Publications (Peer Reviewed Journal Papers)

 

• Z Zheng, G Sanderson, S Sotoodeh, C Clifton, C Ying, M Rahmani*, L Xu*, “Real-Time Programmable Nonlinear Wavefront Shaping with Si Metasurface Driven by Genetic Algorithm” Engineering, DOI: 10.1016/j.eng.2025.04.023 (2025)                                                                                     

• S Zargarbashi, L Xu, CJ Mellor, M Rahmani, C Ying*, “Monitoring Conformational Dynamics of Single Unmodified Proteins using Plasmonic Nanotweezers”, Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE), e68093 (2025)                                                                                                                          

• Q Yang, Z Yao, L Xu, Y Dou, L Ba, F Huang, Q Xu, L Cong, J Gu, J Yang, M. Rahmani, J. Han, I. Shadrivov, “Ultrasensitive Terahertz Fingerprint Retrieval with Multiple‐BIC‐Enabled Meta‐Sensors”                                                                                                                                                          Laser & Photonics Reviews 19 (2), 2400825 (2025)                                                                                                                                                                        

• XY Huang, Y Cui, C Ying,* J Tian, Z Liu*, Scaling Behavior and Conductance Mechanisms of Ion Transport in Atomically Thin Graphene Nano/Subnanopores Nano Letters 25 (4), 1722-1728 (2025)                                                                                                                                                          

• Y. Cui, L. Gao, C. Ying,* J. Tian, and Z. Liu*, Two-Dimensional Material-Based Nanofluidic Devices and Their Applications, ACS Nano 19 (2), 1911-1943 (2025) 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

• SA Schulz, R Oulton, M Kenney, A Alù, I Staude, A Bashiri, Z. Fedorova, R. Kolkowski, A F. Koenderink, X. Xiao, J. Yang, W. J Peveler, A. W Clark, G. Perrakis, A. Tasolamprou, M. Kafesaki, A. Zaleska, W. Dickson, D. Richards, A. Zayats, H. Ren, Y. Kivshar, S. Maier, X. Chen, M. Afnan Ansari, Y. Gan, A. Alexeev, T. F Krauss, A. Di Falco, S. D Gennaro, T. Santiago-Cruz, I.Brener, M. V Chekhova, R. Ma, V. V Vogler-Neuling, H. C Weigand, .L. Talts, I. Occhiodori, R. Grange, M. Rahmani, L. Xu, S. Kamali, E Arababi, A. Faraon, A. C Harwood, S. Vezzoli, R. Sapienza, P. Lalanne, A. Dmitriev, C. Rockstuhl, A. Sprafke, K. Vynck, J. Upham, M Zahirul Alam, I. De Leon, R. W Boyd, W. J Padilla, J. M Malof, A. Jana, Z. Yang, R. Colom, Q. Song, P. Genevet, K. Achouri, A. B Evlyukhin, U. Lemmer, I. Fernandez-Corbaton, “Roadmap on photonic metasurfaces”, Applied Physics Letters 124, 26 (2024)                                                                                                                                                                                                       

• Z Gu, Y Gao, K Zhou, J Ge, C Xu, L Xu, M Rahmani, R Jiang, Y Chen, Z. Liu, C. Gu, Y. Ma, J. Qiu, and X. Shen“Surface-patterned chalcogenide glasses with high-aspect-ratio microstructures for long-wave infrared metalenses”, Opto-Electronic Science 3 (10), 240017-1-240017-13 (2024)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

• H Ren, Y Zhang, Z Zheng, C Ying, L Xu, M Rahmani, KB Whaley, “Error mitigated metasurface-based randomized measurement schemes”, Physical Review Research 6 (3), 033310 (2024)                                                                                                                                                                          

• ​Z. Zheng, D. Smirnova, G. Sanderson, Y. Cuifeng, D. Koutsogeorgis, L. Huang, Z. Liu, R. Oulton, A. Yousefi, A. Miroshnichenko, D. Neshev, M. O’Neill, M. Rahmani* & L. Xu*, "Broadband infrared imaging governed by guided-mode resonance in dielectric metasurfaces", Light: Science & Applications 13, 249 (2024).                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

•  X. Hu, X. Jia, K. Zhang, T. Wing Lo, Y. Fan, D. Liu, J. Wen, H. Yong, M. Rahmani, L. Zhang, and D. Lei, "Deep-learning-augmented microscopy for super-resolution imaging of nanoparticles", Optics Express 32, 879-890 (2024).                                                                                                                                               

•  G. Sanderson, Z. Zheng, E. Melik-Gaykazyan, G. Gordon, R. Cousins, C. Ying, M. Rahmani*, and L. Xu*, "Infrared imaging with nonlinear silicon resonator governed by high-Q quasi-BIC states", Journal of Optics 26, 6, 065505 (2024).                                                                                                Highlighted in Nature Photonics:                                                                                                                          https://www.nature.com/articles/s41566-024-01500-4                                                                                                                                                 PDF version of Nature Photonics' Highlight: https://rdcu.be/dP7VY                                                                                                                                     

• A Yousefi, Z Zheng, S Zargarbashi, M Assadipapari, GJ Hickman, C. DJ Parmenter, C. J Bueno-Alejo, G.Sanderson, D.Craske, L. Xu, C. C Perry, M. Rahmani, C. Ying, “Structural flexibility and disassembly kinetics of single ferritin molecules using optical nanotweezers” ACS nano 18 (24), 15617-15626 (2024)                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

• M. Peters, T. Zhao, S. George, V.G. Truong, S. N. Chormaic, C. Ying, R. Nome, R. Gordon, Energy Landscape of Conformational Changes for a Single Unmodified Protein, npj Biosensing 1, 14 (2024)                                                                                                                                                                        

• R. Gordon, M. Peters, C. Ying, Optical Scattering Methods for the Label-Free Analysis of Single Biomolecules, Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics, 57, e12 (2024)                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

• Y. Cui, L. Gao, C. Ying, J. Tian, and Z. Liu, Tunable Ion Conductivity in Defect‐Controlled Graphene Nanochannels. Advanced Materials Technologies, p.2400530 (2024)                                                                                                                                                                                                            

• Y. Cui, C. Ying,* X. Huang, Q. Ye, J. Tian, Z. Liu*, Electrical Transport and Dynamics of Confined DNA through Highly Conductive 2D Graphene Nanochannels, Nano Letters, 24, 4485–4492 (2024)                                                                                                                                                                               

• Z. Zheng, D. Smirnova, G. Sanderson, Y. Cuifeng, D. Koutsogeorgis, L. Huang, Z. Liu, R. Oulton, A. Yousefi, A. Miroshnichenko, D. Neshev, M. O’Neill, M. Rahmani* & L. Xu*, "Broadband infrared imaging governed by guided-mode resonance in dielectric metasurfaces", Light: Science & Applications 13, 249 (2024).

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• G. Sanderson, Z. Zheng, E. Melik-Gaykazyan, G. Gordon, R. Cousins, C. Ying, M. Rahmani*, and L. Xu*, "Infrared imaging with nonlinear silicon resonator governed by high-Q quasi-BIC states", Journal of Optics 26, 6, 065505 (2024).

​       Highlighted in Nature Photonics:

        https://www.nature.com/articles/s41566-024-01500-4

       PDF version of Nature Photonics' Highlight: https://rdcu.be/dP7VY

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• Xin Hu, Xixi Jia, Kai Zhang, Tsz Wing Lo, Yulong Fan, Danjun Liu, Jing Wen, Hongwei Yong, Mohsen Rahmani, Lei Zhang, and Dangyuan Lei, "Deep-learning-augmented microscopy for super-resolution imaging of nanoparticles", Opt. Express 32, 879-890 (2024).

 

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• Yousefi, C. Ying, C. Parmenter, M. Assadipapari, G. Sanderson, Z. Zheng, L. Xu, S. Zargarbashi, G. Hickman, R. Cousins, C. Mellor, M. Mayer, M. Rahmani, "Optical Monitoring of In Situ Iron Loading into Single, Native Ferritin Proteins", Nano Letters 23, 3251–3258 (2023).

Major media highlights:

https://www.ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2023/04/first-of-its-kind-study-of-single-protein-paves-way-to-improving-understanding-of-disease

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• Z. Zheng, D. Rocco, H. Ren, O. Sergaeva, Y. Zhang, K.B. Whaley, C. Ying, D. de Ceglia, C. De-Angelis, M. Rahmani, and L. Xu, “Advances in nonlinear metasurfaces for imaging, quantum, and sensing applications”, Nanophotonics, 12, 4255-4281 (2023).

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• Z. Zheng, L. Xu, L. Huang, D. Smirnova, K. Kamali, A. Yousefi, F. Deng, R. Camacho-Morales, C. Ying, A. Miroshnichenko, D. Neshev, M. Rahmani, "Third-order Infrared Upconversion Imaging with Silicon Metasurfaces", Opto-Electronic Advances 6, 220174 (2023).

Major media highlights:

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/990609 

https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/233884?returnurl=https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/233884 

 

• S. You, M. Zhou, L. Xu, D. Chen, M. Fan, W. Ma, S. Luo, M. Rahmani, C. Zhou, & A. E. Miroshnichenko, "Quasi-bound states in the continuum with a stable resonance wavelength in dimer dielectric metasurfaces", Accepted in Nanophotonics, doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2023-0166 (2023).

 

• K. Akshpreet, A. Gupta, C. Ying, M. Rahmani, and G. Sapra. "Smart wearable triboelectric nanogenerator for self-powered bioelectronics and therapeutics." Microelectronic Engineering 275, 111992 (2023).

 

• K. Zanganeh Kamali, L. Xu, N. Gagrani, H. Tan, C. Jagadish, A. Miroshnichenko, D. Neshev, and M. Rahmani, "Electrically programmable solid-state metasurfaces via flash localised heating", Light: Science and Application 12, 40 (2023).

Key news highlights:

https://www.ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2023/02/research-could-spark-next-generation-flat-screens,-which-are-significantly-thinner-and-cheaper-to-run

 

• M. Zhou, S. You, L. Xu, M. Fan, J. Huang, W. Ma, M. Hu, S. Luo, M. Rahmani, Y.Cheng, L. Li, C. Zhou, L. Huang, and A. E Miroshnichenko, "Bound states in the continuum in all-dielectric metasurfaces with scaled lattice constants." Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy 66, 12, 124212 (2023);

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• R. Wang, L. Xu, L. Huang, X. Zhang, H. Ruan, X. Yang, J. Lou, C. Chang, & X. Du, "Ultrasensitive terahertz biodetection enabled by quasi-BIC-based Metasensors", Accepted to be published in Small, https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202301165 (2023)

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• L. Xu, D. Smirnova, R. Camacho-Morales, R. Aoni, K. Kamali, M. Cai, C. Ying, Z. Zheng, A. Miroshnichenko, D. N Neshev and M. Rahmani "Enhanced four-wave mixing from multi-resonant silicon dimer-hole membrane metasurfaces", New Journal of Physics 24, 035002 (2022).

 

• L. Xu, and M. Rahmani, "Programmable structured surfaces can change the future of wireless communications", Light Science & Applications 11, 196 (2022).

 

• P. Hong, L. Xu, and M. Rahmani, "Dual bound states in the continuum enhanced second harmonic generation with Transition Metal Dichalcogenides monolayer", Opto-Electronic Advances 2022, 5, 200097 (2022).

Major media highlights:

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/958436

 

• M. A. Weissflog, M. Cai, M. Parry, M. Rahmani, L. Xu, D. Arslan, A.Fedotova, G. Marino, M. Lysevych, H. Hoe Tan, C. Jagadish, A. Miroshnichenko, G. Leo, A. Sukhorukov, F. Setzpfandt. T. Pertsch, I. Staude, and D. Neshev, 'Far-Field Polarization Engineering from Nonlinear Nanoresonators,', 'Far-Field Polarization Engineering from Nonlinear Nanoresonators', Laser Photonics Rev. 2022, 2200183 (2022).

 

• C. Zhou, L. Huang, R. Jin, L. Xu, G. Li, M. Rahmani, X. Chen, W. Lu, and A. Miroshnichenko. "Bound States in the Continuum in Asymmetric Dielectric Metasurfaces." Laser & Photonics Reviews 2022, 2200564 (2022).

 

• Z. Zheng, L. Xu, L. Huang, D. Smirnova, P. Hong, C. Ying, and M. Rahmani, "Boosting second-harmonic generation in the LiNbO3 metasurface using high-Q guided resonances and bound states in the continuum", Physical Review B, 106, 125411 (2022).

 

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• A. Komar, R. Aoni, L. Xu, M. Rahmani, A. Miroshnichenko, D. Neshev, "Edge Detection with Mie-Resonant Dielectric Metasurfaces", ACS Photonics 8, 864-871 (2021)

 

• M. Nauman, J. Yan, D. de Ceglia, M. Rahmani, K. Zangeneh Kamali, C. De Angelis, A. E. Miroshnichenko, Y. Lu, and D. N. Neshev, "Tunable Unidirectional Nonlinear Emission from Transition-Metal-Dichalcogenide Metasurfaces", Nature Communications 12, 5597 (2021).

 

• R. Aoni, S. Manjunath, B. Karawdeniya, K. Zangeneh Kamali, L. Xu, A. Damry, C. Jackson, A. Tricoli, A., Miroshnichenko, M. Rahmani, and D. Neshev, "Resonant dielectric metagratings for response intensified optical sensing". Advanced Functional Materials, 2103143 (2021).

 

• R. Camacho-Morales, D. Rocco, L. Xu, V. Gili, N. Dimitrov, L. Stoyanov, Z. Ma, A. Komar, M. Lysevych, F. Karouta, A. Dreischuh, H. Tan, G. Leo, C. De Angelis, C. Jagadish, A. E. Miroshnichenko, M. Rahmani, and D. Neshev, "Infrared upconversion imaging in nonlinear metasurfaces" Advanced Photonics 3, 036002 (2021).

Major media highlights:

https://www.ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2021/06/new-nanotech-crystal-film-will-allow-people-to-see-in-the-dark-and-could-revolutionise-night-vision

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• Z. Zheng, A. Komar, K. Zangeneh Kamali, J. Noble, L. Whichello, A. Miroshnichenko, M. Rahmani, D. Neshev, and L. Xu, "Planar narrow band-pass filter based on Si resonant metasurface", Journal of Applied Physics 130, 053105 (2021).

 

• A. Canós Valero, E. Gurvitz, F. Benimetskiy, D. Pidgayko, A. Samusev, A. Evlyukhin, V. Bobrovs, D. Redka, M. Tribelsky, M. Rahmani, K. Kamali, A. Pavlov, A. Miroshnichenko, and A. Shalin, "Theory, observation, and ultrafast response of the hybrid anapole regime in light scattering", Laser & Photonics Reviews 15, 2100114 (2021).

 

• Y. Zhan, L. Zhang, M. Rahmani, V. Giannini, A. Miroshnichenko, M. Hong, X. Li, S. Maier, and D. Lei. "Synthetic Plasmonic Nanocircuits and the Evolution of Their Correlated Spatial Arrangement and Resonance Spectrum", ACS Photonics 8, 166-174 (2021). (IF: 6.88);

 

• L. Huang, L. Xu, M. Rahmani, D. Neshev, and A. Miroshnichenko, "Pushing the Limit of High-Q Mode of a Single Dielectric Microcavity", Advanced Photonics 3, 016004 (2021).

 

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• Z. Fusco, M. Rahmani, T. Thanh, C. Ricci, A. Kiy, P. Kluth, E. Della Gaspera, N. Motta, D. Neshev, and A. Tricoli, "Photonic Fractal Metamaterials: A Metal–Semiconductor Platform with Enhanced Volatile‐Compound Sensing Performance", Advanced Materials 32, 2002471 (2020).

Major media highlights:

https://www.ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2020/11/new-material-paves-way-for-nano-tech-breath-testing-sensors-which-could-detect-chronic-illnesses

 

• L. Xu, M. Rahmani, Y. Ma, D. Smirnova, K. Kamali, F. Deng, Y. Chiang, L. Huang, H. Zhang, S. Gould, D. N Neshev, and A. E. Miroshnichenko, "Enhanced light-matter interactions in dielectric nanostructures via machine-learning approach", Advanced Photonics 2, 026003 (2020).

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• Y. Tanaka, P. Albella, M. Rahmani, V. Giannini, S. Maier, and T. Shimura, "Plasmonic linear nanomotor using lateral optical forces", Science Advances 6, eabc3726 (2020).

Major media highlights:

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-nanomotors-laser.html

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• S. Lung, K. Wang, K. Kamali, J. Zhang, M. Rahmani, D. Neshev, and A. Sukhorukov, "Complex-birefringent metasurfaces for arbitrary polarisation-pair transformations", ACS Photonics 7, 3015-3022 (2020).

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• P. Hong, L. Xu, C. Ying, and M. Rahmani, "Flatband mode in photonic moiré superlattice for boosting second-harmonic generation with monolayer van der Waals crystals", Optics Letters 47, 2326-2329 (2022).

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• L. Zhang, K. Gao, F. Lu, L. Xu, M. Rahmani, L. Sun, F. Gao, W. Zhang, and T. Mei "Visible-Band Chiroptical Meta-devices with Phase-Change Adjusted Optical Chirality", Nano Letters 22,7628-7635 (2022).

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• R. Camacho-Morales, L. Xu, H. Zhang, S. Ha, L. Krivitsky, A. Kuznetsov, M. Rahmani, D. Neshev, 'Sum-frequency generation in high-Q GaP metasurfaces driven by leaky-wave guided modes', Nano Letters 22, 6141–6148 (2022).

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• D. Rocco, R. Morales, L. Xu, A. Zilli, V. Vinel, M. Finazzi, M. Celebrano, G. Leo, M. Rahmani, C. Jagadish, H. Tan, D. Neshev, C. De Angelis, "Second order nonlinear frequency generation at the nanoscale in dielectric platforms", Advances in Physics: X 7, 2022992 (2022).