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Graduate Students
We are actively looking for motivated graduate students who are interested in tackling challenging problems at the frontier of science and engineering. Those interested should contact Prof. Valentine.
Our Mission
We are a team of researchers interested in understanding how nanoscale structuring can be used to engineer a material's optical properties. We are focused on using this understanding to develop novel materials for applications such as communications, imaging, active devices, photonic circuitry, and solar energy conversion. The lab is under the direction of Prof. Jason Valentine in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Vanderbilt University.
Highlights
Thermoplasmonic Antenna Design and Probing
- Published online (ASAP article) in Nano Letters
Plasmonic Luneburg and Eaton Lenses
- Published in Nature Nanotechnology
- See the story from LBL news
Optical Cloaking
- Our work is on the cover of Nature Materials
- "Researchers Create an "Invisibility Cloak" US News & World Report
- "Invisibility cloak edges closer " BBC News
- "Leap forward for invisibility cloaks" Nature News
- "Invisibility Cloak for Almost-Visible Light" ScienceNOW News
Negative Refractive Index
- Published in Nature
- Our work ranked No. 7 among the Top 100 Stories of 2008 announced by DISCOVER magazine.
- Our work is among the Top 10 Scientific Discoveries of 2008 announced by TIME magazine.
- Our work was selected as one of the 50 Best Inventions of 2008 by TIME magazine.
