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Cover Picture: Light‐Driven Plasmonic Switches Based on Au Nanodisk Arrays and Photoresponsive Liquid Crystals (Adv. Mater. 18/2008)
Author(s) -
Hsiao Vincent K. S.,
Zheng Yue Bing,
Juluri Bala Krishna,
Huang Tony Jun
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200890073
Subject(s) - materials science , plasmon , liquid crystal , azobenzene , optoelectronics , surface plasmon , nanotechnology , surface plasmon polariton , polymer , composite material
On p. 3528 , Tony Jun Huang and co‐workers demonstrate a new class of plasmonic switches driven by light. The switches utilize the photoinduced phase transition of azobenzene‐doped liquid crystals to alter the localized surface plasmon resonances of gold nanodisk arrays. These switches contribute to the emerging field of plasmonics, and will prove useful in applications such as high‐density optical storage devices, optical filters, and plasmonic circuits.