Vera Smolyaninova was awarded 2018 University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarship/Research
Our work on core/shell metamaterial superconductors was featured by SPIE News Room and other media outlets.
- SPIE Newsroom: Metamaterial engineering to triple the critical temperature of a superconductor http://spie.org/x114836.xml
- Next Big Future: Metamaterial engineering to triple the critical temperature of a dielectric composite superconductor http://nextbigfuture.com/2015/08/metamaterial-engineering-to-triple.html
- eWallstreeter http://ewallstreeter.com/metamaterial-engineering-to-triple-the-critical-temperature-of-a-dielectric-composite-superconductor-9871/
Our work on metamaterial approach to superconductivity generated considerable media interest including
- MIT Technology Review http://www.technologyreview.com/view/521876/how-metamaterials-could-hold-the-key-to-high-temperature-superconductivity/
- Physics World http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2013/dec/03/metamaterials-offer-route-to-room-temperature-superconductivity
- Superconductor Week , Dec.28 (2013), Vol.27, No.23, p.7
- ExtremeTech http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/188448-the-first-metamaterial-superconductor-one-step-closer-to-futuristic-physics-defying-contraptions
- The Physics arXiv Blog https://medium.com/the-physics-arxiv-blog/metamaterial-superconductor-raises-critical-temperature-of-zero-resistance-3da6c4657baa
- LesEchos http://www.lesechos.fr/entreprises-secteurs/innovation-competences/sciences/0203318595879-mysteres-et-defis-de-la-supraconductivite-650717.php
- Futura-Sciences
- http://www.futura-sciences.com/magazines/matiere/infos/actu/d/physique-supraconducteurs-haute-temperature-metamateriaux-50772/
Our work on Self-assembled tunable photonic hyper-crystals was featured by
- SPIE news room http://spie.org/x111854.xml
- Laser Focus World http://www.laserfocusworld.com/articles/print/volume-51/issue-04/world-news/metamaterials-tunable-hypercrystals-merge-best-of-photonic-crystals-and-metamaterials.html
- A video showing formation of photonic hyper-crystal was included in the APS March Meeting 2015 media gallery: http://www.aps.org/meetings/march/vpr/2015/videogallery/index.cfm
Our work Experimental demonstration of metamaterial “multiverse” in a ferrofluid generated considerable media interest including
- MIT Technology Review http://www.technologyreview.com/view/510461/first-toy-multiverse-created-in-a-laboratory-say-physicists/
- ExtremeTech http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/147110-physicists-create-worlds-first-multiverse-of-universes-in-the-lab
- The Econimist http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21573529-small-models-cosmic-phenomena-are-shedding-light-real-thing-how-build
- http://www.gazeta.ru/science/2013/02/04_a_4952481.shtml
Our work Experimental demonstration of a broadband array of invisibility cloaks in the visible frequency range http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1367-2630/14/5/053029 has been selected for inclusion in Institute of Physics Select. http://iopscience.iop.org/1367-2630/page/Highlights of 2012 (IoP Select is a special collection of journal articles, chosen by our Editors based on one or more of the following criteria: *Substantial advances or significant breakthroughs *A high degree of novelty *Significant impact on future research, it has also been selected by the editors of New Journal of Physics for inclusion in the exclusive ‘Highlights of 2012’ collection. Papers are chosen on the basis of referee endorsement, novelty, scientific impact and broadness of appeal.)
NJP has also made a press release about this paper, which generated a wide press coverage including
- BBC News: ‘Cloaking’ idea traps a rainbow http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-18181201
- Physics World: Cloak-on-a-chip unveiled http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2012/may/25/cloak-on-a-chip-unveiled
- EurekAlert!(AAAS) http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-05/iop-toi052112.php
- 2Physics http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-05/iop-toi052112.php
- Technology Review (MIT) http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27759/
- MSN (in Spanish) http://noticias.latam.msn.com/pe/peru/articulo_bbc.aspx?cp-documentid=250430685
- ANSA (in Italian) http://www.ansa.it/scienza/notizie/rubriche/fisica/2012/05/28/Create-trappole-arcobaleno-_6945173.html
- South Asia News http://www.southasianews.com/803002/Now-invisibility-cloaks-that-can-slow-down-or-even-stop-light.htm
Our work on Maxwell fish-eye and Eaton lenses emulated by microdroplets was featured in the SPIE News Room Article September 30, 2010 “Maxwell fisheye and Eaton lenses emulated with metamaterials.”
- SPIE Newsroom http://spie.org/x41960.xml
Our Experimental observation of the trapped rainbow has received extensive press coverage (hundreds of internet links in science and general news media around the world).
- New Scientist: Rainbow trapped for the first time
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18205-rainbow-trapped-for-the-first-time.html
It is one of the top 10 physics stories of 2009 published in New Scientist http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/popular-physics-2009/5 - Francis (th)E mule Science’s News: La luz de un arco iris atrapada en el aire entre dos películas de oro nanométricas
http://francisthemulenews.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/la-luz-de-un-arco-iris-atrapada-en-el-aire-entre-dos-peliculas-de-oro-nanometricas/ - Sciencestage: Tapering Waveguide Captures a Rainbow
http://sciencestage.com/resources/tapering-waveguide-captures-rainbow - Tech News Daily: Rainbow Trapped for First Time, Using Convex Lens and Glass
http://www.tech-news-daily.info/rainbow-trapped-for-first-time-using-convex-lens-and-glass-optical-computing.html - Membrana: Trap for a rainbow (in Russian) http://www.membrana.ru/lenta/?9897
- Izvestia: Scientists managed to trap a rainbow (in Russian) http://www.izvestia.ru/news/news223458/li>
- Komsomolskaia Pravda: A rainbow has been trapped (in Russian) http://www.kp.ru/daily/24405.4/580049/
- Popular Science: Scientists Create First Ever Trap for Rainbows
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2009-11/scientists-create-first-ever-rainbow-trap
Press coverage on our new approach to broadband optical cloaking (hundreds of internet links in science and general news media around the world)
- 2Physics: Large Broadband Invisibility Cloak for Visible Light
http://www.2physics.com/2009/06/large-broadband-invisibility-cloak-for.html - Scientific American: Cloaking Made Simpler, but Invisible Humans Not Yet a Reality http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=invisibility-cloaking-simpler
- NSF news: New ‘Broadband’ Cloaking Technology Simple to Manufacture http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=114879&org=NSF&from=news
- EE times: Invisibility cloaks spread out
http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=217600639 - EurekAlert (of the American Association for the Advancement of Science): New ‘broadband’ cloaking technology simple to manufacture
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-05/pu-nc052009.php - V. Smolyaninova’s interview on WYPR “Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast: Out of Sight but Definitely on Our Minds:” June 1, 2009
- Photonics: Cloak has Tapered Waveguide
http://www.photonics.com/Content/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=37579 - The X-Journals: ‘Star Trek’ Style Invisibility Cloaking a Step Closer’
http://newswire.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20090520.084707&time=10%2039%20PDT&year=2009&public=0 - DailyTech: Scientists Simplify Cloaking Tech,Can Cloak Bigger Objects
http://www.dailytech.com/Scientists+Simplify+Cloaking+Tech+Can+Cloak+Bigger+Objects/article15200.htm - Nanotechnology Now: New ‘broadband’ cloaking technology simple to manufacture
http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=33312