Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Jun 22, 2026

A Method to Fabricate Disconnected Silver Nanostructures in 3D
05:45

A Method to Fabricate Disconnected Silver Nanostructures in 3D

Published on: November 27, 2012

Plasmonic nanoclusters: a path towards negative-index metafluids.

Yaroslav A Urzhumov, Gennady Shvets, Jonathan A Fan

    Optics Express
    |June 25, 2009
    PubMed
    Summary
    This summary is machine-generated.

    Related Concept Videos

    You might also read

    Related Articles

    Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

    Sort by
    Same author

    Accurate and scalable deep Maxwell solvers.

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·2026
    Same author

    Molecular heterogeneity of HPV-associated cancers and strategies to overcome treatment resistance.

    Cancer heterogeneity and plasticity·2026
    Same author

    Multimode Single-Ring Photonic Molecule.

    Physical review letters·2026
    Same author

    Freeform Mode-Engineered Metasurfaces.

    Nano letters·2026
    Same author

    Ultrabroadband Spacetime Nanoscopy of Terahertz Polaritons in a van der Waals Cavity.

    Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)·2026
    Same author

    3D nanolithography with metalens arrays and spatially adaptive illumination.

    Nature·2025
    Same journal

    Long-term stabilization of intensity-difference squeezing from four-wave mixing in rubidium vapor.

    Optics express·2026
    Same journal

    Robust 3D topography measurement of large-range high-aspect-ratio structures based on dual-domain statistical filtering in SD-OCT.

    Optics express·2026
    Same journal

    Broadband transmissive terahertz metasurface for simultaneous quad-mode OAM multiplexing.

    Optics express·2026
    Same journal

    Leveraging two-dimensional materials for high-sensitivity optical sensors: quasi-bound states in the continuum within hybrid metasurfaces.

    Optics express·2026
    Same journal

    Resolution investigation for dual-spherical-wave optical scanning holographic microscopy: methods and performance.

    Optics express·2026
    Same journal

    Robustness of parallel subnetwork-filtered diffractive deep neural networks.

    Optics express·2026
    See all related articles

    We introduce metafluids, liquid metamaterials made of Artificial Plasmonic Molecules (APMs). These tetrahedral nanoclusters exhibit tunable electric and magnetic responses, enabling novel optical properties for metamaterials.

    Area of Science:

    • Condensed Matter Physics
    • Materials Science
    • Nanotechnology
    • Electromagnetism

    Background:

    • Metamaterials offer unique electromagnetic properties not found in natural materials.
    • Liquid metamaterials, or metafluids, provide dynamic tunability and fabrication advantages.
    • Plasmonic nanoparticles exhibit strong light-matter interactions exploitable for metamaterial applications.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To introduce and characterize metafluids based on Artificial Plasmonic Molecules (APMs).
    • To investigate the electromagnetic responses of tetrahedral nanocluster configurations.
    • To explore the potential for achieving negative permittivity and permeability in optical media.

    Main Methods:

    • Analysis using the plasmon hybridization (PH) method and electrostatic eigenvalue equations.

    More Related Videos

    Plasmonic Trapping and Release of Nanoparticles in a Monitoring Environment
    09:13

    Plasmonic Trapping and Release of Nanoparticles in a Monitoring Environment

    Published on: April 4, 2017

    Utilization of Plasmonic and Photonic Crystal Nanostructures for Enhanced Micro- and Nanoparticle Manipulation
    09:29

    Utilization of Plasmonic and Photonic Crystal Nanostructures for Enhanced Micro- and Nanoparticle Manipulation

    Published on: September 27, 2011

    Related Experiment Videos

    Last Updated: Jun 22, 2026

    A Method to Fabricate Disconnected Silver Nanostructures in 3D
    05:45

    A Method to Fabricate Disconnected Silver Nanostructures in 3D

    Published on: November 27, 2012

    Plasmonic Trapping and Release of Nanoparticles in a Monitoring Environment
    09:13

    Plasmonic Trapping and Release of Nanoparticles in a Monitoring Environment

    Published on: April 4, 2017

    Utilization of Plasmonic and Photonic Crystal Nanostructures for Enhanced Micro- and Nanoparticle Manipulation
    09:29

    Utilization of Plasmonic and Photonic Crystal Nanostructures for Enhanced Micro- and Nanoparticle Manipulation

    Published on: September 27, 2011

  • Vectorial finite element frequency domain (FEFD) electromagnetic simulations.
  • Application of group theory to identify optimal resonant modes.

    • Main Results:

    • Tetrahedral APMs exhibit isotropic electric and magnetic responses.
    • Tunable effective permittivity (ε_eff) and magnetic susceptibility (χ_eff) observed in visible/near-infrared bands.
    • Demonstrated possibility of achieving large, small, or negative ε_eff and substantial χ_eff.

    Conclusions:

    • Colloidal solutions of tetrahedral nanoclusters can function as effective optical metafluids.
    • The study identifies pathways to enhance magnetic response and reduce damping.
    • Potential for developing metafluids with simultaneously negative ε_eff and μ_eff.