Omnidirectional 3D nanoplasmonic optical antenna array via soft-matter transformation.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Inspired by the natural processes during morphogenesis, we demonstrate the transformation capability of active soft-matter to define nanoscale metal-on-polymer architectures below the resolution limit of conventional lithography. Specifically, using active polymers, we fabricate and characterize ultradense nanoplasmonic antenna arrays with sub-10 nm tip-to-tip nanogaps. In addition, the macroscale morphology can be independently manipulated into arbitrary three-dimensional geometries, demonstrated with the fabrication of an omnidirectional nanoplasmonic optical antenna array.
Medical subject headings
- Nanostructures
- Nanotechnology
- Optics and Photonics
- Polymers