on the April 9, 2026
Manon Dewynter, a graduate of the NANO-PHOT program, has published cover-featured research in Nano Letters.
Currently pursuing a PhD as part of a CIFRE agreement in partnership with SAFRAN Electronics & Defense, within the Physics and Properties of Nanostructures research group at the PPRIME Institute (University of Poitiers), Manon Dewynter is continuing her research work in the field of optical nanostructures.
Graduated from the MTE engineering program as well as the NANO-PHOT Master’s degree at the University of Technology of Troyes, she published the results of her Master’s research project under the supervision of Anne-Laure Baudrion in the scientific journal Nano Letters, which also selected her work for its cover.
Her research focuses on the optical properties of arrays of gold and aluminum nanoparticles. Each array exhibits a resonance—and therefore a color—that depends both on the material used and on the lattice spacing. For the cover illustration, Manon Dewynter designed an image inspired by Victor Vasarely’s artwork Gestalt, in which the optical responses of nanoparticle arrays are combined with visual illusion effects. Each square in the composition corresponds to an array observed using dark-field microscopy.
These nanostructures can be used to enhance the light emission of fluorescent molecules or quantum emitters, as well as platforms for bio-sensing.
More information: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c05943