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Disposable Plasmonics: Plastic Templated Plasmonic Metamaterials with Tunable Chirality
Affar S Karimullah1, Calum Jack1, Ryan Tullius1
1School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Joseph Black Building, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK.
Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
|August 27, 2015
Summary
Low-cost disposable plasmonic substrates are crucial for plasmonic sensing applications. These substrates utilize hybrid nanostructures in plasmonic films, enabling optimized optical properties for nanophotonics.
Area of Science:
- Nanotechnology and Materials Science
- Optics and Photonics
Background:
- Plasmonic sensing offers high sensitivity for various applications.
- The widespread use of plasmonic sensing is hindered by the cost and disposability of substrates.
- Developing cost-effective and disposable plasmonic substrates is essential for broader applicability.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop low-cost, disposable plasmonic substrates for enhanced plasmonic sensing.
- To explore the use of injection-molded templates for fabricating plasmonic films.
- To investigate the optimization of optical properties through modal coupling in hybrid nanostructures.
Main Methods:
- Fabrication of plasmonic films using injection-molded templates.
- Creation of hybrid nanostructures, combining inverse and solid structures.
- Tuning the modal coupling between hybrid nanostructure elements.
Main Results:
- Demonstration of low-cost disposable plasmonic substrates.
- Successful fabrication of plasmonic films with hybrid nanostructures.
- Achieved optimization of optical properties by tuning modal coupling.
Conclusions:
- Injection molding provides a viable method for producing low-cost disposable plasmonic substrates.
- Hybrid nanostructures with tunable modal coupling are key to optimizing plasmonic film performance.
- These advancements pave the way for more accessible and widespread plasmonic sensing technologies.
