Nature Communications (Jun 2016)

Electrically driven optical metamaterials

  • Quynh Le-Van,
  • Xavier Le Roux,
  • Abdelhanin Aassime,
  • Aloyse Degiron

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12017
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Active metamaterials are largely controlled by light, preventing integration in electronic systems. Here, the authors introduce electroluminescent metamaterials based on metal nano-inclusions hybridized with colloidal quantum dots and use this approach to weave intricate light-emitting surfaces.