News
May 2024, Robert Sevik was awarded Barry Goldwater Fellowship! Way to Go, Robert!
April 2024, Our article on "Sequential Infiltration Synthesis of Silicon Dioxide" in collaboration with Biswas Lab is published in Journal of Physical Chemistry!
July 2023, We received the inaugural Advancing Research and Creative Scholarship (ARCS) grant, in collaboration with Engelke Lab and Kim Lab from the Office of Research and Graduate Studies at Illinois State.
July 2023, Our article on "Resonant coupling of molecular excitons and optical anapoles" is published in Applied Optics!
December 2022, Our work on "Nanophotonic Effects in Mid-index Mesoscale Materials" is published in Advanced Optical Materials!
July 2022, We have been awarded $288, 202 from the Div. of Material Research (DMR), National Science Foundation (NSF) (Award # 2208240) to unravel nanophotonic phenomena in mesoscale dielectric particles!
February 2022, Our collaborative work with Biswas Lab on "Fabrication of TiO2 nanodot films" is published in Journal of Applied Physics!
August 2021, We have received $403,900 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) (Award # 2116612) for acquisition for Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM) at ISU!
March 2020, Our manuscript on "Non-radiating Optical Anapoles" is published in the Physical Review Letters!
Feb 2020, Our work on 'selective excitation of multipolar resonances' is highlighted in ISU News!
January 2020, Our article on "Selective excitation and enhancement of multipolar resonances in dielectric nanospheres" was chosen as "Cover Article" in the Journal of Applied Physics!
January 2020, Our manuscript on "Selective excitation and enhancement of multipolar resonances in dielectric nanospheres" is accepted for publication in the Journal of Applied Physics!
April 2019, Andrew, Bailey, Brighton, and Daniel give poster presentations at AVS Prairie Chapter Symposium at UofI!
April 2019, Andrew, Brighton, Daniel, and Michal give oral presentations at ISU Research Symposium.
Feb 2019, Dr. Manna gives an Invited Talk at WIU Physics department
Oct 2018, Our NSF funding news is highlighted in ISU News, and Vidette!
June 2018, Manna Lab receives funding from the Div Of Electrical, Commun & Cyber Sys, National Science Foundation (NSF) to excite "Non-radiating Nano-sphere"!
June 2018, Our collaborative work with Biswas Lab on "TiO2 nanodot films" is published in J. Phys. Chem. C!
June 2018, Our collaborative work with Biswas Lab on "Anisotropic Plasmonic Nanostructures" is published in Nanotechnology!
March 2018, Dr. Manna receives ISU Pre-tenure Faculty Initiative Grant (PFIG) to conduct summer research!
March 2018, Brighton receives Jesse Award to conduct summer experimental research!
March 2018, Brighton makes a presentation at the ISU research symposium. Well done!
March 2018, Dr. Manna gives a presentation at the IUPUI Physics Colloquium!
Nov 2017, Dr. Manna’s work on ‘Selective Induction of Optical Magnetism’ performed at UofC is published in Nano Letters!
Nov 2017, Daniel makes a poster presentation on "Selective magnetic dipole transition in Eu3+ ions" at 2017 Fall meeting of APS Prairie Section!
April 2017, Dan receives Jesse Award for experimental research. Congratulations!
March 2017, Dan makes a presentation at the ISU research symposium. Well done!
Feb 2017, Dr. Manna awarded ISU New Faculty Initiative Grant (NFIG)
Aug, 2016, Dr. Manna joins ISU Physics department