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Awards and Key Publications

Awards

To view a list of awards granted to NB-photonics members since the launch of the Center in 2010 click here.

Publications

For a complete list of the publications of the Center and its researchers we refer to the websites of the participating groups. Hereafter a limited number of key publications is given for each driver. It includes publications on results achieved since the founding of the Center as well as a selection of important older publications on which the Center builds.

Driver 1: Large area photonics through nanostructured materials

Penninck, L., Beeckman, J., De Visschere, P., Neyts, K., "Light emission from dye-doped cholesteric liquid crystals at oblique angles: simulation and experiment," PHYSICAL REVIEW E, Vol. 85(4), pp. 7 (2012) doi

Botterman, J., Van den Eeckhout, K., De Baere, I., Poelman, D., Smet, P.F., “Mechanoluminescence in BaSi2O2N2:Eu,” Acta Materialia 60, 5494-5500 (2012) doi

Smet, P.F., Van den Eeckhout, K., Bos, A.J.J., Van der Kolk, E., Dorenbos, P., “Temperature and wavelength dependent trap filling in M2Si5N8:Eu (M=Ca, Sr, Ba) persistent phosphors,” J. Lumin. 132, 682-689 (2012) doi

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Driver 2: Ultra-low-power high speed optical sources and switching

Omari, A., Moreels, I. Masia, F., Langbein, W., Borri, P., Van Thourhout, D., Kockaert, P., Hens, Z., “Role of interband and photoinduced absorption in the nonlinear refraction and absorption of resonantly excited PbS quantum dots around 1550 nm,” PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 85(115318), (2012) doi

B., De Geyter, K., Komorowska, E., Brainis, P., Emplit, P., Geiregat, A., Hassinen, Z., Hens, D., Van Thourhout, “From fabrication to mode mapping in silicon nitride microdisk with embedded colloidal quantum dots,” APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 101(16), p.161101~4 (2012) doi

De Geyter, B., Houtepen, A.J., Carrillo, S., Geiregat, P., Gao, Y., Ten Cate, S., Schins, J. M., Van Thourhout, D., Delerue, C., Siebbeles, L. D.A., Hens, Z., “Broadband and Picosecond Intraband Relaxation in Lead-Based Colloidal Dots,” ACS NANO, 6(7), p.6067-6074 (2012) PMID

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Driver 3: Sensitive integrated label-free biosensors for multiplexed detection of proteins and DNA

Lerma Arce, C., Witters, D., Lammertyn, J., Bienstman, P., “Silicon Photonic Sensors incorporated in a Digital Microfluidic System,”Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 404, (2012) PMID

Wang, L., Ren, J., Han, X., Claes, T., Jian, X., Bienstman, P., Baets, R.,  Zhao, M., Morthier, G., “A Label-Free Optical Biosensor Built on a Low Cost Polymer Platform,” IEEE Photonics Journal, 4(3), p.920-930 (2012) doi

Claes T., Bogaerts W., Bienstman P., "Vernier-cascade label-free biosensor with integrated arrayed waveguide grating for wavelength interrogation with low-cost broadband source" OPTIC LETTERS 36 (17) p. 3320-3322 (2011) PMID

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Driver 4: Integrated photonic systems for mid-infrared biospectroscopy

Liu, X., Kuyken, B., Roelkens, G., Baets, R., Osgood Jr., R. M., Green, W. M. J., “Bridging the Mid-Infrared-to-Telecom Gap with Silicon Nanophotonic Spectral Translation,” Nature Photonics, p.667-671 (2012) doi

Hattasan, N., Kuyken, B., Leo, F., Ryckeboer, E.M.P., Vermeulen, D., Roelkens, G., “High-efficiency SOI fiber-to-chip grating couplers and low-loss waveguides for the short-wave infrared,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 24(17), p.1536-1538 (2012) doi

Gassenq, A., Hattasan, N., Ryckeboer, E.M.P., Rodriguez, J.B., Cerutti, L., Tournié, E., Roelkens, G., “Study of evanescently-coupled and grating-assisted GaInAsSb photodiodes integrated on a silicon photonic chip,” Optics Express, 20(11), p.11665-11672 (2012) doi

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Driver 5: (Bio)-Imaging of nanosized matter and biomolecules

Maldiney, T., Sraiki, G., Viana, B., Gourier, D., Richard, C., Scherman, D., Bessodes, M., Van den Eeckhout, K., Poelman, D., Smet, P.F., “In vivo optical imaging with rare earth doped Ca2Si5N8 persistent luminescent nanoparticles,” Optical Materials Express 2, 261-268 (2012) doi

Staljanssens, D., Van Camp, J., Billiet, A., De Meyer, T., Al Shukor, N., De Vos, W. (*),Smagghe, G. (*), “Screening of milk and soy protein hydrolysates for their ability to activate the CCK1 receptor,” Peptides 34, p.226-231 (2012) PMI

Beloglazova, N. V.; Speranskaya, E. S.; De Saeger, S.; Hens, Z.; Abe, S.; Goryacheva, I. Y., “Quantum dot based rapid tests for zearalenone detection,” ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, 403, 3013-3024 (2012) PMID

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Driver 6: Electro-optical particle manipulation

Beunis F., Strubbe F., Neyts K., Petrov D., “Beyond Millikan: The Dynamics of Charging Events on Individual Colloidal Particles”, Physical Review Letters 108, 016101 (2012) doi

Beunis F., Strubbe F., Verboven B., Neyts K., Petrov D., “Fast and precise measurements of particle charge with optical trapping electrophoresis,” PROCEEDINGS OF THE SPIE, Vol. 7613, 76130B (2010) INIST

Neyts K., Beunis F., Strubbe F., Marescaux M., Verboven B., Karvar M., Verschueren A., “Charge transport and current in nonpolar liquids,” JOURNAL OF PHYSICS: CONDENSED MATTER, Vol. 22 (49), 494108 (2010) doi

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Driver 7: Active nano-photonic implants

KolesnikovaT. A. , Kohler D., Skirtach A. G., Moehwald H., "Laser-induced cell detachment, patterning, and regrowth on gold nanoparticle functionalized surfaces", ACS NANO (2012) PMID

Schmidt S., Madaboosi N.; Uhlig K., Koehler D., Skirtach A.; Duschl C.; Moehwald H.; Volodkin, D. V., "Control of cell adhesion by mechanical reinforcement of soft polyelectrolyte films with nanoparticles", LANGMUIR 2012, 28, 7249-7257 (2012) doi

Schmidt S., Fernandes P.A.L., De Geest B.G., Delcea M., Skirtach A.G., Moehwald H., Fery A., "Release properties of pressurized microgel templated capsules", ADV. FUNCT. MATER., 2011, 21, 1411-1418 (2011) doi

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Driver 8: Raman bio-spectroscopy enabled by nanophotonics

Yashchenok A., Masic A., Gorin D., Shim B. S., Kotov N. A., Fratzl P., Möhwald H., Skirtach A., "Nanoengineered colloidal probes for Raman-based detection of biomolecules inside living cells", SMALL, electronic publication ahead of print (2012) doi

Yashchenok A.M., Borisova D., Parakhonskiy B.V., Masic A., Pinchasik B., Möhwald H., Skirtach A.G., "Nanoplasmonic smooth silica versus porous calcium carbonate bead biosensors for detection of biomarkers," ANNAL. DER PHYS., electronic publication ahead of print (2012) doi

Bratashov D.N., Masic A., Yashchenok A.M., Bedard M. F., Inozemtseva O.A., Gorin D.A., Basova T., Sievers T.K., Sukhorukov G.B., Winterhalter M., Mohwald H., Skirtach A.G. "Raman imaging and photodegradation study of phthalocyanine containing microcapsules and coated particles", J. RAMAN SPECTR. 2011, 42, 1901-1907 (2011) doi