Metasurfaces and Optical Nanodevices
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanophotonics Materials and Devices".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 February 2026
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metasurfaces—the 2D counterparts of metamaterials—have emerged as powerful tools capable of replacing traditional bulk optical components and enabling novel functionalities unattainable with conventional materials. Due to their unprecedented ability to shape arbitrary wavefronts, metasurfaces are driving innovations in both classical and quantum optics, particularly in the pursuit of miniaturization and multifunctionality.
This Special Issue aims to showcase the latest developments in metasurface research, spanning from design and fabrication to the exploration of novel physical phenomena and real-world applications. Given your impactful research and ongoing in this field, we are pleased to invite you to submit your work to this Special Issue. We believe your insights will significantly enrich the academic value of this collection and contribute meaningfully to the advancement of metasurface science.
This Special Issue aims to highlight recent progress, emerging challenges, and future opportunities in metasurface-enabled novel effects and meta-devices, offering readers a comprehensive perspective on the current state and future directions of this exciting field.
We welcome original research articles and review papers that explore new micro- and nano-manufacturing techniques, cutting-edge optical effects, and metasurface-enabled technologies with industrial potential. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following:
- Metamaterials and metasurfaces;
- Optical imaging, display, sensing, encryption, and metrology;
- Optical communication and quantum technologies.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Hui Yang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- metamaterials and metasurfaces
- on-chip meta-devices
- optical analog computing
- non-Hermitian metasurface
- bound states in the continuum
- nonlinear metasurface devices
- quantum optics
- sensing and imaging
- optical metrology
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