Researchers published new work on wave–matter interactions and optical behaviours in Nature Materials on August 31, 2026. The peer-reviewed article was assigned digital object identifier 10.1038/s41563-026-02710-7.
Authors on the paper include A. Dmitriev, Magnus P. Jonsson, Mark L. Brongersma, and Nicolò Maccaferri alongside collaborating researchers. The project spans the Department of Physics at the University of Gothenburg, the Laboratory of Organic Electronics at Linköping University, the Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University, the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Ultrafast Nanoscience Group alongside the Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability at Umeå University.
Peer reviewer Junsuk Rho and anonymous referees contributed to the review of the work, and the authors reported no competing interests. The paper cites research spanning from 1968 through 2025, including publications by V. G. Veselago, J. B. Pendry, D. R. Smith, N. Yu, and other researchers across journals such as Science and Physical Review Letters.
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