Development of intelligent, electrically tunable optical materials by exploring nanostructures: a path towards a new generation of electro-optical devices

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Electro-optical materials, exhibiting tunable optical properties in response to an external electric field, are highly attractive for numerous optoelectronic applications, such as polarizers, optical switches, displays and smart glass. The market demand for such materials are expected to continuously expand, largely driven by these applications. Using the smart glass as an example, its global market size is expected to reach USD 4.71 billion by 2022 based on a very recent market analysis in 2015. The development of low cost and high performance materials and related technology is highly desired and is the core for supporting continuous growth and substantial implementation of their real world applications and for achieving tremendous market values. Recent great advances in the development of new nanoscale materials with unique or enhanced properties offer ample, new opportunities in designing and realizing electro-optical materials and devices with pre-engineered, improved properties and performance.