Scientific 3D Art & Visualization

I specialize in making computer-generated artwork for visualizing scientific concepts, mostly in the area of optics and photonics research. On this site, you can find a selection of older and newer 'artist's impressions' which I made for several different research groups. Next to (proposals for) cover illustrations of scientific journals, these images were for example used in publications, grant proposals and/or conference presentations.

A list of publications featuring my artwork can be found at the bottom of the page.

Journal cover art

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List of publications featuring my artwork

Stich, S.; Mohajan, J.; De Ceglia, D.; Carletti, L.; Jung, H.; Karl, N.; Brener, I.; Rodriguez, A.W.; Belkin, M.A.; Sarma, R. Inverse Design of an All-Dielectric Nonlinear Polaritonic Metasurface. ACS Nano 2025, 19 (18), 17374–17384. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c16934 (Cover image)
Ruchka, P; Kushwaha,A.; Marathe, J,; Xiang, L.; Chen, R.; Kirk, R.; Tan, J.; Bursill, C.; Verjans, J.; Thiele, S.; Fitridge, R.; McLaughlin, R.; Psaltis, P.; Giessen, H.; Li, J. 3D-printed micro-axicon enables extended depth-of-focus intravascular optical coherence tomography in vivo. Adv. Photonics 2025, 7 (2), 026003. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.AP.7.2.026003 (Cover image)
Malek, C.M.; Doiron, C.F.; Brener, I.; Cerjan, A. Robust multiresonant nonlocal metasurfaces by rational design. Nanophotonics 2025, 4. https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2024-0551 (Cover image)
Versteckte Symmetrie in exotischen Kristallen - Plasmonen offenbaren quasikristalline Muster im vierdimensionalen Raum
Greetings from the fourth dimension: Scientists glimpse 4D crystal structure using surface wave patterns
Quartz Control - Researchers get photoacoustic spectroscopy under control for rapid trace gas analysis
Cohen, A. (Optica). Researchers achieve real-time detection of low gas concentrations.
Weber, K.; Thiele, S.; Hentschel, M.; Herkommer, A.; Giessen, H. Positional Accuracy of 3D Printed Quantum Emitter Fiber Couplers. Adv. Quantum Technol. 2024, 7, 2400135. https://doi.org/10.1002/qute.202400135 (Cover image)
Srivastava, A.; Herbst, A.; Bidhendi, M.; Kieker, M.; Tani, F.; Fattahi, H. Near-Petahertz Fieldoscopy of Liquid. Nat. Photon. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-024-01548-2
Herkert, E.; Lau, L.; Lanau, R.; Garcia-Parajo, M. Hexagonal Plasmonic Arrays for High-Throughput Multicolor Single-Molecule Studies. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2024, 16, 41271–41280. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c04744 (Supplementary cover image)
Wang, X.; Redding, B.; Karl, N.; Long, C.; Zhu, Z.; Skowronek, J.; Pang, S.; Brady, D.; Sarma, S. Integrated photonic encoder for low power and high-speed image processing. Nat. Comm. 2024, 15, 4510. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48099-2
Pflumm, S.; Wiedemann, Y.; Fauser, D.; Safaraliyev, J.; Lunter, D.; Steeb, H.; Ludwigs, S. Autonomous Adaption of Intelligent Humidity-Programmed Hydrogel Patches for Tunable Stiffness and Drug Release. Adv. Mater. Technol. 2023, 10, 2300937. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202300937 (Cover image)
Herkert, E. K.; Bermeo Alvaro, D. R.; Recchia, M.; Langbein, W.; Borri, P.; Garcia-Parajo, M. F. Hybrid Plasmonic Nanostructures for Enhanced Single-Molecule Detection Sensitivity. ACS Nano 2023, 17, 8453-8464. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.3c00576 (Supplementary cover image)
Santiago-Cruz, T.; Gennaro, S.D.; Mitrofanov, O.; Addamane, S.; Reno, J.; Brener, I.; Chekhova, M.V. Resonant metasurfaces for generating complex quantum states. Science 2022, 6609, 377, 991-995. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abq8684
Ritter, F. (Max Planck Society). Metasurfaces offer new possibilities for quantum research
Neusser, D.; Sun, B.; Tan, W.L.; Thomsen, L.; Schultz, T.; Perdigon-Toro, L.; Koch, N.; Shoaee, S.; McNeill, C.R.; Neher, D.; Ludwigs, S.. Spectroelectrochemically Determined Energy Levels of PM6:Y6 Blends and their Relevance to Solar Cell Performance. J. Mater. Chem. C 2022, 10, 11565. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2TC01918C (Inside front cover image)
Uppu, R.; Midolo, L.; Zhou, X.; Carolan, J.; Lodahl, P. Quantum-dot-based deterministic photon-emitter interfaces for scalable photonic quantum technology. Nat. Nanotechnol 2021, 16, 1308–1317. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-021-00965-6
Wright, K. Steering Light Within a Crystal
Presseinformation: Kristallstrukturen in Super-Zeitlupe
Sterl, F.; Herkert, E.; Both, S.; Weiss, T.; Giessen, H. Shaping the Color and Angular Appearance of Plasmonic Metasurfaces with Tailored Disorder. ACS Nano 2021, 15, 10318-10327. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.1c02538. (Cover image)
Erben, A.; Hörning, M.; Hartmann, B.; Becke, T.; Eisler, S.A.; Southan, A.; Cranz, S.; Hayden, O.; Kneidinger, N.; Königshoff, M.; Lindner, M.; Tovar, G.E.M.; Burgstaller, G.; Clausen-Schaumann, H.; Sudhop, S.; Heymann, M. High Precision 3D Bio‐printing: Precision 3D‐Printed Cell Scaffolds Mimicking Native Tissue Composition and Mechanics. Adv. Healthc. Mater 2020, 9, 2000918. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adhm.202000918. (Cover image)
Cornelissen, A. New method enables separation of microplastics from wastewater
TU Delft researchers separate microparticles on the basis of their shape
Van Nielen, N.; Hentschel, M.; Schilder, N.; Giessen, H.; Polman, A.; Talebi, N. Electrons Generate Self-Complementary Broadband Vortex Light Beams Using Chiral Photon Sieves. Nano Lett. 2020, 20 (8), 5975-5981. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01964. (Cover image)
3D-Bilder aus dem Inneren von Adern
Li, J.; Thiele, S.; Quirk, B. C.; Kirk, R.; Verjans, J.; Akers, E.; Bursill, C. A.; Nicholls, S. J.; Herkommer, A. M.; Giessen, H.; McLaughlin, R. A. Ultrathin monolithic 3D printed optical coherence tomography endoscopy for preclinical and clinical use. Light Sci. Appl. 2020, 9, 124. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-020-00365-w. (Cover image)
Sterl, F.; Strohfeldt, N.; Both, S.; Herkert, E.; Weiss, T.; Giessen, H. Design Principles for Sensitivity Optimization in Plasmonic Hydrogen Sensors. ACS Sensors 2020, 5 (4), 917-927. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.9b02436. (Cover image)
Uppu, R.; Eriksen, H. T.; Thyrrestrup, H.; Uğurlu, A. D.; Wang, Y.; Scholz, S.; Wieck, A. D.; Ludwig, A.; Löbl, M. C.; Warburton, R. J.; Lodahl, P.; Midolo, L. On-Chip Deterministic Operation of Quantum Dots in Dual-Mode Waveguides for a Plug-and-Play Single-Photon Source. Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 3782. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17603-9.
Pinkse, P. W. H. Quantum Key Establishment via a Thick Glass Fiber
Uppu, R.; Wolterink, T. A. W.; Goorden, S. A.; Chen, B.; Škorić, B.; Mosk, A. P.; Pinkse, P. W. H. Asymmetric Cryptography with Physical Unclonable Keys. Quantum Sci. Technol. 2019, 4 (4), 045011. https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/ab479f.
Taballione, C.; Wolterink, T. A. W.; Lugani, J.; Eckstein, A.; Bell, B. A.; Grootjans, R.; Visscher, I.; Renema, J. J.; Geskus, D.; Roeloffzen, C. G. H.; Walmsley, I. A.; Pinkse, P. W. H.; Boller, K.-J. 8×8 Programmable Quantum Photonic Processor Based on Silicon Nitride Waveguides. Opt. Express 2019, 27 (19), 26842–26857. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.27.026842.
Grishina, D. A.; Harteveld, C. A. M.; Pacureanu, A.; Devashish, D.; Lagendijk, A.; Cloetens, P.; Vos, W. L. X-Ray Imaging of Functional Three-Dimensional Nanostructures on Massive Substrates. ACS Nano 2019, 13 (12), 13932–13939. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.9b05519.
Linnenbank, H.; Steinle, T.; Mörz, F.; Flöss, M.; Cui, H.; Glidle, A.; Giessen, H. Robust and Rapidly Tunable Light Source for SRS/CARS Microscopy with Low-Intensity Noise. Adv. Photonics 2019, 1 (5), 055001. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.ap.1.5.055001. (Cover image)
Böhme, A.; Sterl, F.; Kath, E.; Ubl, M.; Manninen, V.; Giessen, H. Electrochemistry on Inverse Copper Nanoantennas: Active Plasmonic Devices with Extraordinarily Large Resonance Shift. ACS Photonics 2019, 6 (8), 1863–1868. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.9b00716.
Watching nanoscale heat transport
Tracking Ultrafast Hot-Electron Diffusion in Space and Time by Ultrafast Thermomodulation
Semenyshyn, R.; Hentschel, M.; Stanglmair, C.; Teutsch, T.; Tarin, C.; Pacholski, C.; Giessen, H.; Neubrech, F. In Vitro Monitoring Conformational Changes of Polypeptide Monolayers Using Infrared Plasmonic Nanoantennas. Nano Lett. 2019, 19 (1), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b02372. (Cover image)
Sterl, F.; Linnenbank, H.; Steinle, T.; Mörz, F.; Strohfeldt, N.; Giessen, H. Nanoscale Hydrogenography on Single Magnesium Nanoparticles. Nano Lett. 2018, 18 (7), 4293–4302. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b01277.
3D gedruckter Sensor mit Adlerblick
Harlos, J. Superzeitlupe für Plasmonenwirbel
Sterl, F.; Strohfeldt, N.; Walter, R.; Griessen, R.; Tittl, A.; Giessen, H. Magnesium as Novel Material for Active Plasmonics in the Visible Wavelength Range. Nano Lett. 2015, 15 (12), 7949–7955. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03029. (Cover image)
Goorden, S. A.; Horstmann, M.; Mosk, A. P.; Škorić, B.; Pinkse, P. W. H. Quantum-Secure Authentication of a Physical Unclonable Key. Optica 2014, 1 (6), 421–424. https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.1.000421.
Vos, W. L.; Tukker, T. W.; Mosk, A. P.; Lagendijk, A.; IJzerman, W. L. Broadband mean free path of diffuse light in polydisperse ensembles of scatterers for white light-emitting diode lighting. Appl. Opt 2013, 52 (12), 2602–2609. https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.52.002602.
Beter zicht op verdwalend licht leidt tot efficiëntere witte led’s
Jurna, M.; Garbacik, E. T.; Korterik, J. P.; Herek, J. L.; Otto, C.; Offerhaus, H. L. Visualizing Resonances in the Complex Plane with Vibrational Phase Contrast Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering. Anal. Chem. 2010, 82 (18), 7656–7659. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac101453s. (Cover image)