Akhlesh Lakhtakia's research focuses on electromagnetic fields in complex materials, such as sculptured thin films, chiral materials, bianisotropy and industrially scalable bioreplication, an emerging form of engineered biomimicry applied to harvesting of solar energy and pest eradication. His technique for visualization of latent fingerprints was covered in the NOVA documentary series "Forensics on Trial".
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Recent Publications
Optoelectronic optimization of graded-bandgap CdTeSe thin-film solar cells
Ahmad, F., Lakhtakia, A. & Monk, P. B., May 1 2025, In: Journal of Physics Communications. 9, 5, 055008.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Towards highly efficient thin-film solar cells with a graded-bandgap CZ TSSe layer. Part II: Piecewise-homogeneous bandgap grading
Ahmad, F., Monk, P. B. & Lakhtakia, A., Jan 31 2025, In: JPhys Energy. 7, 1, 015002.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Theory of perturbation of the magnetostatic field by an anisotropic magnetic torus
Alkhoori, H. M., Lakhtakia, A. & Tsitsas, N. L., Mar 1 2025, In: Journal of Physics Communications. 9, 3, 035001.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Mutual Inductance of Multilayer Spiral-Inductor Clusters for Small-Form-Factor Wireless Power Transfer (μWPT)
Benjestorf, J. S., Urbina, J. V. & Lakhtakia, A., 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 61, 8, 8600210.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Periodic pixelated structure for electro-optically and orientationally programmable asymmetric electromagnetic transmission
Clemente-Arenas, M., Rubio-Noriega, R. E., Urbina, J. V. & Lakhtakia, A., Nov 20 2025, In: Applied optics. 64, 33, p. 10150-10156 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Mechanical Analysis of a Non-Pneumatic Tire's Spokes
Collings, W., Li, C., Schwarz, J., Lakhtakia, A., Bakis, C. E., El-Sayegh, Z. & El-Gindy, M., Apr 1 2025, In: SAE Technical Papers.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
Optical characterization of chiral three-dimensionally periodic photonic crystals fabricated by temporally periodic physical vapor deposition on two-dimensionally periodic substrates
Fiallo, R. A., Horn, M. W. & Lakhtakia, A., Jul 1 2025, In: Journal of Physics Communications. 9, 7, 075001.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Bianisotropic homogenized composite materials arising from ellipsoidal constituent particles with statistical distributions of orientations, shapes, and sizes
Iga-Buitrón, H. M., Mackay, T. G. & Lakhtakia, A., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Bruggeman homogenization of a particulate composite material comprising truncated spheres and spheroids
Iga-Buitrón, H. M., Mackay, T. G. & Lakhtakia, A., Jan 27 2025, In: Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 37, 4, 045703.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Correction: Electromagnetic homogenization of particulate composite materials comprising spheroids and truncated spheroids with orientational distribution (2025), by Iga-Buitrón et al. (Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (2025) 481 (20240948) DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2024.0948)
Iga-Buitrón, H. M., Mackay, T. G. & Lakhtakia, A., Oct 15 2025, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 481, 2324, 20250769.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Corrigendum: Bruggeman homogenization of a particulate composite material comprising truncated spheres and spheroids (2025 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 37 045703 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648X/ad899c)
Iga-Buitrón, H. M., Mackay, T. G. & Lakhtakia, A., Sep 29 2025, In: Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 37, 39, 399501.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Cubic-nonlinearity enhancement via homogenization of a composite material containing truncated spheroidal particles with distributions of shapes
Iga-Buitrón, H. M., Mackay, T. G. & Lakhtakia, A., Sep 7 2025, In: Journal of Applied Physics. 138, 9, 093109.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Electromagnetic homogenization of particulate composite materials comprising spheroids and truncated spheroids with orientational distribution
Iga-Buitrón, H. M., Mackay, T. G. & Lakhtakia, A., Jul 2 2025, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 481, 2317, 20240948.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Polarization-state independence of backscattering efficiency of an isotropic chiral sphere
Iga-Buitrón, H. M., Mackay, T. G. & Lakhtakia, A., Dec 1 2025, In: Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision. 42, 12, p. 1884-1889 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Compositional-Asymmetry-Induced Transition of Directional Liquid Transport on Tilted and Janusian Nanohair Arrays
Li, Y., Liu, H., Huo, L., Lei, M. & Lakhtakia, A., Apr 2 2025, In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 17, 13, p. 20418-20430 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review