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Augustine M. Urbas is a researcher affiliated with the United States Air Force Research Laboratory in the United States. Their work spans across multiple interconnected fields including engineering, materials science, and physics and astronomy. This multidisciplinary approach is reflected in the breadth of their research topics and publication record.

The main fields of study for Augustine M. Urbas include:

  • Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • Physics and Astronomy

Their research often focuses on specialized subfields such as:

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry

The primary topics explored in their work include:

  • Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
  • Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies
  • Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
  • Photonic Crystals and Applications
  • Optical Coatings and Gratings

Augustine M. Urbas has a significant publication record with frequent contributions to several venues. The most common publication outlets include:

  • ACS Nano
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • OSA Optical Design and Fabrication 2021 (Flat Optics, Freeform, IODC, OFT)
  • Advanced Materials
  • Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Notable recent papers by Augustine M. Urbas include:

  • All-Glass 100 mm Diameter Visible Metalens for Imaging the Cosmos, 2024, ACS Nano
  • Shape-Programmed Fabrication and Actuation of Magnetically Active Micropost Arrays, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • A Pearl Spectrometer, 2020, Nano Letters
  • Efficient solar steam generation by using metal-versatile hierarchical nanostructures for nickel and gold with aerogel insulator, 2020, Applied Surface Science
  • High-Efficiency Solar Vapor Generation Boosted by a Solar-Induced Updraft with Biomimetic 3D Structures, 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Their collaborative network includes frequent coauthors such as:

  • Zahyun Ku
  • Jehwan Hwang
  • Kurt G. Eyink
  • Ekaterina Poutrina
  • Chi Hwan Lee

Best Publications

  • Local Control of Microdomain Orientation in Diblock Copolymer Thin Films with Electric Fields

    T. L. Morkved;M. Lu;A. M. Urbas;E. E. Ehrichs

  • Polymer‐Based Photonic Crystals

    Alexander C. Edrington;Augustine M. Urbas;Peter DeRege;Cinti X. Chen

  • Bicontinuous Cubic Block Copolymer Photonic Crystals

    Augustine M. Urbas;Martin Maldovan;Peter Derege;Edwin L. Thomas

  • Nature-Inspired Emerging Chiral Liquid Crystal Nanostructures: From Molecular Self-Assembly to DNA Mesophase and Nanocolloids.

    Ling Wang;Augustine M. Urbas;Quan Li

  • Tunable Block Copolymer/Homopolymer Photonic Crystals

    A. Urbas;R. Sharp;Y. Fink;E. L. Thomas

  • Block copolymers as photonic bandgap materials

    Y. Fink;A.M. Urbas;M.G. Bawendi;J.D. Joannopoulos

  • Photonic properties of bicontinuous cubic microphases

    M. Maldovan;A. M. Urbas;N. Yufa;W. C. Carter

  • Dynamic Control of Light Direction Enabled by Stimuli-Responsive Liquid Crystal Gratings.

    Rafael S. Zola;Hari Krishna Bisoyi;Hao Wang;Augustine M. Urbas

  • One-dimensionally periodic dielectric reflectors from self-assembled block copolymer-homopolymer blends

    Augustine Urbas;Yoel Fink;Edwin L. Thomas

  • Soft Materials Driven by Photothermal Effect and Their Applications

    Hari Krishna Bisoyi;Augustine M. Urbas;Quan Li

  • Light-driven nanoscale chiral molecular switch: reversible dynamic full range color phototuning

    Ji Ma;Yannian Li;Timothy White;Augustine Urbas

  • Mechanochromic Photonic Gels

    Edwin P. Chan;Joseph J. Walish;Augustine M. Urbas;Edwin L. Thomas

  • Roadmap on optical metamaterials

    Augustine M. Urbas;Zubin Jacob;Zubin Jacob;Luca Dal Negro;Nader Engheta

  • Super-resolution microscopy by movable thin-films with embedded microspheres: Resolution analysis

    Kenneth W. Allen;Kenneth W. Allen;Navid Farahi;Navid Farahi;Yangcheng Li;Nicholaos I. Limberopoulos

  • Reversible light-directed red, green, and blue reflection with thermal stability enabled by a self-organized helical superstructure.

    Yannian Li;Augustine Urbas;Quan Li

  • Preserving Spin States upon Reflection: Linear and Nonlinear Responses of a Chiral Meta-Mirror.

    Lei Kang;Sean P. Rodrigues;Mohammad Taghinejad;Shoufeng Lan

  • Photochemically and Thermally Driven Full-Color Reflection in a Self-Organized Helical Superstructure Enabled by a Halogen-Bonded Chiral Molecular Switch.

    Hao Wang;Hari Krishna Bisoyi;Ling Wang;Augustine M. Urbas

  • Reversible visible-light tuning of self-organized helical superstructures enabled by unprecedented light-driven axially chiral molecular switches.

    Yan Wang;Augustine Urbas;Quan Li

  • Photodynamic Chiral Molecular Switches with Thermal Stability: From Reflection Wavelength Tuning to Handedness Inversion of Self‐Organized Helical Superstructures

    Yannian Li;Chenming Xue;Mengfei Wang;Augustine Urbas

  • Site-isolated luminescent europium complexes with polyester macroligands: metal-centered heteroarm stars and nanoscale assemblies with labile block junctions.

    Jessica L Bender;Perry S Corbin;Cassandra L Fraser;David H Metcalf

Frequent Co-Authors

Quan Li
Quan Li Chinese University of Hong Kong
Edwin L. Thomas
Edwin L. Thomas Texas A&M University
Loon-Seng Tan
Loon-Seng Tan United States Air Force Research Laboratory
Bin Hu
Bin Hu University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Long Y. Chiang
Long Y. Chiang University of Massachusetts Lowell
Timothy J. Bunning
Timothy J. Bunning United States Air Force Research Laboratory
Liming Dai
Liming Dai University of New South Wales
Hari Krishna Bisoyi
Hari Krishna Bisoyi Kent State University
Ling Wang
Ling Wang Tianjin University
Ming-Xing Li
Ming-Xing Li Shanghai University

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