Low-cost, thin flexible metasurfaces easy to laminate on any smooth surface increase optoelectronic device efficiency

https://phys.org/news/2024-08-flexible-metasurfaces-efficiency-optoelectronic-devices.html

"metasurfaces modify electromagnetic propagation across entire spectrum... low-cost soft lithography fabricating dielectric metasurfaces of 2 complementary nanodimple/ nanobump shapes on flexible polymer substrate... self-assembled photonic crystal with nanometric feature size as master pattern... optoelectronics with improved efficiency through surface effect... easy control of haze scattering surrounding transmitted/ reflected beam increases light absorbed in solar cells or extracted in LEDs"

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