“Designer” Surfaces with Desired Light Responses

Speaker: Prof. L. Jay Guo
Affiliation: University of Michigan

Abstract: It is desirable to impart certain electromagnetic (light) responses to the surface of objects. The responses can be engineered in the visible, IR, THz or radio frequency range, depending on the specific applications. For example, objects with certain color appearances can be more appealing than others; windows that can control the transmission of visible light but reflecting/absorbing IR light, and building surfaces that can harvest sunlight and generate electric power are highly desirable for greater building/vehicle energy efficiency; surfaces with broadband RF absorptions can achieve stealth functionality; surface coating that can suppress the IR radiation but allow sunlight absorption are ideal for concentrated solar application, and could lead to more energy efficient incandescent light emitters. It is now possible to engineer these electromagnetic responses by designing structures using dielectric and metallic elements. This talk will present the guiding principles for achieving some of these electromagnetic responses, and also discuss fabrication methods that could be scalable to practical manufacturing.

Biography: L. Jay Guo started his academic career at the University of Michigan in 1999, and has been a professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science since 2011, with joint appointment in Applied Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Macomolecular Science and Engineering. He has ~200 refereed journal publications with over 13,500 citations, and more than 12 US patents. Many published work from his lab have been featured by numerous media, and he received the Research Excellence Award from the College of Engineering at UM in 2015. He served on a number of international conference program committees related to nanotechnologies and photonics. His group’s researches include polymer-based photonic devices and sensor applications, organic and hybrid photovoltaics, plasmonic nanophotonics, nanoimprint-based and roll to roll nanomanufacturing technologies.

For more information, contact Prof. Mona Jarrahi (mjarrahi@ucla.edu)

Date/Time:
Date(s) - Sep 16, 2016
10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Location:
EE-IV Shannon Room #54-134
420 Westwood Plaza - 5th Flr., Los Angeles CA 90095