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A Self‐Organized Anisotropic Liquid‐Crystal Plasmonic Metamaterial
Author(s) -
Dintinger José,
Tang BaiJia,
Zeng Xianbing,
Liu Feng,
Kienzler Tobias,
Mehl Georg H.,
Ungar Goran,
Rockstuhl Carsten,
Scharf Toralf
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201203965
Subject(s) - materials science , mesogen , birefringence , liquid crystal , anisotropy , metamaterial , plasmon , composite number , self assembly , nanotechnology , optoelectronics , liquid crystalline , optics , composite material , physics
A composite material that leads to self organization of mesogen‐coated gold nanospheres is synthesized and shows enhanced anisotropic optical properties due to synergistic effects of the mesogens intrinsic birefringence and its ability to drive the self‐assembly process into highly anisotropic architectures with densely packed nanospheres. Such nanoengineered matter sustains a response beyond that achievable by its individual constituents, i.e., a metamaterial.