Self-Assembled Soft Optical Negative Index Materials

Abstract

The current focus of the research is aimed at quantifying blue-shift variations and the enhanced resonance intensity as the nanorod gap size is changed. Advances in the surface functionalization techniques are also being investigated to control gap spacing in the 5-25 nm range. There is an indication that it may be possible to produce suspensions of self-assembled equilateral triangles composed of three Au nanorods. If this process does work it would provide the first 2-D fluid of nanoscale SRR structures, the first step towards realizing the desired tetrahedral structure that is theoretically envisioned.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 05, 2008
Accession Number
ADA589760

Entities

People

  • Peter Palffy

Organizations

  • Kent State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Crystal Structure
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electromagnetic Properties
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Metallic Nanoparticles
  • Nanotechnology
  • Negative Index Metamaterials
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Refractive Index
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.
  • Nanoscale Plasmonic Nanotechnology
  • Systems Analysis and Design

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  • Space