Light microscopy has become the most widely used quantitative technique for biologists. Since the 1980s, optical designs are configured to match the requirements of biological microscopists – be it sample…

The first direct measurement of gravitational waves occurred on September 14, 2015, one century after Albert Einstein formulated the general theory of relativity. Since then, about 90 gravitational-wave sources have…

Solid-state UV/DUV light emitters with wavelengths from 400 nm down to 200 nm are the fundamental building block for several key applications. Polymer curing, air-water purification, bio-medical instrumentation, gas sensing,…

MXenes are a large family of 2D transition metal carbides, nitrides and carbonitrides with more than forty different synthesized compositions and structures and a hundred more that have been investigated…

Over the last two decades, superconducting logic has undergone an evolution that has diversified the basic technology fundamentals and broadened its application space. We have seen the advancement of existing…

Functional dielectrics, with unique electro-active behaviors such as ferro-, piezo- and pyro-electric properties, are attracting extensive attention for energy conversion and storage applications. Examples include capacitors, solid-state coolers, transducers, sensors…

This Special Issue on Electronic Noise – From Advanced Materials to Quantum Technologies will include recent developments in experimental and theoretical aspects of electronic noise and fluctuation processes across a…

Metamaterials reveal exceptional mechanical and dynamic responses, including negative or extreme elastic, thermal and acoustic properties, shape morphability, vibration damping, memory, invisibility cloaking, and machine-like functionalities, due to their clever…

Recent advances in machine learning have created a revolution in all areas of science and engineering. For example, advanced data analytics tools based on computer vision methods such as object…