I've been working with graphene for over a year now, and before that I was working with photonic nanostructures. For me the transition from nano to graphene was natural. After the initial excitement and a period of learning that comes with a new job, I've recently started to follow my old nano-community again. Although to me it has seemed that the fields of nano and graphene are intertwined, I have now started to think that maybe they are two different worlds. So I think this is the proper…

Medinano-5, the fifth installation of the Mediterranean Nanophotonics conference, just ended. This year the conference was held in Barcelona, Spain, and lasted two days. What's great about this series is that it attracts an unusual collection of people that you normally don't see all in the same place. There is also a focus on young group leaders from Mediterranean countries, which opens the opportunity to see some new faces.

This year featured keynote talks by Federico Capasso and…