Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering

Designer Materials and Devices

The Designer Materials and Devices group is located at the Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Aalto University. Our research interests span multiple dimensions: (i) from fundamental electrodynamics to functional devices; (ii) from microscopic to macroscopic electromagnetic systems; (iii) from microwaves to visible; (iv) from one-dimensional to four-dimensional geometries. The core of our research is in metamaterials and metasurfaces.
Artistic illustration of the concept of space-time metamaterials
Artistic illustration of the concept of space-time metamaterials inspired by "La persistència de la memòria"

Nature has provided us with an abundance of materials hosting diverse physical properties. Among them, electrodynamic material properties stand out as one of the most important for a variety of applications, from communications and electronics to medicine and entertainment. However, the range and strength of electrodynamic properties of natural materials are often limited and cannot satisfy rapidly growing needs of the modern industry. This circumstance has led to the emergence of an important category of designer matter which embraces composites, colloids, photonic crystals, metamaterials, and others. The key aim of this field is to develop new materials with desired properties and to explore and invent principally novel functionalities.

Research

We pursue 4 research programs towards advanced designer materials and devices ...

    Research direction 1

    ... based on novel engineering approaches. Design of next-generation reconfigurable intelligent surfaces using machine learning techniques.

    Magnetoelectric metamaterials

    ... based on novel topologies. Enhancement of weak exotic effects in complex matter in connection to some concepts of quantum field theory.

    Photonic time crystals with metasurfaces

    ... based on novel dimensions. Design of time-varying systems.

    based on novel material substances

    ... based on novel material substances. Exploring new solutions in optoelectronics with topological materials.

    Our current research topics include

    •    Metamaterials and metasurfaces
    •    Spatial and temporal photonic crystals
    •    Magnetics at nanoscale
    •    Axion and Weyl electrodynamics
    •    Electromagnetic nonreciprocity
    •    Fourier optics
    •    Machine learning and inverse design
    •    Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces 
    •    Advanced diffractive optical components.

    If you are interested in working with us (M.Sc. & Ph.D. thesis, research visit, collaboration) and/or have your own fellowship/funding, please contact Prof. Viktar Asadchy.

    Open positions

    We are looking for a talented and driven doctoral student to join our team. We invite exceptional candidates who are passionate about electromagnetism, nanophotonics, and quantum electrodynamics to contact Prof. Viktar Asadchy. The doctoral student will work on the new Academy Project ("Designer Composites with Axionic Properties") and other related projects. See more info here: https://aalto.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/aalto/job/Otaniemi-Espoo-Finland/Doctoral-Researcher-in-the-area-of-Nanophotonics---Electromagnetics_R36985

    People

    Viktar Asadchy

    Viktar Asadchy

    Assistant Professor
    viktar.asadchy at aalto.fi
    +358-504205846
    Francisco J. Díaz-Fernández

    Francisco J. Díaz-Fernández

    Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow
    [email protected]
    Shadi Safaei Jazi

    Shadi Safaei Jazi

    Doctoral Researcher
    shadi.safaeijazi at aalto.fi
    Mohammad Mahdi Asgari

    Mohammad Mahdi Asgari

    Doctoral Researcher
    mohammadmahdi.asgari at aalto.fi
    Bahman Amrahi

    Bahman Amrahi

    Doctoral Researcher
    bahman.amrahi at aalto.fi
    Guo Wei

    Guo Wei

    Master Student
    guo.wei at aalto.fi
    Kamil Anıl Işık

    Kamil Anıl Işık

    Bachelor Student
    kamil.isik at aalto.fi

    Free time

      Group photo

      Escape room challenge

      After playing ping pong

      After playing ping-pong

      Research visit in Sweden

      Research visit to Sweden

      Latest publications

      See the entire list of publications at Acris or Google Scholar.

      More information on our research in the Aalto research portal.

      Contact:
      Professor Viktar Asadchy
      Email: viktar.asadchy at aalto.fi
      Tel.: +358504205846

      Postal address:
      Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering
      Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering
      P.O. Box 15500, 00076 Aalto, Finland

      Visiting address:
      Maarintie 8, 02150 Espoo, Finland

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