Multiple electromagnetic responses from accordion-like plasmonic nanorods
Well-defined complex nanostructures for metamaterials with unique optical properties – such as negative refractive index, strong artificial optical activity, and perfect absorption – are usually prepared by top-down approaches, including direct laser writing, multiple e-beam lithographies, and membrane projection lithography.
However, these methods have two critical drawbacks: 1) Large-scale device fabrication is practically impossible due to time and energy consuming process; and 2), the operating window is limited (not working in visible or UV regime) due to the large feature size of the structures.
In a recent breakthrough, scientists in Korea have combined block copolymer (BCP) self-assembly and an anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) template to fabricate unique complex nanostructures over a large (centimeter) area.
In this work, the scientists introduce a novel method to fabricate a high-density array of plasmonic nanorods over a large area (2.5cm x 2.5cm), exhibiting multiple electromagnetic responses. The paper demonstrates the fabrication of sophisticated nanostructures that are difficult to realize through a top-down process in a large optical device by taking advantage of BCP self-assembly.
"Though block copolymers self-assemble into various nanodomains such as lamellae, gyroids, cylinders, and spheres, these nanostructures cannot provide complex plasmonic metamaterials with unique optical properties, “To address this issue, we confined the lamellae-forming polystyrene-block-poly (methyl methacrylate) copolymer (PS-b-PMMA) inside the cylindrical pores of an AAO template grafted with thin neutral brush layers to form stacked lamellar rods, which have not been reported in previous works."
After the AAO template was removed, a 5-nm-thick layer of silver was thermally deposited on only the polystyrene nanodomains, generating 'accordion-like' silver nanorods with one hemispherical cover and 5 side stripes over a large area.
Due to the unique geometry of the nanostructures, the array has two magnetic responses and one electric response from visible to near-infrared (NIR) wavelength. Through finite difference time domain (FDTD) simulations, the scientists determined the Transmittance (T) dip at 600 nm to correspond to a magnetic response, while the other dips at 800 and 1200 nm corresponded to electric responses.
These multiple resonances are specifically applicable for multi-analyte detection. Furthermore, the magnetic response is known to be an essential optical property for realizing metamaterials with negative refractive index, which makes this work a contribution to the commercialization of practical metamaterials working invisible or NIR regime.
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However, these methods have two critical drawbacks: 1) Large-scale device fabrication is practically impossible due to time and energy consuming process; and 2), the operating window is limited (not working in visible or UV regime) due to the large feature size of the structures.
In a recent breakthrough, scientists in Korea have combined block copolymer (BCP) self-assembly and an anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) template to fabricate unique complex nanostructures over a large (centimeter) area.
In this work, the scientists introduce a novel method to fabricate a high-density array of plasmonic nanorods over a large area (2.5cm x 2.5cm), exhibiting multiple electromagnetic responses. The paper demonstrates the fabrication of sophisticated nanostructures that are difficult to realize through a top-down process in a large optical device by taking advantage of BCP self-assembly.
"Though block copolymers self-assemble into various nanodomains such as lamellae, gyroids, cylinders, and spheres, these nanostructures cannot provide complex plasmonic metamaterials with unique optical properties, “To address this issue, we confined the lamellae-forming polystyrene-block-poly (methyl methacrylate) copolymer (PS-b-PMMA) inside the cylindrical pores of an AAO template grafted with thin neutral brush layers to form stacked lamellar rods, which have not been reported in previous works."
After the AAO template was removed, a 5-nm-thick layer of silver was thermally deposited on only the polystyrene nanodomains, generating 'accordion-like' silver nanorods with one hemispherical cover and 5 side stripes over a large area.
Due to the unique geometry of the nanostructures, the array has two magnetic responses and one electric response from visible to near-infrared (NIR) wavelength. Through finite difference time domain (FDTD) simulations, the scientists determined the Transmittance (T) dip at 600 nm to correspond to a magnetic response, while the other dips at 800 and 1200 nm corresponded to electric responses.
These multiple resonances are specifically applicable for multi-analyte detection. Furthermore, the magnetic response is known to be an essential optical property for realizing metamaterials with negative refractive index, which makes this work a contribution to the commercialization of practical metamaterials working invisible or NIR regime.
For More Details: https://goo.gl/XYGrT8
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