater. Express 7(6), 2111-2116 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Metal-printing directly defined polymer optical waveguide sensors for detecting effective anti-inflammatory concentrations of peimine as fritillaria alkaloid drugs

P. F. Yi, P. Shen, Y. Zheng, C. M. Chen, L. G. Liang, J. H. Wang, L. C. Shang Guan, and D. M. Zhang

Opt. Mater. Express 7(7), 2230-2241 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Optimization of period and thickness of the corrugated Ag cathode for efficient cross coupling between SPP and microcavity modes in top-emitting OLEDs

Yu Jin, Dao-hua Zou, Kang Wang, Zhi-jun Wu, and Chun-ping Xiang

Opt. Mater. Express 7(6), 2096-2101 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

SU-8 grating assisted intermodal interference in surface plasmon polariton waveguide

Lanting Ji, Guobing He, Yang Gao, Xiaoqiang Sun, Yunji Yi, Xibin Wang, Changming Chen, and Daming Zhang

Opt. Mater. Express 7(7), 2560-2570 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Biomimetic construction of hierarchical structures via laser processing

Mo-Nan Liu, Lei Wang, Yan-Hao Yu, and Ai-Wu Li

Opt. Mater. Express 7(7), 2208-2217 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Carbon nanotube-grafted inverse opal nanostructures

Yu Jin Jang, Joonwon Lim, Sang Ouk Kim, and Dong Ha Kim

Opt. Mater. Express 7(7), 2242-2247 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Refractive index measurements of photo-resists for three-dimensional direct laser writing

Timo Gissibl, Sebastian Wagner, Jachym Sykora, Michael Schmid, and Harald Giessen

Opt. Mater. Express 7(7), 2293-2298 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Low-loss modified SU-8 waveguides by direct laser writing at 405 nm

Jhonattan C. Ramirez, Juliana N. Schianti, Maria G. Almeida, Aristides Pavani, Roberto R. Panepucci, Hugo E. Hernandez-Figueroa, and Lucas H. Gabrielli

Opt. Mater. Express 7(7), 2651-2659 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Evaluation of anticancer drug in a polymer 3D cell chip

Kwon-Jai Lee, Jeung Hee An, Jae-Soo Shin, Cheol Woo Ha, Yong Son, Jaeseo Seok, and Kwang-Sup Lee

Opt. Mater. Express 7(8), 2752-2759 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Air-clad broadband waveguide using micro-molded polyimide combined with a robust, silica-based inverted opal substrate

Muhammad Umar Khan, Joseph McGrath, Brian Corbett, and Martyn Pemble

Opt. Mater. Express 7(9), 3155-3161 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF