Maxwell’s equations are 150 years old. They provide the theoretical framework to describe every phenomenon that concerns light if considered as an electromagnetic wave. In particular, Maxwell’s equations can describe the interaction of light with matter possessing known properties. In our group, we are interested in the exploration of phenomena to be observed if light interacts with materials that have critical spatial dimensions in the order of one wavelength or below, i.e. at a nanometric scale.

Particularly, we wish to explore with analytical and numerical methods the peculiarities of light itself at the nanoscale. We also wish to study artificial materials made from nanostructured materials. Eventually, we rely on collaboration with other nano-scientists to push the current limits of the state-of-the-art concerning an exact description of matter at the nanoscale and to consider it in an electromagnetic analysis.