{"id":53,"date":"2023-03-21T22:26:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T02:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gritcms.smca.ucf.edu\/chanda\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2023-03-31T16:21:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T20:21:47","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/chanda\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"h3 mb-3 mb-lg-4 wp-block-heading\">Research Focus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"font-slab-serif lead\">Thin-film solar cells, study of light-matter interactions in artificially structured metal\/dielectric structures (metamaterials, plasmonic nanostructures), transformation optics for display\/camouflage, printed optics\/opto-electronics components, strong coupling between photonic and plasmonic resonances, biological\/chemical sensors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-5 my-4 my-lg-5 wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/3d-negative.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" data-id=\"125\" src=\"https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/3d-negative-300x156.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/chanda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/3d-negative-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/chanda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/3d-negative.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/light-trapping.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" data-id=\"126\" src=\"https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/light-trapping-300x297.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/chanda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/light-trapping-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/chanda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/light-trapping-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/chanda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/light-trapping.jpg 464w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/light-trapping2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"121\" data-id=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/light-trapping2-300x121.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/chanda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/light-trapping2-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/chanda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/light-trapping2-768x311.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/chanda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/light-trapping2.jpg 835w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/opto-fluidic_sensor-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"128\" src=\"https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/opto-fluidic_sensor-1-297x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/chanda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/opto-fluidic_sensor-1-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/chanda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/opto-fluidic_sensor-1.jpg 345w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/plasmonic_crystal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"124\" data-id=\"129\" src=\"https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/plasmonic_crystal-300x124.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/chanda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/plasmonic_crystal-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/chanda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/03\/plasmonic_crystal.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Research in the lab focuses on confining coherent\/partially-coherent or incoherent light at nanoscale to enhance light-matter interactions for novel device applications as well as energy harvesting purposes. The emphasis is on design and development of high throughput, large scale and low cost fabrication of optical nanostructures for enhanced light-matter interactions in artificially structured metal\/dielectric structures (metamaterials, plasmonic nanostructures), transformation optics for display\/camouflage, strong coupling between photonic and plasmonic resonances and trapping light in thin film solar cells.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Research Focus Thin-film solar cells, study of light-matter interactions in artificially structured metal\/dielectric structures (metamaterials, plasmonic nanostructures), transformation optics for display\/camouflage, printed optics\/opto-electronics components, strong coupling between photonic and plasmonic resonances, biological\/chemical sensors. 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