Tunable 3D extended self-assembled gold metamaterials with enhanced light transmission

Stefano Salvatore; Angela Demetriadou; Silvia Vignolini; Sang Soon Oh; Sebastian Wuestner; Nataliya A Yufa; Morgan Stefik; Ulrich Wiesner; Jeremy J Baumberg; Ortwin Hess; Ullrich Steiner

doi:10.1002/adma.201300193

Tunable 3D extended self-assembled gold metamaterials with enhanced light transmission

Adv Mater. 2013 May 21;25(19):2713-6. doi: 10.1002/adma.201300193. Epub 2013 Apr 3.

Authors

Stefano Salvatore¹, Angela Demetriadou, Silvia Vignolini, Sang Soon Oh, Sebastian Wuestner, Nataliya A Yufa, Morgan Stefik, Ulrich Wiesner, Jeremy J Baumberg, Ortwin Hess, Ullrich Steiner

Affiliation

¹ Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, J. J. Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK.

PMID: 23553887
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201300193

Abstract

The optical properties of metamaterials made by block copolymer self-assembly are tuned by structural and environmental variations. The plasma frequency red-shifts with increasing lattice constant and blue-shifts as the network filling fraction increases. Infiltration with dielectric liquids leads also to a red-shift of the plasma edge. A 300 nm-thick slab of gyroid-structured gold has a remarkable transmission of 20%.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Crystallization / methods*
Gold / chemistry*
Light
Luminescent Measurements / methods*
Materials Testing
Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
Metal Nanoparticles / ultrastructure*
Particle Size
Scattering, Radiation

Substances

Gold