SIOF-Plasmonica
@plasmonica.bsky.social
Plasmonica (https://www.plasmonica.it/) is an Italy-based community of young researchers in #plasmonics and #nano-optics constituted as a Working Group of the Italian Society of Optics and Photonics (SIOF).
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📢Applications are open for #PLASMONICAschool2026 — the 5th edition of our International School on Plasmonics & Nano-Optics! 👩🏫
📅 23–27 March 2026
📍 Arcetri, Florence (Italy)
⏳ Deadline for applications: Nov 7th
📝 Info and submission: www.plasmonica.it/2026school/
📩 Contact: school@plasmonica.it
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📅 23–27 March 2026
📍 Arcetri, Florence (Italy)
⏳ Deadline for applications: Nov 7th
📝 Info and submission: www.plasmonica.it/2026school/
📩 Contact: school@plasmonica.it
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Have you been living under a rock and never heard about #PLASMONICAschool2026? No worries: it's not too late to join our School on Plasmonics & Nano-Optics 💡: there is still one week left to apply ⌛. Check all the info in the 🧵 below 👇 and at 🌐 www.plasmonica.it/2026school/.
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Have you been living under a rock and never heard about #PLASMONICAschool2026? No worries: it's not too late to join our School on Plasmonics & Nano-Optics 💡: there is still one week left to apply ⌛. Check all the info in the 🧵 below 👇 and at 🌐 www.plasmonica.it/2026school/.
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Nonlinear plasmonic sensing, but monitoring changes in the wavevector ↙️↘️ rather than wavelength domain. Kudos 🙌 to the perseverance of A. Verneuil, joint Ph.D. of @uttroyes.bsky.social (A.-L. Baudrion) and #PoliMi (
@vynisle.bsky.social, M. Finazzi, myself). 📰 open access 🌐 doi.org/10.1002/adom....
@vynisle.bsky.social, M. Finazzi, myself). 📰 open access 🌐 doi.org/10.1002/adom....
October 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Nonlinear plasmonic sensing, but monitoring changes in the wavevector ↙️↘️ rather than wavelength domain. Kudos 🙌 to the perseverance of A. Verneuil, joint Ph.D. of @uttroyes.bsky.social (A.-L. Baudrion) and #PoliMi (
@vynisle.bsky.social, M. Finazzi, myself). 📰 open access 🌐 doi.org/10.1002/adom....
@vynisle.bsky.social, M. Finazzi, myself). 📰 open access 🌐 doi.org/10.1002/adom....
📢Applications are open for #PLASMONICAschool2026 — the 5th edition of our International School on Plasmonics & Nano-Optics! 👩🏫
📅 23–27 March 2026
📍 Arcetri, Florence (Italy)
⏳ Deadline for applications: Nov 7th
📝 Info and submission: www.plasmonica.it/2026school/
📩 Contact: school@plasmonica.it
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📅 23–27 March 2026
📍 Arcetri, Florence (Italy)
⏳ Deadline for applications: Nov 7th
📝 Info and submission: www.plasmonica.it/2026school/
📩 Contact: school@plasmonica.it
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October 30, 2025 at 10:50 AM
📢Applications are open for #PLASMONICAschool2026 — the 5th edition of our International School on Plasmonics & Nano-Optics! 👩🏫
📅 23–27 March 2026
📍 Arcetri, Florence (Italy)
⏳ Deadline for applications: Nov 7th
📝 Info and submission: www.plasmonica.it/2026school/
📩 Contact: school@plasmonica.it
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📅 23–27 March 2026
📍 Arcetri, Florence (Italy)
⏳ Deadline for applications: Nov 7th
📝 Info and submission: www.plasmonica.it/2026school/
📩 Contact: school@plasmonica.it
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Just out our joint paper with UniBS and @ethz.ch on GHz speed modulation of linear and nonlinear light with a lithium niobate metasurface! Thanks @agostino.bsky.social @attilio-zilli.bsky.social @rachelgrange.bsky.social & the ETH team for this awesome collaboration.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Efficient GHz electro-optical modulation with a nonlocal lithium niobate metasurface in the linear and nonlinear regime - Nature Communications
A lithium niobate nonlocal metasurface with high-Q (~8000) resonances demonstrates efficient GHz-rate reflectivity modulation (~0.1) and one order of magnitude second harmonic modulation using sub-10V...
www.nature.com
August 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Just out our joint paper with UniBS and @ethz.ch on GHz speed modulation of linear and nonlinear light with a lithium niobate metasurface! Thanks @agostino.bsky.social @attilio-zilli.bsky.social @rachelgrange.bsky.social & the ETH team for this awesome collaboration.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
If you graduated during 2024 (M.Sc. or Ph.D.) in #optics or #photonics at an Italian institution, do not miss the chance to apply for a #thesis #award from the Italian optical society (SIOF). Info and calls 📃 on www.siof-ottica.it/categories/n.... ONE WEEK LEFT before the deadline of 31/07/2025! ⌛
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July 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
If you graduated during 2024 (M.Sc. or Ph.D.) in #optics or #photonics at an Italian institution, do not miss the chance to apply for a #thesis #award from the Italian optical society (SIOF). Info and calls 📃 on www.siof-ottica.it/categories/n.... ONE WEEK LEFT before the deadline of 31/07/2025! ⌛
The seat of the next edition of the workshop has been announced🥁🥁: beautiful Pisa will host #PLASMONICA2026! Kudos to all the organizers for stepping in: Francesco Pineider, Alessandro Tredicucci, Giuseppe Barillaro, Andrea Tomadin (#UniPi); Alessio Gabbani (#UniFi); Chiara Cappelli (@sns.it).
June 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The seat of the next edition of the workshop has been announced🥁🥁: beautiful Pisa will host #PLASMONICA2026! Kudos to all the organizers for stepping in: Francesco Pineider, Alessandro Tredicucci, Giuseppe Barillaro, Andrea Tomadin (#UniPi); Alessio Gabbani (#UniFi); Chiara Cappelli (@sns.it).
#PLASMONICA2025 hosted for the first time in its history a Special Session organized with an industrial partner, namely, the Smart Eyewear Lab – a joint initiative of #EssilorLuxottica and #PoliMi.
We think it has been an effective way to draw in actors outside academia and reach new audiences...🧵
We think it has been an effective way to draw in actors outside academia and reach new audiences...🧵
June 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
#PLASMONICA2025 hosted for the first time in its history a Special Session organized with an industrial partner, namely, the Smart Eyewear Lab – a joint initiative of #EssilorLuxottica and #PoliMi.
We think it has been an effective way to draw in actors outside academia and reach new audiences...🧵
We think it has been an effective way to draw in actors outside academia and reach new audiences...🧵
One last round of applause 👏👏👏 to the whole Organizing Committee - particularly to Stefania Benedetti and Luca Bursi - for the flawless unfolding of #PLASMONICA2025, and thanks again to #UniMoRe and #CNR-NANO for hosting us!
June 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
One last round of applause 👏👏👏 to the whole Organizing Committee - particularly to Stefania Benedetti and Luca Bursi - for the flawless unfolding of #PLASMONICA2025, and thanks again to #UniMoRe and #CNR-NANO for hosting us!
#PLASMONICA2025 is now over, and we know that many participants stayed in the area for the weekend 😎 while others headed home already 🚞. We wish all of you a safe trip back and hope to see you again at future events of our Community 🌈 (to be announced here within few days...)
June 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
#PLASMONICA2025 is now over, and we know that many participants stayed in the area for the weekend 😎 while others headed home already 🚞. We wish all of you a safe trip back and hope to see you again at future events of our Community 🌈 (to be announced here within few days...)
... and the group picture 📷 of #PLASMONICA2025 is out! We are such a good-looking Community ☺️
June 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
... and the group picture 📷 of #PLASMONICA2025 is out! We are such a good-looking Community ☺️
Best Oral 🏆 at #PLASMONICA2025 to Jonathan Barolak from #UniPavia for his talk "Automated design of one-dimensional #photonic crystals for all-optical image processing".
Best poster 🏅 to Shukun Weng from #IIT Genova for his poster "Electrically tunable ion transportation of MoS2/SiN nanochannel".
Best poster 🏅 to Shukun Weng from #IIT Genova for his poster "Electrically tunable ion transportation of MoS2/SiN nanochannel".
June 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Best Oral 🏆 at #PLASMONICA2025 to Jonathan Barolak from #UniPavia for his talk "Automated design of one-dimensional #photonic crystals for all-optical image processing".
Best poster 🏅 to Shukun Weng from #IIT Genova for his poster "Electrically tunable ion transportation of MoS2/SiN nanochannel".
Best poster 🏅 to Shukun Weng from #IIT Genova for his poster "Electrically tunable ion transportation of MoS2/SiN nanochannel".
#PLASMONICA2025 is drawing to a close today, but the last coffee break and poster session were still lively! Complesso San Geminiano has been a fantastic venue and the shadowy porticos 🏛️ of the historical centre of #Modena helped us cope with an early summer heatwave 🫠.
June 27, 2025 at 11:25 AM
#PLASMONICA2025 is drawing to a close today, but the last coffee break and poster session were still lively! Complesso San Geminiano has been a fantastic venue and the shadowy porticos 🏛️ of the historical centre of #Modena helped us cope with an early summer heatwave 🫠.
The final day of #PLASMONICA2025 has started with the invited talk on “Plasmonics for energy and #sustainability“ 🔋🔆🌱 given by Emiliano Cortés from
@lmumuenchen.bsky.social
. If you missed the talk, you can catch up by reading this comment article: doi.org/10.1038/s415....
@lmumuenchen.bsky.social
. If you missed the talk, you can catch up by reading this comment article: doi.org/10.1038/s415....
June 27, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The final day of #PLASMONICA2025 has started with the invited talk on “Plasmonics for energy and #sustainability“ 🔋🔆🌱 given by Emiliano Cortés from
@lmumuenchen.bsky.social
. If you missed the talk, you can catch up by reading this comment article: doi.org/10.1038/s415....
@lmumuenchen.bsky.social
. If you missed the talk, you can catch up by reading this comment article: doi.org/10.1038/s415....
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A snapshot of @paunessa.bsky.social’s talk yesterday in the beautiful Sant Giminiano convent at @plasmonica.bsky.social 🔬 Don’t miss the chance to approach him if you’re still around!
#PLASMONICA2025
#PLASMONICA2025
June 27, 2025 at 7:58 AM
A snapshot of @paunessa.bsky.social’s talk yesterday in the beautiful Sant Giminiano convent at @plasmonica.bsky.social 🔬 Don’t miss the chance to approach him if you’re still around!
#PLASMONICA2025
#PLASMONICA2025
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Yigong Luan applied our signature nonlinear interferometry technique for all-optical polarization encoding and modulation with an ultrathin dielectric grating - see doi.org/10.48550/arX... and soon on 💡Light: Science & Applications.
June 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Yigong Luan applied our signature nonlinear interferometry technique for all-optical polarization encoding and modulation with an ultrathin dielectric grating - see doi.org/10.48550/arX... and soon on 💡Light: Science & Applications.
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The recent activity of our #Nano-optics Lab at #PoliMi (@vynisle.bsky.social, @paolobiagioni.bsky.social, and Marco Finazzi) is being showcased today at #PLASMONICA2025. Yaping Hou shows lithium niobate #metasurfaces for electro-optics. The enhancement of SHG by a qBIC was measured just few day ago!
June 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The recent activity of our #Nano-optics Lab at #PoliMi (@vynisle.bsky.social, @paolobiagioni.bsky.social, and Marco Finazzi) is being showcased today at #PLASMONICA2025. Yaping Hou shows lithium niobate #metasurfaces for electro-optics. The enhancement of SHG by a qBIC was measured just few day ago!
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Today at #PLASMONICA2025 we witnessed the dawn of "nanoporonics"! Denis Garoli from #UniMoRe abd #IIT Genova showed us (logic) gates realized with #plasmonic #nanopores 🕳️
June 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Today at #PLASMONICA2025 we witnessed the dawn of "nanoporonics"! Denis Garoli from #UniMoRe abd #IIT Genova showed us (logic) gates realized with #plasmonic #nanopores 🕳️
The special session "Metasurfaces for smart vision and imaging" organized by the Smart Eyewear Lab (#EssilorLuxottica & Politecnico di Milano #Polimi) just started 🕶! Bert Hecht from @uni-wuerzburg.de kicks it off with individually addressable #plasmonic #nanoscale OLEDs (🌐 doi.org/10.48550/arX...).
June 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The special session "Metasurfaces for smart vision and imaging" organized by the Smart Eyewear Lab (#EssilorLuxottica & Politecnico di Milano #Polimi) just started 🕶! Bert Hecht from @uni-wuerzburg.de kicks it off with individually addressable #plasmonic #nanoscale OLEDs (🌐 doi.org/10.48550/arX...).
Our whole Steering Committee is attending #PLASMONICA2025 and with the occasion we took a picture of them together at the Round Table! From left to right: Emilija Petronijevic, @ninofoti.bsky.social, Nicoletta Granchi, @attilio-zilli.bsky.social, and Chiara Novara.
June 26, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Our whole Steering Committee is attending #PLASMONICA2025 and with the occasion we took a picture of them together at the Round Table! From left to right: Emilija Petronijevic, @ninofoti.bsky.social, Nicoletta Granchi, @attilio-zilli.bsky.social, and Chiara Novara.
The second day of #PLASMONICA2025 has started 🔔 with an invited talk on "Sensing electromagnetic landscapes in 3D with single molecules and nm resolution" by Valentina Krachmalnicoff from @instlangevin.bsky.social Paris. We're having the time of our lifetime 😏!
June 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The second day of #PLASMONICA2025 has started 🔔 with an invited talk on "Sensing electromagnetic landscapes in 3D with single molecules and nm resolution" by Valentina Krachmalnicoff from @instlangevin.bsky.social Paris. We're having the time of our lifetime 😏!
🎺🎺 #PLASMONICA2025 has finally started! Alejandro Manjavacas (Theoretical #Nanophotonics group in @iqf-csic.bsky.social, Madrid) kicked it off with an invited talk on the "Collective lattice resonances in complex arrays of nanostructures".
June 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
🎺🎺 #PLASMONICA2025 has finally started! Alejandro Manjavacas (Theoretical #Nanophotonics group in @iqf-csic.bsky.social, Madrid) kicked it off with an invited talk on the "Collective lattice resonances in complex arrays of nanostructures".
Last reminder ⏲️ of the early 🐦 deadline of #PLASMONICA2025: register by tomorrow (June 6) to enjoy a discounted rate. And you are still in time to submit an abstract to present a poster too! See the 🧵 below and 🌐 plasmonica2025.nano.cnr.it for all the info, including the scientific programme.
June 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Last reminder ⏲️ of the early 🐦 deadline of #PLASMONICA2025: register by tomorrow (June 6) to enjoy a discounted rate. And you are still in time to submit an abstract to present a poster too! See the 🧵 below and 🌐 plasmonica2025.nano.cnr.it for all the info, including the scientific programme.
Procrastinators,🕚 rejoice! The call for abstract📝 by #PLASMONICA2025 has been extended until April 11th. All info on the workshop in the 🧵 below, including scientific topics and invited speakers. 10 more days to collect that last stubborn data point 📊 that you wanted to include in your abstract...
Submissions are open for #PLASMONICA2025, the workshop on #Plasmonics and #Nano-Optics 💡, organized this year by #UniMoRe and #CNR-NANO! Further information and abstract templates at plasmonica2025.nano.cnr.it. The deadline for submission is 31 March ⏲️; we wait for you in #Modena! Topics include:👇
April 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Procrastinators,🕚 rejoice! The call for abstract📝 by #PLASMONICA2025 has been extended until April 11th. All info on the workshop in the 🧵 below, including scientific topics and invited speakers. 10 more days to collect that last stubborn data point 📊 that you wanted to include in your abstract...
Just one week left ⏳⌛📆 to submit your abstract to #PLASMONICA2025! Check out all the info in the 🧵 below, including scientific topics and invited speakers.
Submissions are open for #PLASMONICA2025, the workshop on #Plasmonics and #Nano-Optics 💡, organized this year by #UniMoRe and #CNR-NANO! Further information and abstract templates at plasmonica2025.nano.cnr.it. The deadline for submission is 31 March ⏲️; we wait for you in #Modena! Topics include:👇
March 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Just one week left ⏳⌛📆 to submit your abstract to #PLASMONICA2025! Check out all the info in the 🧵 below, including scientific topics and invited speakers.
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New paper out! We coated #plasmonic #nanoparticles with an epsilon-near-zero #enz “coat” of Al-doped ZnO, tunable in size, thickness, and doping!
Kudos to Quynh Nguyen for her amazing work!
If you love nanomaterials synthesis, plasmonics, and non-linear optics, check here: doi.org/10.1039/D4TC...
Kudos to Quynh Nguyen for her amazing work!
If you love nanomaterials synthesis, plasmonics, and non-linear optics, check here: doi.org/10.1039/D4TC...
Tailoring core size, shell thickness, and aluminium doping of Au@ZnO core@shell nanoparticles
Plasmonic materials, such as gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), exhibit significant extinction and near-field enhancement across the visible and near-infrared spectrum, attributable to localized surface plas...
doi.org
March 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
New paper out! We coated #plasmonic #nanoparticles with an epsilon-near-zero #enz “coat” of Al-doped ZnO, tunable in size, thickness, and doping!
Kudos to Quynh Nguyen for her amazing work!
If you love nanomaterials synthesis, plasmonics, and non-linear optics, check here: doi.org/10.1039/D4TC...
Kudos to Quynh Nguyen for her amazing work!
If you love nanomaterials synthesis, plasmonics, and non-linear optics, check here: doi.org/10.1039/D4TC...