This Review focuses on the integration
of plasmonic and dielectric
metasurfaces with emissive or stimuli-responsive materials for manipulating
light–matter interactions at the nanoscale. Metasurfaces, engineered
planar structures with rationally designed building blocks, can change
the local phase and intensity of electromagnetic waves at the subwavelength
unit level and offers more degrees of freedom to control the flow
of light. A combination of metasurfaces and nanoscale emitters facilitates
access to weak and strong coupling regimes for enhanced photoluminescence,
nanoscale lasing, controlled quantum emission, and formation of exciton–polaritons.
In addition to emissive materials, functional materials that respond
to external stimuli can be combined with metasurfaces to engineer
tunable nanophotonic devices. Emerging metasurface designs including
surface-functionalized, chemically tunable, and multilayer hybrid
metasurfaces open prospects for diverse applications, including photocatalysis,
sensing, displays, and quantum information.