Akhlesh Lakhtakia, University Distinguished Professor, has been appointed as the Editor-in-Chief of the SPIE Journal of Nanophotonics*, an electronic journal focusing on the fabrication and application of nanostructures that facilitate the generation, propagation, manipulation, and detection of light from the infrared to the ultraviolet regimes. Topics lying within the scope of the journal include: nanoparticles and nanoparticulate composite materials; quantum dots and other low-dimensional nanostructures; nanotubes, nanowires, and nanofibers; nanowaveguides and nanoantennas; sculptured thin films and nanostructured photonic crystals; quantum optics and spintronics; nanoscale optical electronics; surface plasmons and nanoplasmonics; ultrashort pulse propagation; light-harvesting materials and devices; nanophotonic detectors; nano-optical electromechanical systems; near-field optics, optical manipulation techniques, spectroscopies, and scattering techniques; nanolithography, molecular self-assembly, and other nanofabrication techniques; nanobiophotonics; and nanophotonic concepts and systems that facilitate continued integration of various optical and/or electronic functions. The scope extends to theory, modeling and simulation, experimentation, instrumentation, and application.

Submissions will be accepting beginning in September 2006.

Publication will begin in January 2007.

* Title is subject to change.

Source: SPIE (International Society for Optical Engineering)