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    • Nanophotonics and Materials Science
    • Optics and Light-Matter Interactions

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    • Metasurfaces are engineered planar structures that control electromagnetic waves at the subwavelength level.
    • Integrating metasurfaces with emissive or stimuli-responsive materials offers new avenues for nanoscale light manipulation.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To review the integration of plasmonic and dielectric metasurfaces with functional materials.
    • To highlight the manipulation of light-matter interactions at the nanoscale using these hybrid structures.
    • To discuss the potential applications of such engineered nanophotonic devices.

    Main Methods:

    • Combining plasmonic and dielectric metasurfaces with nanoscale emitters (e.g., quantum dots, emitters).
    • Integrating metasurfaces with stimuli-responsive functional materials (e.g., for tunable devices).
    • Exploring advanced metasurface designs like surface-functionalized, chemically tunable, and multilayer hybrid structures.

    Main Results:

    • Achieving enhanced photoluminescence, nanoscale lasing, controlled quantum emission, and exciton-polariton formation through metasurface-emitter coupling.
    • Engineering tunable nanophotonic devices by combining metasurfaces with stimuli-responsive materials.
    • Demonstrating the versatility of emerging metasurface designs for diverse applications.

    Conclusions:

    • The integration of metasurfaces with functional materials provides powerful tools for nanoscale light control.
    • These hybrid nanophotonic systems offer significant potential for advancements in photocatalysis, sensing, displays, and quantum information technologies.