Research

Themes

Optical Materials

We create optical/photonic materials, ranging from metamaterials and surfaces to electrochromic films, to simple metallized plastics, for controlling thermal radiation at nano-to-macroscales.

Applications

We use our materials for a range of applications, with a primary emphasis on controlling light and heat in everyday environments.

Buildings & Cities

We study the potential impact of optical materials on cities and buildings, with energy efficiency, sustainability and climate resilience and adaptation as goals.

Physics & The Environment

We also study how emerging optical materials interact with the broader environment, to uncover new functionalities, and to understand their environmental implications.

Topics

Al2O3 (2) Aluminium Oxide (2) Atmosphere (4) Atmospheric Irradiance (3) Atmospheric Modeling (3) Atmospheric Transparency Window (9) Barite (1) Barium Sulfate (1) BaSO4 (1) Bilayer (1) Bilayer Design (1) Broadband absorber (1) Broadband Emitters (2) Building Energy Models (1) Building Envelopes (7) Cellulose Acetate (1) Chemistry (2) Colored radiative coolers (1) Composites (2) Cool Colors (1) Daylighting (2) Earth's Glow (1) Electrochromic Materials (1) Electrochromism (1) Environment (3) ePTFE (1) Ethyl cellulose (2) Facile Fabrication (2) Fluidic switching (1) Galvanic Displacement (2) Heat Vision (1) Infrared (1) Infrared Imaging (1) IR Imaging (1) Jyotirmoy Mandal (1) Li4Ti5O12 (1) Lithium Titanium Oxide (1) Long-wavelength Infrared (9) LWIR (2) Materials Science (8) Metamaterials (7) MODTRAN (3) Near-infrared reflective (1) Optical Materials (10) Optical Modulation (1) Optical Switching (3) Optics (5) P(VdF-HFP) (4) Paint (5) Passive Daytime Radiative Cooling (8) PDMS (1) PDRC (7) Perspective (1) Physics (2) Plasmonics (2) PMMA (3) PMP (1) Polyethene (1) Polyethylene (1) Polymer-Dielectric Composites (2) polymers (3) Polymethyl-methacrylate (3) Polymethylpentene (1) polypropene (2) Polystyrene (1) polytetrafluoroethene (2) Polyvinyl Fluoride (1) Polyvinylidene difluoride-co-hexafluoropropene (4) Porous polymers (6) PP (2) PTFE (2) PVdF (2) PVF (1) Radiative Coolers and the Environment (3) Radiative Cooling (10) Random Metamaterials (7) Selective LWIR Emitters (3) Selective Solar Absorber (1) Selective vs Broadband (3) Silicone (1) Solar Heating (4) Spectrally Selective Materials (9) SSA (1) Static Design (1) Superwhite Paint (3) Sustainable, Adaptable and Resilient Human Habitats (6) Teflon (2) Terrestrial Environment (1) Terrestrial Irradiance (1) Thermal Camouflage (1) Thermal Imaging (1) Thermal Sensing (1) Thermoregulation (3) TPX (1) Transmittance Switching (1) Transparent (1) Vertical Surfaces (2) Walls (1) Wet Chemistry (2) Windows (1)