News - Nano-Optics Group

Phys.org: UCF Researchers Develop Unique ‘Barcodes’ for Molecules to Help Expedite Medical Advancements, October 15, 2024.
UCF Today: UCF Researchers Develop Unique ‘Barcodes’ for Molecules to Help Expedite Medical Advancements, October 14, 2024.
UCF Today: UCF Researchers Develop Rapid Test to Detect Dopamine, September 05, 2024.
UCF Today: UCF Researcher Pioneers Chiral Molecule Sensing Method to Enhance Drug Development, March 13, 2024.
Phys.org: Researcher discovers new technique for photon detection, December 12, 2023.
National Science Foundation: Researchers create world’s first energy-saving paint — inspired by butterflies, April 17, 2023.
Forbes: Butterflies Inspire Paint Without Pigments, March 21, 2023.
WIRED: This Is the Lightest Paint in the World, March 22, 2023.
NPR: Scientists create an eco-friendly paint that mimics nature, April 08, 2023.
UCF Today: UCF Researcher Creates World’s First Energy-saving Paint – Inspired by Butterflies, March 8, 2023.
Phys.org: Researchers create world’s first energy-saving paint—inspired by butterflies, March 8, 2023.
UCF Today: UCF Researcher Leads $1.5 Million DARPA Project to Improve Night Vision, Space Exploration and Healthcare Diagnostics, January 13, 2022.
Phys.org: Researchers develop rapid, highly accurate test to detect viruses like SARS-COV-2,November 29, 2021.
UCF Today: UCF Researchers Develop Rapid, Highly Accurate Test to Detect Viruses like COVID-19, November 29, 2021.
Phys.org: A water-repellent nanomaterial inspired by nature, September 9, 2021.
UCF Today: UCF Researchers Create Water-repellent Nanomaterial Inspired by Nature, September 6, 2021.
National Science Foundation (NSF): Butterfly-inspired nanotech makes natural-looking pictures on digital screens, June 10, 2020.
Florida Minds Shine Brighter: University of Central Florida researchers use butterflies as inspiration for new screen technology, June 25, 2020.
Phys.org: Butterfly-inspired nanotech makes natural-looking pictures on digital screens, June 4, 2020.
C&EN: Plasmonic Color Makes a Comeback, March, 2020.
Phys.org: Researchers work to create infrared detectors for viper-like night vision, Oct 23, 2019.
Phys.org: Researchers work to create infrared detectors for viper-like night vision, Oct 23, 2019.
Nature: Dirac plasmon-assisted asymmetric hot carrier generation for room-temperature infrared detection, Sept 6, 2019.
MRS Bulletin: Biosensor enables simplified dopamine detection, May 9, 2019.
Science Daily: Sensor created to detect dopamine, brain disorders, in seconds, March 19, 2019.
UCF Today: UCF Researchers Developing Sensor to Detect Brain Disorders in Seconds, March 18, 2019.
National Science Foundation News: UCF researchers develop method to hide images and information in plain sight, December 17, 2018.
ABC Channel 9 News: Covert Imaging, January 09, 2019.
UCF Today: UCF Researchers Develop Method to Hide Images and Information in Plain Sight, December 17, 2018.
Interview and Live Demo: E-Skin Displays at Display and Consumer Electronics Conference (SID):, May 20, 2018.
Phys.org: New optical sensor can determine if molecules are left or right ‘handed’, June 12, 2018.
UCF Today: New UCF Optical Sensor Can Determine if Molecules are Left or Right ‘Handed’, June 8, 2018.
Dr. Chanda gave Invited Talk at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadina, LA, May 21, 2018.
Dr. Chanda gave Invited Talk at International Display Workshop (IDW – 2017), Sendai, Japan, October 7, 2017.
UCF Today: A Breakthrough in Graphene Research May lead to Next-Generation Tech, January 12, 2018.
Dr. Chanda gave Invited Talk at International Display Workshop (IDW – 2017), Sendai, Japan, October 7, 2017.
Tech Transfer: Professor Striving to Turn Nanoscale Inventions into Real-Life Products, September, 2017.
Dr. Chanda gave Invited Talk at Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Conference (CLEO – Pacific Rim) – 2017, Singapore, August 2, 2017.
Dr. Chanda gave Invited Talk at META Conference – 2017, Incheon, South Korea, July 27, 2017.
Dr. Chanda gave Invited Talk at Electron, Ion, Photon Technology and Nanofabrication Conference -EIPBN 2017, Orlando, Florida, June 2, 2017.
Phys.org: Research could bring ‘drastically’ higher resolution to your TV and smartphone, May 25, 2017.
Dr. Chanda is promoted to early Associate Professor position with tenure, April 11, 2017
‘Skin-like Plasmonic Full-Color Displays’ selected as Winner of Displaying Futures Award 2016 by MERCK, Germany.
Dr. Chanda and PhD Student Daniel Franklin was recognized by the UCF President and Board of Trustees for the Displaying Futures Award 2016 on Nov 17, 2016.
Dr. Chanda gave Plenary Talk at OSA Latin America Optics and Photonics Conference -LAOP 2016, Medellin, Colombia, Aug 22-26, 2016.
Dr. Chanda gave Invited Talk at Tech Transfer Symposium, CLEO – Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, San Jose, CA, June 2016.
Photonics Spectra: DARPA Grants $1.3M for IR Detection, June 10, 2016.
UCF Today: Next-Gen Infrared Detector Research at UCF Attracts $1.3 Million DARPA Grant, June 02, 2016.
SciTech TV Show : Flexible thin screens, which could lead to wearable displays, color-changing phone cases, and much more, 8.30 pm, February 11 2016.
National Science Foundation (NSF): NSF selected the plasmonic full-color display as one of the “Year of Light” favorites, National Science Foundation (NSF) News, November 26, 2015.
National Science Foundation (NSF): Researchers funded by the National Science Foundation have figured out how to change the color of a surface and play video by altering the voltage applied to it, National Science Foundation (NSF) News, November 26, 2015.
Photonics Spectra Top Stories 2015: Flexible Film Creates Colors from Reflected Light, Photonics Spectra , December 2015.
Dr. Chanda is Selected as one of the Chair of IEEE Photonics Conference (IEEE IPC 2016-2017), IEEE Photonics Conference (IEEE IPC 2016-2017) , November, 2015.
ABC WFTV Channel 9 News: UCF professor’s high-tech camouflage innovation gets government’s attention, Channel 9 News, October 27, 2015.
Dr. Chanda gave Invited Talk at OSA Frontier in Optics FiO-2015 Conference, San Jose, CA, October 2015
BBC News: Flexible ‘skin-like’ colour display developed, BBC News , June 25, 2015.
Daily Mail: The full colour ‘skin screen’ you can wear as clothing: Radical technology could let you alter your outfit instantly, Daily Mail , June 24, 2015.
NBC News: Flexible, Ultra-Thin Display Changes Color Like a Chameleon, NBC News , June 24, 2015.
ScienceDaily: Chameleon-like clothing: World’s first full-color, flexible, skin-like display, ScienceDaily, June 24, 2015.
Dr. Chanda gave Invited Talk at META-2015 Conference, New York, NY, August 2015
Phys.org: World’s first full-color, flexible, skin-like display developed, Phys.org, June 24, 2015.
Popular Science (PopSci): Super-Thin Electronic Textile Could Dress You in Video, Popular Science (PopSci), June 24, 2015.
EurekAlert- The Global Source for Science News: World’s first full-color, flexible, skin-like display developed at UCF, EurekAlert, June 24, 2015.
Orlando Sentinel- Front Page: UCF professor on quest to mimic how nature makes color, Orlando Sentinel, July 20, 2015.
The Times of India: World’s first full-color, flexible skin-like display developed, The Times of India, June 26, 2015.
The Indian EXPRESS: Indian-origin scientist develops world’s first skin-like display, The Indian EXPRESS , June 25, 2015.
Deccan Chronicle: Watch movies on a display as flexible as skin, Deccan Chronicle , June 26, 2015.
The HINDU: World’s first full-colour, flexible skin-like display developed, The HINDU , June 29, 2015.
ZEE News: Indian-origin scientist develops world’s first skin-like display, ZEE News , June 25, 2015.
American Scientist Feature Article: Fabrication at the Nano Scale with Molds and Imprinting, American Scientist, 103, pp. 212-217, May-June 2015.
Dr. Chanda was Invited to at SPIE Photonics North Conference, Ottawa, Canada, May 2015
Dr. Chanda has been invited to serve on the Editorial Board of Nature Publishing Group’s Scientific Reports journal, 2015.
Dr. Chanda has been selected to serve as an executive committee member in The Optical Society of America (OSA)’s Optical Fabrication and Testing Technical Group, 2015
Dr. Chanda gave Invited Talk at SPIE Photonics West Conference, San Francisco, California, January 2015
Nanotransfer Printing based Visible Negative Index Metamaterials paper is Selected for the Best of Advanced Optical Materials – 2014 Edition
The work on imprinted large area metamaterials published in ACS Nano is appeared as Research Highlight in: Nature Asia Materials, doi:10.1038/am.2014.99, Nov 2014.
Dr. Chanda appeared on the Science News Radio Show: The Promise of Tomorrow, 10 am, May 26, 2014.
Dr. Chanda gave Invited Talk at Latin America Optics and Photonics Conference (LAOP), Cancun, Mexico, November, 2014
Dr. Chanda gave Invited Talk at Photonics North Conference, Montreal, Canada, May, 2014.
Fox 35 TV Show: UCF researchers make breakthrough into “invisibility” technology, 10 pm, March 31 2014
Breakthrough in creating invisibility cloaks, stealth technology, Science Daily , March 31, 2014
The U.S. Military Is One St e p Closer to Having Invisibility Cloaks , Defense One , April 2, 2014
Before It’s News : Invisibility Cloaks, Stealth Technology Breakthrough, March 31 2014
Nick jr TV News Coverage: The Race for Invisibility, May 7 2014
UCF professor’s project could lead to creation of invisibility cloaks , Orlando Sentinel , April 7, 2014
How UCF may make Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak……, Orlando Business Journal , April 1, 2014
The research work on Large Area Visible Negative Index Metamaterials appeared as one of the Cover Article in Advanced Optical Materials , March 2014
S o lar Cells Made Thin, Efficient and Flexible, Science Daily , December 09, 2013
Research team finds way to make solar cells thin, efficient and flexible, EurekAlert , December 09, 2013
Team finds way to make solar cells thin,efficient and flexible, Phys.org , December 9, 2013
Tapping Solar’s Full Potential, Photonics.com , December 10, 2013
Nano-textured, silicon micro-cell arrays to make solar cells light weight and more efficient, IndiaSolarMarket , December 10, 2013
The research work on Light Trapping in Ultrathin Monocrystalline Silicon Solar Cells appeared as Cover Article in Advanced Energy Materials , November 2013
The research work on Ultrathin Silicon Solar Micro-Cells with an Integrated Nanostructured Backside Reflector appeared as Cover Article in Applied Materials and Interfaces, June 2013
Dr. Chanda was elected as Executive Committee member of Florida AVS Chapter, April 2013
Dr. Chanda gave Invited Talk at Florida-AVS Symposium, Orlando, March 05, 2013
Dr. Chanda gave Invited Talk at Latin America Optics & Photonics (LAOP) workshop, Cancun, Mexico, Nov 5-9, 2012
Printed 3D Metamaterials, Selected as “What is Hot in Optics” by Optical Society of America (OSA) in Frontier of Optics/Laser Science Conference, San Jose, CA, October 2011
A Practical Way to Make Invisibility Cloaks, MIT Technology Review (on-line), June 2011
Large-area printed 3D negative-index metamaterial is flexible, cover and featured article in Laser Focus World, vol 47, Issue 8, Aug 2011
Printed Metamaterial work selected for Cover Image of Laser Focus World, Vol 47, Issue 8, Aug 2011
Research team develops method to produce large sheets of metamaterials, Physics Today, June 2011
Nanotransfer makes large-area NIMs, Nanotechweb, June 2011
Research team develops method to produce large sheets of metamaterials, Physics.org, June 2011
Practical Invisibility Cloaks, MIT Technology Review (print edition), Sep-Oct 2011
Large Area Nanomanufacturing of Negative Index of Refraction Metamaterials, National Nanomanufacturing Network, Aug 2011