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Electrochemical plasmonic metamaterials: towards fast electro-tuneable reflecting nanoshutters
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Author(s)
Sikdar, D
Bucher, A
Zagar, C
Kornyshev, AA
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Self-assembling arrays of metallic nanoparticles at liquid|liquid or liquid|solid interfaces could deliver new platforms for tuneable optical systems. Such systems can switch between very-high and very-low reflectance states upon assembly and disassembly of nanoparticles at the interface, respectively. This encourages creation of electro-variably reversible mirror/window nanoplasmonic devices. However, the response time of these systems is usually limited by the rate-of-diffusion of the nanoparticles in the liquid, towards the interface and back. A large time-constant implies slow switching of the system, challenging the practical viability of such a system. Here we introduce a smart alternative to overcome this issue. We propose obtaining fast switching via electrically-induced rotation of a two-dimensional array of metal nanocuboids tethered to an ITO substrate. By applying potential to the ITO electrode the orientation of nanocuboids can be altered, which results in conversion of a highly-reflective nanoparticle layer into a transparent layer (or vice versa) within sub-second timescales. A theoretical method is developed based on the quasi-static effective-medium approach to analyse the optical response of such arrays, which is verified against full-wave simulations. Further theoretical analysis and estimates based on the potential energy of the nanoparticles in the two orientations corroborate the idea that voltage-controlled switching between the two states of a nanoparticle assembly is a viable option.
Date Issued
2016-12-21
Date Acceptance
2016-12-12
Citation
Faraday Discuss, 2016, 199, pp.585-602
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/48559
DOI
https://www.dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6fd00249h
ISSN
1359-6640
Start Page
585
End Page
602
Journal / Book Title
Faraday Discuss
Volume
199
Copyright Statement
© The Royal Society of Chemistry 2017
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Identifier
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28429003
Grant Number
EP/L02098X/1
Subjects
Chemical Physics
0306 Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural)
0904 Chemical Engineering
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
England
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