Document Type

Journal Article

Department/Unit

Department of Physics

Title

Tailorable chiroptical activity of metallic nanospiral arrays

Language

English

Abstract

© The Royal Society of Chemistry 2016. The engineering of the chiroptical activity of the emerging chiral metamaterial, metallic nanospirals, is in its infancy. We utilize glancing angle deposition (GLAD) to facilely sculpture the helical structure of silver nanospirals (AgNSs), so that the scope of chiroptical engineering factors is broadened to include the spiral growth of homochiral AgNSs, the combination of left- and right-handed helical chirality to create heterochiral AgNSs, and the coil-axis alignment of the heterochiral AgNSs. It leads to flexible control over the chiroptical activity of AgNS arrays with respect to the sign, resonance wavelength and amplitude of circular dichroism (CD) in the UV and visible regime. The UV chiroptical mode has a distinct response from the visible mode. Finite element simulation together with LC circuit theory illustrates that the UV irradiation is mainly adsorbed in the metal and the visible is preferentially scattered by the AgNSs, accounting for the wavelength-related chiroptical distinction. This work contributes to broadening the horizons in understanding and engineering chiroptical responses, primarily desired for developing a wide range of potential chiroplasmonic applications.

Publication Date

2-2016

Source Publication Title

Nanoscale

Issue

8

Start Page

4504

End Page

4510

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry

Peer Reviewed

1

Funder

Financial support by NSFC/21473149 (J. H. D.), HKBU8/CRF/11E (GLAD), SKLP_14- 15_P004 (J. H. D.), FRG2/13-14/018 (J. H. D.), NSFC/11304260 (J. N.) and FRG2/13-14/081 (J. H. D., J. N.).

DOI

10.1039/C5NR06291H

Link to Publisher's Edition

http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5NR06291H

ISSN (print)

20403364

ISSN (electronic)

20403372

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