We report on the fabrication and characterization of a micro periodic structure realized in soft-composite materials containing metallic nanoparticles. The particles are used to infiltrate a passive polymer template realized by combining a holographic curing setup and a microfluidic etching process. In other experiments, small amounts of nanoparticles are dissolved in the original mixture utilized for the realization of polymer-liquid-crystal-polymer-slices gratings (POLICRYPS); this enables to fabricate POLICRYPS-like structures showing novel electromagnetic properties. Obtained structures are characterized in term of impinging probe polarization in the UV/visible range. Correlation between the optical response and external perturbations (electric field, temperature) is also reported. These first attempts are oriented to the fabrication of devices with tunable metamaterial properties.
Metallic subentities embedded in micro-periodic composite structure
CAPUTO, Roberto;UMETON, Cesare Paolo
2011-01-01
Abstract
We report on the fabrication and characterization of a micro periodic structure realized in soft-composite materials containing metallic nanoparticles. The particles are used to infiltrate a passive polymer template realized by combining a holographic curing setup and a microfluidic etching process. In other experiments, small amounts of nanoparticles are dissolved in the original mixture utilized for the realization of polymer-liquid-crystal-polymer-slices gratings (POLICRYPS); this enables to fabricate POLICRYPS-like structures showing novel electromagnetic properties. Obtained structures are characterized in term of impinging probe polarization in the UV/visible range. Correlation between the optical response and external perturbations (electric field, temperature) is also reported. These first attempts are oriented to the fabrication of devices with tunable metamaterial properties.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.