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Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Jihad Ben Yamoun, Oscar Fernandez, Noura Aknin, Alvaro Gomez-Gomez
Summary: This study analyzes the extrinsic chirality of metamaterials based on printed circuit board (PCB). Two novel 3-D chiral metamaterials (CMMs) called sawtooth and zigzag arrangements are proposed and analyzed. Numerical and experimental characterization show that these new types of arrangements exhibit a larger circular dichroism (CD) with a significant wideband response compared to the traditional planar extrinsic chiral structures.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Cheng Xu, Zhihao Ren, Hong Zhou, Jingkai Zhou, Dongxiao Li, Chengkuo Lee
Summary: This study investigates the impact of near-field coupling on the chirality response of chiral metamaterials. It is observed that strong near-field coupling induces less chiral response, providing evidence for the assumption. The study also demonstrates the use of enhanced near-field coupling for glucose enantiomer sensing and explores the potential of using arrayed metamaterials for broadband signal detection.
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Wanlu Bian, Guodong Zhu, Fengcai Ma, Yurui Fang
Summary: This work describes a bilayer resonant planar chiral metamaterial (PCM) composed of positive and negative Z-shaped gold nanoparticles, which exhibits significant optical active and chiral near-field enhancement in the near-infrared region. The chiral response is analyzed using the linear superposition method, and the dependence of the CD spectra on the PCM parameters is explored. The proposed bilayer PCM array not only has a strong chiral signal but also is easy to prepare, with potential applications in chiral molecular biosensing and asymmetric information transmission.
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Bryan M. Cote, William R. Lenart, Christopher J. Ellison, Vivian E. Ferry
Summary: This study investigates the contributions of bulk and surface interactions on the circular dichroism spectra of silver-infilled Gyroid metamaterial films through simulations. It finds that surface interactions have a significant impact on circular dichroism and can be controlled by various factors.
ADVANCED OPTICAL MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Artur Movsesyan, Lucas Besteiro, Xiang-Tian Kong, Zhiming Wang, Alexander O. Govorov
Summary: This study introduces a new family of 2D chiral lattices constructed from fully achiral unit cells, which differs fundamentally from previously reported arrays made of chiral unit cells. The control of CD peaks can be achieved by tuning the geometry and matrix refractive indices in certain configurations.
ADVANCED OPTICAL MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Shoma Hirokawa, Nagao Kobayashi, Soji Shimizu
Summary: The study elaborates inherently chiral subporphyrins by forming a fused pyran ring at the periphery, showing that the chiroptical properties can be controlled by peripheral substitution and meso-aryl substituents. The circular dichroism (CD) properties of chiral subporphyrins are largely affected by the peripheral substituents and the dihedral angles between the meso-aryl substituents and the subporphyrin core.
Article
Optics
Yali Zeng, Jinying Xu, Wen Xiao, Zhilin Yang, Huanyang Chen, Yineng Liu
Summary: In this work, a black phosphorus achiral metasurface was proposed and the chiroptical response arising from extrinsic 2D-chirality in the mid-infrared regime was theoretically studied. The achiral metasurface is composed of a monolayer black phosphorus sheet sandwiched by a silver ring array and dielectric spacer stacking on a silver substrate. It was found that the achiral metasurface exhibits giant circular conversion dichroism (CCD) at oblique incidence due to the cooperative interaction between the BP anisotropic surface plasmon modes and localized surface plasmons in the metal rings. The chiroptical response can be dynamically modulated by controlling the doping concentration of BP, and a multiband phenomenon for CCD response occurs when tuning the thickness of the spacer. The proposed hybrid achiral metasurface provides more flexible opportunities for applications such as active polarization modulators, biosensors, and chiral detection.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Guocheng Deng, Sami Malola, Peng Yuan, Xianhu Liu, Boon K. Teo, Hannu Hakkinen, Nanfeng Zheng
Summary: Surface ligands play critical roles in determining the surface properties of metal clusters. Modulating the properties and controlling the surface structure of clusters through surface-capping-agent displacement is challenging. This work provides a new insight into modulation of the optical properties of metal clusters and atomically precise homochiral clusters for specific applications are obtained.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2021)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Qysar Maqbool, Arum Jung, Sojeong Won, Jinhan Cho, Jeong Gon Son, Bongjun Yeom
Summary: Research on the chiral magneto-optical properties of inorganic nanomaterials has shown enhanced activity in the visible range when using supra-assembled Fe3O4 magnetite nanoparticles at weak magnetic fields of 1.5 mT. The differences in magnetic circular dichroism responses are attributed to crystallinity, lattice distortion near grain boundaries, and dipolar interactions in the supra-assembled structures.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Julian Full, Santosh P. Panchal, Julian Gotz, Ana-Maria Krause, Agnieszka Nowak-Krol
Summary: Helically chiral compounds with one and two boron atoms were synthesized using a modular approach, showing exceptional configurational stability and fluorescence properties. The compounds are proposed as primary structures of extended helices, with potential applications in materials science.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2021)
Article
Physics, Applied
Chia-Yi Lin, Yu-Yu Chen, Pao Tai Lin, Shih-Hui Gilbert Chang
Summary: The theoretical investigation of the circular dichroism (CD) performance of the conjugated gammadion structure on the end facet of the silicon waveguide in the mid-infrared regime is conducted. By manipulating the structure orientation, the sign and value of the CD spectrum can be altered. It is found that different CD values can be achieved not only by changing the excitation wavelength but also by changing the excitation waveguide mode, offering additional design flexibility for integrated chiral photonics chips.
APPLIED PHYSICS EXPRESS
(2021)
Article
Optics
Qinglan Ling, Qinghua Liang, Xiaochen Zhang, Honglian Guo, Shuai Feng, Chang-Yin Ji, Jiafang Li
Summary: The study demonstrates the observation of chiral surface lattice resonances (SLRs) that are formed by the coupling of chiral toroidal electric dipole (TED) moment and Rayleigh anomaly (RA) mode. By engineering the rotational symmetry of a propeller metasurface, the electric dipole (electric quadrupolar) chiral SLRs evolve into TED-associated chiral SLRs. The excitation amplitude of the TED moment can be tailored by controlling the stereo twisted height of the propeller and the spin of the incident light.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Kyu-Tae Lee, Byunghoon Kim, Lakshmi Raju, Sean P. Rodrigues, Doo-Hyun Ko, Wenshan Cai
Summary: This article demonstrates a method for effectively discriminating between enantiomers using an upconverting chiral plasmonic metamaterial, which changes the circular dichroism of the chiral metamaterial platform.
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Physics, Applied
Zhancheng Li, Yifan Jiang, Wenwei Liu, Yuebian Zhang, Hua Cheng, Junjie Li, Jianguo Tian, Shuqi Chen
Summary: We demonstrate that hybrid bilayer plasmonic metasurfaces, fabricated through a simple one-step nanofabrication process, are ideal candidates for realizing intrinsic chiral optical responses and spin-selective transmission. The proposed metasurfaces offer advantages such as compact design, easy control of chiral optical response, and lower fabrication demand, thus expanding the application potential of chiral plasmonic nanostructures in spin nanophotonics, nonlinear optics, and optical sensing.
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Michael Kemper, Elric Engelage, Christian Merten
Summary: This study demonstrates the efficient transfer of point chirality in side chains of chiral triarylborane-ammonia adducts to the propeller chirality of triarylboranes. By using X-ray crystallography and spectroscopy, the conformational preferences of molecular propellers were elucidated. Interestingly, computationally predicted conformational preferences were found to be opposite to the experimentally observed ones.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2021)