Media News and Press Release about Our Research

Optics and Photonics News (OPN), May 16, 2018, an interview by Stewart Wills entitled “A Conversation with Nader Engheta” on the occasion of my plenary talk at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, May 13-18, 2018. https://www.osa-opn.org/home/newsroom/2018/may/a_conversation_with_nader_engheta/

Physics Today, May 2017, an article by Mark Wilson entitled “Photonic doping tunes transparent media” about our Scince article on “Photonic Doping of Epsilon-Near-Zero Media”, http://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/PT .3.3544?utm_source=Physics%20Today&utm_mediu m=email&utm_campaign=8249598_NQ%20- %20May%202017%20TOC&dm_i=1Y69,4WTFI,E1P4 6A,IMDSB,1 .

Phys.Org, ScienceDaily.com, PhotonicsOnline.com, Penn News Today, Press release entitled “Photonic doping makes class of metamaterials easier to fabricate” prepared by E. Lerner, about our Science paper entitled “Photonic doping of epsilon-near-zero media,” I. Liberal, A. Mahmoud, Y. Li, B. Edwards, and N. Engheta, Vol. 335, no. 6329, pp. 1058-1062, 2017.  Relevant links:  Penn News Today: https://news.upenn.edu/news/penn-engineers- photonic-doping-makes-class-metamaterials-easier- fabricate?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=3759 92f756- EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_10&utm_medium=em ail&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-375992f756-43407461 Phys.Org: https://phys.org/news/2017-03-photonic-doping-class-metamaterials-easier.html ScienceDaily.com: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170309142133.htm PhotonicsOnline.com:

Persian Heritage, September 2016, interview with the magazine editor

Huffington Post August 18, 2016, interview entitled “Nader Engheta: Pinnacle of Interdisciplinary Research,” interviewer: Jahandad Memarian, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jahandad- memarian/nader-engheta-the- pinnacl_b_11556358.html

Optics and Photonics News (OPN): July/August issue 2016, the cover story was our feaure article on the zero-index platforms, our paper I. Liberal and N. Engheta, “Zero-Index Platforms: Where Light Defies Geometry,” OPN, Vol. 27, pp. 28-33, July-August 2016: http://www.osa- opn.org/home/articles/volume_27/july_august_2016/f eatures/zero- index_platforms_where_light_defies_geometry/

SPIE TV: Jan 21, 2016, A video prepared by SPIE on the occasion of receiving the 2015 SPIE Gold Medal.  The video has been posted on SPIE News and SPIE Nanotechnology:  http://spie.org/newsroom/technical- articles/videos/engheta-video , http://spie.org/newsroom , http://spie.org/newsroom/nanotechnology

Penn News Today: Jan 6, 2016, A News entitled “Spirit of Innovation” about the Fellow of National Academy of Inventors (NAI), http://us5.campaign- archive1.com/?u=581921521eeb40a803fe109ff&id=7b4 9e387ab&e=1de6e05e57

Penn News Today: Jan 5, 2016, A News entitled “Scientific Advances” about the NSSEFF Award from US DoD, http://us5.campaign- archive2.com/?u=581921521eeb40a803fe109ff&id=2e3 e9781dc&e=1de6e05e57

Optics and Photonics News, Our work on “Advances in ENZ Metamaterial Devices” was selected as one of the highlights of optics in 2015 (OPN: Vol. 26, No. 12, p. 35, 2015.).  http://www.osa-opn.org/home/articles/volume_26/december_2015/extras/advances_in_ε-near-zero_metamaterial_devices/  This is based on our IEEE TAP paper on “Experimental Demonstration of a Millimeter-Wave Metalic ENZ Lens based on the Energy Squeezing Principles” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 63, No. 1, pp. 231-239, Jan 2015 by V. Torres, B. Orazbayev, V. Pacheco-Peña, J. Teniente, M. Beruete, M. Navarro-Cía, M. Sorolla Ayza, and N. Engheta

Kayhan.London online An interview with Mr. Bijan Farhoodi on the occasion of receiving the 2015 SPIE Gold Medal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkUPTdupCt4

Penn News:  “Penn’s Engheta and Ghrist Earn National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowships,” a press release by Evan Lerner of UPenn about winning the 2015 National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship (NSSEFF) Award from the Department of Defense, November 24, 2015.

Brazilian Materials Research Society (XIV SBPMat) Newsletter: September 3, 2015,  aninterview/article by Ms. Veronica Savignano of the Brazilian Materials Research Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa em Materiais (SBPMat)) on the occasion of delivering a plenary talk at the 2015 Brazilian Materials Research Society (XIV SBPMat Meeting) in Rio de Janeiro, September 28, 2015. http://sbpmat.org.br/en/entrevistas-com-palestrantes- de-plenarias-do-xiv-encontro-nader-engheta/

SPIE Optics and Photonics Event News and Photos: August 2015, https://spie.org/news/op15_engheta

SPIE Professional Magazine: July 2015, an article entitled “SPIE Gold Medal Winner Explores World of Waves”, by Karen Thomas on the occasion of receiving the 2015 SPIE Gold Medal, http://spie.org/x114633.xml?WT.mc_id=ZTWZ .

Penn News Today: June 10, 2015, A News entitled “Top Class” about the IEEE Antennas and Propagation (AP) Society Distinguished Achievement Award, http://us5.campaign- archive2.com/?u=581921521eeb40a803fe109ff&id=21a a1b7286&e=1de6e05e57

Fanni Reunion Organization:  News article on the occasion of my receiving the 2015 SPIE Gold Medal, March 2015.

Danestaniha:  An interview with me by Pouria Nazemi for the magazine Danestaniha, March 2015. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=87568011 2473571&set=a.487031178005135.104971.100000947716 251&type=1&theater

Nanotechweb.org:  at the Faraday Discussions 3: Achieving extreme photonics with nanostructures, a video at the meeting of Faraday Discussiosn February 16-18, 2015. http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/multimedia/60632

United Airlines Hemisphere Magazine:  Quoted in an article by Boyd Farrow entitled “Coming Soon: X-Ray Specs”, March 2015, about metamaterials http://www.hemispheresmagazine.com/2015/03/01/coming-soon-x-ray-specs/

Penn News Today:  press release entitled “Metamolecules:  Penn Research Develop Way of Making Light-Bending Raspberry-like Metamolecules” by Evan Lerner, March 16, 2015. http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn- researchers-develop-way-making-light-bending- raspberry-metamolecules about our ACS Nano paper entitled “Raspberry-like Metamolecules Exhibiting Strong Magnetic Resonances” by Z. Qian, S. P. Hastings, C. Li, B. Edwards, C. K. McGinn, N. Engheta, Z. Fakhraai, and S.-J. Park.

Optics and Photonics News, Our work on “Doing Math with Light” was selected as one of the highlights of optics in 2014 (OPN: Vol. 25, No. 12, p. 52, 2014.). This is based on our Science paper on “Performing Mathematical Operations Using Metamaterials” Science., Vol. 343, Issue 6167, pp. 160- 163, Jan 2014 by A. Silva, F. Monticone, G. Castaldi, V. Galdi, A. Alu, and N. Engheta.

Engineering and Technology Magazine (E & T) of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET): Vol. 9, Issue 12, December 15, 2014, a news article entitled “Photonic computers promise energy-efficient supercomputers” by Christine Evans-Pughe, http://eandt.theiet.org/magazine/2014/12/photonic- supercomputers.cfm  about our Science paper on “Performing mathematical operators with metamaterials”.

MRS Bulletin: Vol. 39, Issue 12, page 1039, December, 2014, A News and Analysis entitled “Digital Metamaterial Bits for Simplere Optical Elements” by Ian McDonald, http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/mrs.2014.291 about our Nature Materials paper entitled “Digital Metamaterials” by C. Della Giovampaola and N. Engheta.

Penn News Today:  press release entitled “Penn Research Shows Ways to Design ‘Digital’ Metamaterials” by Evan Lerner, November 24, 2014. http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn- research-shows-way-design-digital-metamaterials  about our Nature Materials paper entitled “Digital Metamaterials” by C. Della Giovampaola and N. Engheta.

Several press releases on October 20, 2014:

http://www.cnet.com/news/physicists-create- reversible-laser-tractor-beam/, http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/20/hollow-laser- tractor-beam/, http://www.science20.com/news_articles/new_tractor _beam_can_repel_and_attract-147245, http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/20/ optical-tractor-beam-laser-physicists, http://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology- news/newsid=37797.php ,  http://www.9news.com.au/technology/2014/10/20/16/ 01/tractor-beam-built-at-anu, http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/sci/2014- 10/20/c_133729188.htm , http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/10/20/tracto r-beam-built-anu about our Nature Photonics paper entitled “A Long-Range Polarization-Controoled Optical Tractor Beam” by V. Shvedov, A. Davoyan, C. Hnatovsky, N. Engheta, and W. Krolikowski.

Science News: September 19, 2014, A News entitled “Making Metamaterials Digital Could Simplify Invisibility” by A.Grant, https://www.sciencenews.org/article/making-metamaterials-digital-could-simplify-invisibility-cloaks about our Nature Materials paper entitled “Digital Metamaterials” by C. Della Giovampaola and N. Engheta.

Conversation: September 15, 2014, A News entitled “Invisibility Cloaks Closer Thanks to ‘Digital Metamaterials” by P. Orbell, https://theconversation.com/invisibility-cloaks-closer-thanks-to-digital-metamaterials-31562  about our Nature Materials paper entitled “Digital Metamaterials” by C. Della Giovampaola and N. Engheta.

Penn News Today: August 21, 2014, A News entitled “Career Achievement” about the URSI van der Pol Gold medal, http://us5.campaign- archive2.com/?u=581921521eeb40a803fe109ff&id=ea4 70541a7&e=1de6e05e57

Science Editors’ Choice, Research Highlights, week of August 15, 2014, a highlight written by Science Editor Ian Osborne entitled “Steering an Optical Signal without Wires” in Vol. 345, issue 6198, pp. 784, August 15, 2014, about our Nature Communications paper on July 4, 2014 on “Imaging and Steering an Optical Wireless Nanoantenna Link” by D. Dregely, K. Lindfors, M. Lippitz, N. Engheta, M. Totzeck, H. Giessen.

Materials Today Podcast, April 15, 2014, http://www.materialstoday.com/computation- theory/podcasts/metamaterials-and-analog- computing/ an interview with Stewart Bland about “Metamaterials and Analogue Computing” about our Science paper on “Performing Mathematical Operations with Metamateroals,”

Penn Current Express, January 16, 2014, https://penntoday.upenn.edu/2014-01-16/latest-news/metamaterials-do-math an article about our Science paper on “Performing Mathematical Operations with Metamateroals.”

Several other press releases on January 10, 2014 from New Scientists http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24849-first- lightbending-calculator-designed-with- metamaterials.html, R & D Magazine

http://www.rdmag.com/news/2014/01/research-lays- out-theory-metamaterial-acts-analog-computer,

Nanowerk, Phys.org  http://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology_news/newsid=33919.php

https://phys.org/news/2014-01-theory-metamaterials-analog.html, the IET,

https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2014/01/light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-for-analog-computing/

Austrian Science http://science.orf.at/stories/1731444 about our Science paper on “Performing Mathematical Operations with Metamaterials, Science Perspective Article: January 10, 2014, a perspective commentary written by Ari Sihvola entitled “Enabling Optical Analog Computation Using Metamaterials” about our paper on “Performing Mathematical Operations with Metamaterials” in the same issue of Science, Vol. 343, pp. 160-163, January 10, 2014.

Penn News Today: January 10, 2014, A News entitled “Photonic Calculus” by Evan Lerner, January 10, 2014, http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn- research-helps-lay-out-theory-metamaterials-act- analog-computer

Optics and Photonics News, Our work on “Nonreciprocal Optics within a Wavelength Fraction” was selected as one of the highlights of optics in 2013 (OPN: Vol. 24, No. 12, p. 36.).  http://www.osa- opn.org/home/articles/volume_24/december_2013/fea tures/optics_in_2013_introduction_(1).  This is based on our Physical Review Letters papers on “Nonreciprocal Rotating Power Flow within Plasmonic Nanostructures” Phys. Rev. Lett., 111, 047401, (July 2011) by A. Davoyan and N. Engheta.

The Hindu, A commentary entitled “Going beyond electronics” by Shubashree Desikan, August 22, 2013, http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/going- beyond-electronics/article5045353.ece about our paper in Physical Review Letters “Near-IR Metatronic Nanocircuits by Design”, Vol. 111, 073904, August 16, 2013.

Physics Focus, A commentary entitled “Circuits for Light” by Gabriel Popkin, Physics, Vol. 6, p. 91, August 16, 2013, DOI: 10.1103/Physics.6.91, http://physics.aps.org/articles/v6/91 about our paper in Physical Review Letters “Near-IR Metatronic Nanocircuits by Design”, Vol. 111, 073904, August 16, 2013.

Science Editors’ Choice, Research Highlights, week of August 16, 2013, a highlight written by Science Editor Ian Osborne entitled “Controlling Power Flow” in Vol. 341, pp. 696, August 16, 2013, about our Physical Review Letter paper on July 22, 2013 on “Nonreciprocal Rotating Power Flow within Plasmonic Nanostructures” by A. Davoyan and N. Engheta.

Several other press releases from StreetInsider.com, EON, MeNewsWire, 4Traders, OSIXNews, TMCnet.com, FACEOFF, Morocco Gazette, NasimSaba, TNews.ir, Kuwait Daily News, FeedsFloor, August 5, 2013, Press Release of SINA Awards announcement: http://www.sinairan.org/sina_in_press

Mahnaa August 5, 2013, SINA Awards announcement: from Mahna Institute, www.mahnaa.com

BusinessWire August 5, 2013, Press Release of SINA Awards announcement: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/201308050 05136/en/SINA-Announces-2013-Outstanding- Achievers-Hall-Fame

Yahoo Finance, August 5, 2013, Press Release of SINA Awards announcement: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/sina-announces-2013-four-outstanding-150000698.html

Reuters, August 5, 2013, Press Release of SINA Awards announcement: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/05/ma-sina- idUSnBw055136a+100+BSW20130805

CNBC, August 5, 2013, Press Release of SINA Awards  announcement: http://www.cnbc.com/id/100939525

SINA Organization, August 5, 2013, Announcement of the inaugural recipients of the 2013 SINA Awards, www.sinairan.org, “Spirit of Iranian Noted Achievers”.  Video announcing the winners on August 5, 2013: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxmd2TP7xsc , announcing the SINA day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMwiQNZPP1g

Penn News Daily, April 29, 2013, Practical Values, http://us5.campaign- archive1.com/?u=581921521eeb40a803fe109ff&id=8dc 3354116 a news about receiving the Banjamin Franklin Key Award.

Penn News Daily, April 2, 2013, Metamaterials, http://us5.campaign- archive2.com/?u=581921521eeb40a803fe109ff&id=065 1e2f406 a news about my 2-minute video description of the concept of metamaterials, released online on March 12, 2013.  Here is the link to the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK4RQr7RICY .

Science Editor’s Choice, a news brief entitled “Optical Beam Steering” by Editor, March 22, 2013, Vol. 339, http://proxy.library.upenn.edu:2169/content/339/6126/ twil.full about our paper in Optics Express “Electrically Controlled Optical Beam-Steering by an Active Phased Array of Metallic Nanoantennas” Vol. 21, Issue 4, pp. 5198-5208, February 25, 2013 by C. T. DeRose, R. D. Kekatpure, D. C. Trotter, A. Starbuck, J. R. Wendt, A. Yaacobi, M. R. Watts, U. Chettiar, N. Engheta, P. Davids.

New Scientist, a news brief entitled “Light Hits Near Infinite Speed in Silver-Coated Glass” by Jeff Hecht, January, 2013, http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23050-light- hits-near-infinite-speed-in-silvercoated-glass.html  about our paper in Physical Review Letters “Experimental Verification of n = 0 Structures for Visible Light”, Vol. 11o, 013902, January 2, 2013.

Nature Magazine and Scientific American, a news brief entitled “Electron Beams Set Nanostructures Aglow” by Eugenie Samuel Reich, January 8, 2013, http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=ele ctron-beams-set-nanostructures-aglow   about our paper in Physical Review Letters “Experimental Verification of n = 0 Structures for Visible Light”, Vol. 11o, 013902, January 2, 2013.

Physics Viewpoint, A commentary entitled “Metal- Coated Waveguide Stretches Wavelengths to Infinity” by Wenshan Cai, Physics, Vol. 6, p. 1, January 2, 2013, DOI: 10.1103/Physics.6.1, http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/Physics.6.1 about our paper in Physical Review Letters “Experimental Verification of n = 0 Structures for Visible Light”, Vol. 11o, 013902, January 2, 2013.

Azonano.com,  news article entitled “Penn Researchers Extend Boundaries of Metamaterial Field” December 19, 2012. http://www.azonano.com/news.aspx?newsID=26219 about our paper on “Transformation Electronics:  Tailoring the Effective Mass of Electrons,” Physical Review B (Rapid Communications), Vol. 86, 161104(R), October 8, 2012 by M. Silveirinha, and N. Engheta.

Penn News Daily, December 21, 2012, Mass Effect, http://us5.campaign- archive1.com/?u=581921521eeb40a803fe109ff&id=1dc 13d36d6&e=1de6e05e57 a news about Penn Press  release about our paper on “Transformation Electronics:  Tailoring the Effective Mass of Electrons,” Physical Review B (Rapid Communications), Vol. 86, 161104(R), October 8, 2012 by M. Silveirinha, and N. Engheta.

Penn News  press release entitled “Penn Metamaterial Experts Show a Way to Reduce Electron’s Effective Mass to Nearly Zero,” by Evan Lerner, December 14, 2012. http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn- metamaterials-expert-shows-way-reduce-electrons- effective-mass-nearly-zero about our paper on “Transformation Electronics:  Tailoring the Effective Mass of Electrons,” Physical Review B (Rapid Communications), Vol. 86, 161104(R), October 8, 2012 by M. Silveirinha, and N. Engheta.

Science Now: November 6, 2012, a news article entitled “Nanoscale Device Makes Light Travel Infinitely Fast”, by Adrian Cho, November 6, 2012, http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/11/infin tely-fast-light.html#.UJu942J3ne0.email .

Penn News Today: July 16, 2012, Engineering Award, A News entitled “Penn’s Nader Engheta Receives Electromagnetics Award” by Evan Lerner, July 12, 2012, http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn- s-nader-engheta-receives-electromagnetics-award . Electronic Engineering Journal, A feature article entitled “Taking Your Lumps at Optical Frequencies,” by Bryon Moyer, June 25, 2012, http://www.eejournal.com/archives/articles/20120625 -metatronics/  , about our work on optical metatronics.

Wired’s Jargon Watch, June 2012 issue, discusses the term “Metatronics”.

NILT Nanonews, A news article entitled “Engineers Use Plasmonics to Create an Invisible Photodetector,” by the editor, May 23, 2012, http://www.rdmag.com/News/2012/05/Manufacturin g-Photonics-Engineers-Use-Plasmonics-To-Create- An-Invisible-Photodetector/ , about our Nature Photonics paper on “An Invisible Metal- Semiconductor Photodetector,” appeared online on May 20, 2012.

Nanomanufacturing Weekly, A news article entitled “Engineers Use Plasmonics to Create an Invisible Photodetector,” by the editor, May 23, 2012, http://www.rdmag.com/News/2012/05/Manufacturin g-Photonics-Engineers-Use-Plasmonics-To-Create- An-Invisible-Photodetector/ , about our Nature Photonics paper entitled “An Invisible Metal- Semiconductor Photodetector,” by P. Fan, U. Chettiar, L. Cao, F. Afshinmanesh, N. Engheta, and M. Brongersma, appeared online on May 20, 2012.

Physics Viewpoint, A commentary entitled “Wiring Up Displacement Currents” by Jon Schuller, Physics, Vol. 5, p. 52, May 7, 2012, DOI: 10.1103/Physics.5.52, http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/52 about our paper in Physical Review Letters “Experimental Verification of Displacement-Current Conduits in Metamaterials- Inspired Optical Circuitry”, Vol. 108, 193902, May 7, 2012.

Science Update Podcast, A one-minute science news podcast entitled “Light Circuit” about our work on optical metatronics, April 4, 2012, http://www.scienceupdate.com/2012/04/light-3/.

Nature Photonics, Research Highlights, A news brief entitled “Nanophotonics: Circuit Design” by James Baxter, Vol. 6, p. 213, March 30 (April issue) 2012; highlighting our paper on Metatronics in Nature Materials.  http://www.nature.com/nphoton/journal/v6/n4/full/n photon.2012.58.html?WT.ec_id=NPHOTON-201204

Penn News Today: March 27, 2012, World of Waves, A News about the interview at the Penn Current, Q&A with Nader Engheta, by Evan Lerner, March 15, 2012, http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=r 8gn7dcab&v=001JO9rJ3gjxX6fgX1ibKZTdM6JGOfG4 OBqzSb8frHNXnQy5FlZegWr62lcObUGTdvtz1yu2q U8RsGCDDGaillwVbp5nVFuvF_AvL23TupdJUWXS 96SQfGGFQ%3D%3D .

Penn Current, Q&A with Nader Engheta, by Evan Lerner, March 15, 2012, http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/2012-03- 15/interviews/qa-nader-engheta .

Physorg.com,  news article entitled “Researchers Built First Physical Metatronic Circuit” by Editors, February 22, 2012. http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-02-physical- metatronic-circuit.html about our Nature Materials paper on “o Realization of Optical Lumped Nanocircuits at Infrared Wavelengths” Nature Materials, Vol. 11, pp. 208-212, March 2012 (online Jan 29, 2012) by Y. Sun, B. Edwards, A. Alu, and N. Engheta.

Azonano.com,  news article entitled “Researchers Demonstrate First Physical Metatronic Circuit Using Nanotechnology” by Cameron Chai, February 27, 2012. http://www.azonano.com/news.aspx?newsID=24358 about our Nature Materials paper on “Experimental Realization of Optical Lumped Nanocircuits at Infrared Wavelengths” Nature Materials, Vol. 11, pp. 208-212, March 2012 (online Jan 29, 2012) by Y. Sun, B. Edwards, A. Alu, and N. Engheta.

NILT Nano Newsletter,  news article entitled “First Physical Metatronic Circuit Using Nanotechnology” by Brian Bilenberg, March 2, 2012. http://nilt.com/default.asp?Action=Details&Item=608 about our Nature Materials paper on “Experimental Realization of Optical Lumped Nanocircuits at Infrared Wavelengths” Nature Materials, Vol. 11, pp. 208-212, March 2012 (online Jan 29, 2012) by Y. Sun, B. Edwards, A. Alu, and N. Engheta.

CuteDevices,  news article entitled “Light-Based ‘Metatronics’ Chip Melts Minds, Not Copper,” by Editors, February 26, 2012. http://www.cutedevices.com/light-based-metatronics- chip-melts-minds-not-copper-2610.html about our Nature Materials paper on “Experimental Realization of Optical Lumped Nanocircuits at Infrared Wavelengths” Nature Materials, Vol. 11, pp. 208-212, March 2012 (online Jan 29, 2012) by Y. Sun, B. Edwards, A. Alu, and N. Engheta.

Electronista,  news article entitled “Metatronic Light Chips Could Lead to Speed Breakthroughs,” by Editors, February 26, 2012. http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/02/26/metatro nic.processor.uses.light.to.send.data/ about our Nature Materials paper on “Experimental Realization of Optical Lumped Nanocircuits at Infrared Wavelengths” Nature Materials, Vol. 11, pp. 208-212, March 2012 (online Jan 29, 2012) by Y. Sun, B. Edwards, A. Alu, and N. Engheta.

SpectroscopyNOW.com,  news article entitled “Next Generation Circuitry:  Here Come the Metatronics” by David Bradley, March 1, 2012. http://www.spectroscopynow.com/coi/cda/detail.cda? id=26838&type=Feature&chId=3&page=1 about our Nature Materials paper on “Experimental Realization of Optical Lumped Nanocircuits at Infrared Wavelengths” Nature Materials, Vol. 11, pp. 208-212, March 2012 (online Jan 29, 2012) by Y. Sun, B. Edwards, A. Alu, and N. Engheta.

Penn News Daily  news brief entitled “Metatronic Circuits by Evan Lerner, February 28, SpectroscopyNOW.com,  news article entitled “Next Generation Circuitry:  Here Come the Metatronics” by David Bradley, March 1, 2012. http://www.spectroscopynow.com/coi/cda/detail.cda? id=26838&type=Feature&chId=3&page=1 about our Nature Materials paper on “Experimental Realization of Optical Lumped Nanocircuits at Infrared Wavelengths” Nature Materials, Vol. 11, pp. 208-212, March 2012 (online Jan 29, 2012) by Y. Sun, B. Edwards, A. Alu, and N. Engheta.

Penn News Daily  news brief entitled “Metatronic Circuits by Evan Lerner, February 28, 2012. http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=r 8gn7dcab&v=0014Ey5FNw0bDISLvlz3mJ- SCgAkUfQ4K_BEyGh11gyvedtUVQRG1hJMkkmSW xx6jSc-F275hyLwldogGKIEOc7BxtfCDlfDpzxuZjfJgry29LS2 HnxCTNUzg%3D%3D about our Nature Materials paper on “Experimental Realization of Optical Lumped Nanocircuits at Infrared Wavelengths” Nature Materials, Vol. 11, pp. 208-212, March 2012 (online Jan 29, 2012) by Y. Sun, B. Edwards, A. Alu, and N. Engheta.

OPN (Optics and Photonics News (online),  news article entitled “Team Built Mid-Infrared Lumped Nanocircuits,” by Patricia Daukantas, February 27, 2012.  about our Nature Materials paper on “Experimental Realization of Optical Lumped Nanocircuits at Infrared Wavelengths” Nature Materials, Vol. 11, pp. 208-212, March 2012 (online Jan 29, 2012) by Y. Sun, B. Edwards, A. Alu, and N. Engheta.

Penn News  press release entitled “Penn Researchers Built First Physical “Metatronic” Circuit” by Evan Lerner, February 22, 2012. http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn- researchers-build-first-physical-metatronic-circuit about our Nature Materials paper on “Experimental Realization of Optical Lumped Nanocircuits at Infrared Wavelengths” Nature Materials, Vol. 11, pp. 208-212, March 2012 (online Jan 29, 2012) by Y. Sun, B. Edwards, A. Alu, and N. Engheta.

Optics and Photonics News, Our work on “one-atom- thick metamaterials and transformation optics using graphene” was selected as one of the highlights of optics in 2011 (OPN: Vol. 22, No. 12, p. 44.).  http://www.opnmagazine- digital.com/opn/201112#pg1 This is based on our Science papers on “Transformation Optics Using Graphene” Science, 332, 1291-1294, (June 2011) by A. Vakil and N. Engheta.  Our work is featured in the video made by the OPN on Highlights of Optics in 2011.  http://www.osa-opn.org/

Nature Materials, a Research Highlights entitled “Our choice from the recent literature” written by the Editor Joerg Heber, Nature Materials, Volume 10, pp. 558 (2011), about our Science papers on “Transformation Optics Using Graphene” Science, 332, 1291-1294, (June 2011) by A. Vakil and N. Engheta, http://www.nature.com/nmat/journal/v10/n8/full/nm at3091.html?WT.ec_id=NMAT-201108.

Ars Technica  a news article entitled “Sending a beam of light along a sheet of graphene,” by Chris Lee, June30, 2011. http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/06/sending- a-beam-of-light-along-a-sheet-of-graphene.ars   about our Science papers on “Transformation Optics Using Graphene” Science, 332, 1291-1294, (June 2011) by A. Vakil and N. Engheta.

Inovacao Tecnologica, a news article entitled “Metametarials plano leva optica a escala atomica,” by Editor, June 14, 2011. http://www.inovacaotecnologica.com.br/noticias/noti cia.php?artigo=metamaterial-plano-grafeno-optica- escala-atomica&id=010160110614  about our Science papers on “Transformation Optics Using Graphene” Science, 332, 1291-1294, (June 2011) by A. Vakil and N. Engheta.

AzoNano,  a news article entitled “Penn Researchers demonstrates transformation optics using graphene,” by Cameron Chai, June 13, 2011. http://www.azonano.com/news.aspx?newsID=22669       about our Science papers on “Transformation Optics Using Graphene” Science, 332, 1291-1294, (June 2011) by A. Vakil and N. Engheta.

Nanowerk News  a news article entitled “Engineers Envisions Two-Dimensional Graphene Metamaterials and One-Atom-Thick Optical Device,” by Editor, June 9, 2011. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=21699.php       about our Science papers on “Transformation Optics Using Graphene” Science, 332, 1291-1294, (June 2011) by A. Vakil and N. Engheta.

Photonics online  a news article entitled “Penn Engineers: Two-Dimensional Graphene Metamaterials and One-Atom-Thick Optical Device,” by Editor, June 13, 2011. http://www.photonicsonline.com/article.mvc/Two- Dimensional-Graphene-Metamaterials-And- 0001?sectionCode=News&templateCode=SponsorHeader&user=2403429&source=nl:31144  about our Science papers on “Transformation Optics Using Graphene” Science, 332, 1291-1294, (June 2011) by A. Vakil and N. Engheta.

Kurtzweil News a news article entitled “Engineers Envision Two-Dimensional Graphene Metamaterials and One-Atom-Thick Optical Device,” by Editor, June 10, 2011. http://www.kurzweilai.net/engineers-envision-2-dimensional-graphene-metamaterials- and-1-atom-thick-optical-devices  about our Science papers on “Transformation Optics Using Graphene” Science, 332, 1291-1294, (June 2011) by A. Vakil and N. Engheta.

Physorg.com  a news article entitled “Two- Dimensional Graphene Metamaterials and One- Atom-Thick Optical Devices Envisioned,” June 9, 2011. http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-two- dimensional-graphene-metamaterials-one-atom- thick-optical.html    about our Science papers on “Transformation Optics Using Graphene” Science, 332, 1291-1294, (June 2011) by A. Vakil and N. Engheta.

Science Daily news a news article entitled “Engineers Envision Two-Dimensional Graphene Metamaterials and One-Atom-Thick Optical Devices,” June 10, 2011. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609 141552.htm  about our Science papers on “Transformation Optics Using Graphene” Science, 332, 1291-1294, (June 2011) by A. Vakil and N. Engheta.

Spektrum der Wissenschaft  a German-langiage news  article entitled “Wunderfolie noch wundervoller,” June 9, 2011. http://www.spektrum.de/artikel/1073924&_z=798888 about our Science papers on “Transformation Optics Using Graphene” Science, 332, 1291-1294, (June 2011) by A. Vakil and N. Engheta.

Lentar.ru  a Russian-langiage news article entitled “Two-Dimensional Graphene Metamaterials and One-Atom-Thick Optical Devices,” June 10, 2011. http://lenta.ru/news/2011/06/10/metagraphen/ about our Science papers on “Transformation Optics Using Graphene” Science, 332, 1291-1294, (June 2011) by A. Vakil and N. Engheta.

Penn News  press release entitled “Penn Engineers:  Two-Dimensional Graphene Metamaterials and One- Atom-Thick Optical Devices,” by Evan Lerner, June 9, 2011. http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn- engineers-envision-two-dimensional-graphene- metamaterials-and-one-atom-thick-optical-devic  about our Science papers on “Transformation Optics Using Graphene” Science, 332, 1291-1294, (June 2011) by A. Vakil and N. Engheta.

Almanac, a news brief in the section on Honors and Other Things, about selection to become Fellow of SPIE-The Interantional Society for Optical Engineering, February 8, 2011, Volume 57, No. 21, http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v57/n21/ho t.html

Penn News  press release entitled “Penn Researchers Tap into Cell Power to Create Building “Skins” that Adapt to Heat/Light of Environment”  by Jordan Reese,  September 21, 2010. http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn- researchers-tap-cell-power-create-building-skins- adapt-heatlight-environment about our NSF grant from the Office of Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI), entitled “Energy Minimization via Multi-Scalar Architectures: From Cell Contractility to Sensing Materials to Adaptive Building Skins,” S. Yang (PI), P. Jones (Co-PI), J. Sabin (Co-PI), J. Van der Spiegel (Co-PI), N. Engheta (Co- PI), September 1, 2010 till August 31, 2014.

Daily Pennsylvanian  article entitled “Penn Professors Collaborate to Design Futuristic Buildings”  by Elena Gooray The Daily Pennsylvanian,  September 16, 2010.  http://thedp.com/article/profs-collaborate-design- futuristic-building about our NSF grant from the Office of Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI), entitled “Energy Minimization via Multi-Scalar Architectures: From Cell Contractility to Sensing Materials to Adaptive Building Skins,” S. Yang (PI), P. Jones (Co-PI), J. Sabin (Co-PI), J. Van der Spiegel (Co-PI), N. Engheta (Co-PI), September 1, 2010 till August 31, 2014.

New Scientist  article entitled “Wireless revolution may reach inside microchips”  by Colin Barras, New Scientist Issue 2762, May 26, 2010, http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627624.600 -wireless-revolution-may-reach-inside- microchips.html about our Physical Review Letters article on “Wireless at the Nsnoscale:  Optical Interconnects Using Matched Nanoantennas”, Physical Review Letters,. Vol. 104, 213902, May 24, 2010..

Photonics Spectra  Profile Interview with Nader Engheta entitled “The Teacher: An Interview with Nader Engheta,”  by David Shenkenberg,  pp. 16-17, October 2009.

Daily Pennsylvanian  article entitled “Engineering professor creates ‘cloaking device’”  by Trishula Patel, The Daily Pennsylvanian,  October 25, 2009. http://thedp.com/article/engineering-prof-creates- cloaking-device about our Physical Review Letters article on “Experimental Verification of Plasmonic Cloaking at Microwave Frequencies with Metamaterials”, Physical Review Letters,. 103, 153901, October 6, 2009.

PhysOrg.com  article entitled “Running Electronics Using Light”  by Miranda Marquit, PhysOrg.com October 19, 2009. http://www.physorg.com/news175161170.html about our Physical Review Letters article on “All-Optical Metamaterial Circuit Board at the Nanoscale”, Physical Review Letters,. Vol. 103, 143902, October 2, 2009.

Quoted in Optics and Photonics Focus (online) article by Giorgio Volpe entitled “Refractive Index:  To the Limits and Beyond”, (about Shanhui Fan’s article in Phys. Rev. Lett.) http://www.opfocus.org/content/v6/s2/opfocus_v6_s2 .pdf,  Vol. 6, Story 2, July 22, 2009.

APS Publication Physics highlight article entitled “Seeing without being seen”  by Javier Garcia di Abajo, Physics Vol. 2, 47, 2009. http://physics.aps.org/viewpoint- for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.233901 about our Physical Review Letters article on “Cloaking a Sensor”, Physical Review Letters,. Vol. 102, 233901, June 8, 2009.

Quoted in Nature’s News Feature by Geoff Brumfiel, “Ideal Focus”, Vol 479, pp. 504-505, May 28, 2009.

Nature Photonics, a research highlight entitled “In a Squeeze”  in page 243, Vol. 3, May 2009 issue of Nature Photonics, www.nature.com/naturephotonics about our Physical Review Letters article on “Transporting an Image through Subwavelength hole”, Physical Review Letters, Vol. 102, 103902, March 13, 2009.

Science News article entitled “Cloaked Eye Still Sees” by Laura Sanders, Vol. 175 # 10 (Page 12), May 9, 2009, http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/42803/d escription/Cloaked_eye_still_sees about our Physical Review Letters article on “Cloaking a Sensor”, Physical Review Letters, 2009.

Optics and Photonics Focus (online) entitled “Twisting the Knob of Light” by Giorgio Volpe, in Volume 4, Story 3 of Optics and Photonics Focus, February 9, 2009, http://www.opfocus.org/index.php?topic=story&v=4 &s=3, about our Nature Photonics article on “Tuning the Scattering Response of Optical Nanoantennas Using Nanocircuit Loads” Nature Photonics, Vol. 2, p. 270, May 2008, and our Physical Review Letters article on “Input Impedance, Nanocircuit Loading, and Radiation Tuning of Optical Nanoantennas”, Vol. 101, 043901, 2008.

Nature Photonics, a News and Views article entitled “Engineering optical nanoantennas” by Mark Brongersma about our Nature Photonics article on “Tuning the Scattering Response of Optical Nanoantennas Using Nanocircuit Loads” Nature Photonics, Vol. 2, p. 270, May 2008.

Nature Photonics, a News and Views article entitled “Optical Cloaking: A Many-Layered Solution” by Amber Jenkins about our Physical Review Letters article on “Multifrequency Optical Invisibility Cloaks  with Layered Plasmonic Shells (Phys. Rev. Lett., 100, 113901 (2008)”, Nature Photonics, Vol. 2, p. 270, May 2008.

NANO, the magazine for Small Science, an article by Elaine Mulcahy entitled “A Trick of Light’” about metamaterials and nanocircuits, Issue 6, April, 2008.

Nanomaterials News, a news story entitled “Shrinking microwave devices with metafilms’” by editors about our IET article on “Sub-wavelength resonators: On the use of metafilm to overcome the lambda/2 size limit”Vol. 4, Issue 4, April 22, 2008.

EE Times, a cover story article entitled “Professor posits metananocircuits as electronics’ next frontier’” by Sunny Bains about my Science article on “Circuits with Light at Nanoscales” February 27, 2008 (in March 3, 2008 issue)  http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml;?articleID =206900564

Almanac, a news brief in the section on Honors and Other Things, about selection to receive the 2008 George H. Heilmeier Faculty Award in Excellence in Research,  news brief entitled “Heilmeier Faculty Award: Dr. Engheta”, December 11, 2007, http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v54/n15/ho t.html

Laser Focus World, a news feature entitled “Photonic Frontier: Integrated Optics: Metananocircuits can operate at optical frequencies,” by Jeff Hecht, about my Science Review Article (Volume 317, Number 5845, Issue of 21 September 2007), Volume 43, Issue 12, December 1, 2007, <http://www.laserfocusworld.com/display_article/31 4434/12/ARTCL/none/Feat/PHOTONIC- FRONTIERS:-INTEGRATED-OPTICS:- Metananocircuits-can-operate-at-optical-frequencie>)

Nanotechweb.org, from UK Institute of Physics Publishing, a news feature entitled “Simulation shine a light on optical wire: Nanowaveguide models offer clues to wiring up optical nanocircuits,” by James Tyrrell, about our paper in Optics Express (Volume 15, Number 21, October 5, 2007) on “Optical ‘Shorting Wire’””.  Posted on November 19, 2007, http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/31824 )

Sciences et Avenir, a cover story entitled “L’homme Invisible, c’est possible!”, by David Larousserie, about different cloaking methods including our technique.  October 2007, pp. 60-71.

Photonics Spectra, a news feature entitled “Review Provides Blueprint for Optical Nanocircuits,” by David Shenkenberg in the section on Presstime Bulletin, about my Science Review Article (Volume 317, Number 5845, Issue of 21 September 2007), October 2007, p. 18.   http://www.photonics.com/content/spectra/2007/Octo ber/news/89213.aspx )

Nanowerk, a news feature entitled “Metactronics:  A Metamaterial-Based Nanotechnology Approach towards Electronics” by Michael Berger, about my paper in Science (Volume 317, Number 5845, Issue of 21 September 2007) on “Circuits with Light at Nanoscales:  Optical Nanocircuits Inspired by Metamaterials”.  Posted on October 16, 2007, http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=2947.php

Science, in the section of This week in Science, a news brief about my paper in Science (Volume 317, Number 5845, Issue of 21 September 2007) on “Circuits with Light at Nanoscales:  Optical  Nanocircuits Inspired by Metamaterials”.  The news briefs edited by Stella Hurtley and Phil Szuromi, Science, Vol. 317, p. 1645, September 21, 2007. www.science.org

Nature Materials, in the section of Research Highlights, a news brief about our work on cloaking that appeared in Optics Express on Mar 2007.  The news article by the editors of Nature Materials, entitled “Shopping for Cloaks,” May 2007, Vol. 6, p. 325. www.nature.com/naturematerials

Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), Air Force Research Laboratory Press Release about selection to 2006 Scientific American 50 List of Leaders in Science and Technology.  Article by Maria Callier, March 2, 2007  ” Scientific American Article Names Researcher as One of Top 50 Technological Leaders”, http://www.afosr.af.mil/News/nr_2007_06_SAArticle. htm   (News outlets NewsBlaze, Commodity Chemicals News, March Air Reserve Base, Kirtland Air Force Base and U.S. Newswire have also announced this press release.)

Almanac, a news brief in the section on Honors and Other Things, about selection to the Scientific American 50 List of leaders in science and technology,  news brief entitled “Dr. Engheta: Scientific American 50″, January 16, 2007, http://www.upenn.edu/almanac

Daily Pennsylvanian, a news brief about selection to the Scientific American 50 List of leaders in science and technology,  news brief by Mara Gordon, “’SEAS Prof. named a top-fifty scientist”, December 5, 2006, http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com

University of Pennsylvania Office of University Communications Press Release about selection to 2006 Scientific American 50 List of Leaders in Science and Technology.  Article by Greg Lester, December 4, 2006  ” University of Pennsylvania’s Nader Engheta Named One of the “2006 Scientific American 50”, http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/article.php?id=105 9

Scientific American, about selection to 2006 Scientific American 50 List of Leaders in Science and Technology.  Description of our work by George Musser, December 2006, http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=CA41CF93-E7F2-99DF- 332D036FA997032C&pageNumber=4&catID=9

Daily Pennsylvanian, In the section entitled “Perspective” featured under the “Nanotechnology Pie” article by Uri Friedman, page 5 November 14, 2006, http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com

Photonics Spectra, Article by Hank Hogan, entitled “Stepping out of the Shadows Using Polarized Light,” October 2006, about out research on bio- inspired polarization imaging for detection of objects in shadows. http://www.photonics.com/content/spectra/2006/Octo ber/tech/84505.aspx

Daily Pennsylvanian, a story on the work on one of my graduate students, Brian Edwards, on electric tweezers, Article by Leanne Ta, “’Electric tweezers’ make tiny moves easy”, September 11, 2006, http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2006/09/11/News/electric.Twee zers.Make.Tiny.Moves.Easy-2265237.shtml

University of Pennsylvania Office of University Communications Press Release about the work of one  of my graduate students, Brian Edwards, in my group on electric tweezers.  Article by Greg Lester, August 18, 2006  ” University of Pennsylvania Student Creates Electric Tweezers; Now Everyone Can Have a Desktop Lab”

The Pennsylvania GAZETTE, Article by Jennifer Nath C’08, entitled “Metamaterials to Marvel Over” about our research on metamaterials, July-August 2006, page 29.

Quoted in the Science News Article by Peter Weiss entitled “Out of Sight:  Physicists get serious about invisibility shields” week of July 15, 2006, Vol 170, No. 3, p. 42, http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20060715/bob9.a sp.

Quoted in CNN.com, MSNBC, and NBC10.com, about the various cloaking proposals, and the Science News Article by Adrian Cho  http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/05/25/invisibility.clo ak.ap/index.html, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12961080/, http://www.nbc10.com/news/9273555/detail.html, May 25, 2006.

Optics and Photonics News (OPN), monthly magazine of Optical Society of America.  Article by Patricia Daukantas, Senior Writer/Editor, entitled “Lumped Circuit Elements for Optical Frequencies,” Vol. 17, No. 6, p. 9, 2006, about out research on lumped optical elements. http://www.osa- opn.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPN-17-6-8

Physics News Update, Bulletin of Physics News of American Institute of Physics (AIP).  Part of this press conference highlights our work on nanocircuit elements at optical frequencies, Article by Phil Schewe and Ben Stein, Number 770 # 1, March 23, 2006 “Two-Dimensional Light”, http://www.aip.org/pnu/2006/split/770-1.html .

Fall 2005 Penn Engineering Alumni Magazine, Article by Jessica Stein Diamond entitled “Discovering Scientific Gold in Metamaterials” about our research on metamaterials.

Science Daily about our idea of nanocircuit elements at optical frequencies,  September 28, 2005  “Penn Theorists to Create Optical Circuit Elements “,  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/09/050928081542.htm

Nanotechnology News about our work on concept of nanocircuit elements at optical frequencies,  September 28, 2005  ” A Beam of Light on a Path of Gold to a Miniaturized World: Penn Theorists to Create Optical Circuit Elements “,  http://www.nanotech- now.com/news.cgi?story_id=11730

CCNmag.com news about our work on concept of nanocircuit elements at optical frequencies,  September 28, 2005  ” A Beam of Light on a Path of Gold to a Miniaturized World “