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Macis S, D'Arco A, Mosesso L, Paolozzi MC, Tofani S, Tomarchio L, Tummala PP, Ghomi S, Stopponi V, Bonaventura E, Massetti C, Codegoni D, Serafini A, Targa P, Zacchigna M, Lamperti A, Martella C, Molle A, Lupi S. Terahertz and Infrared Plasmon Polaritons in PtTe 2 Type-II Dirac Topological Semimetal. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024:e2400554. [PMID: 38733453 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202400554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2024] [Revised: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024]
Abstract
Surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) are electromagnetic excitations existing at the interface between a metal and a dielectric. SPPs provide a promising path in nanophotonic devices for light manipulation at the micro and nanoscale with applications in optoelectronics, biomedicine, and energy harvesting. Recently, SPPs are extended to unconventional materials like graphene, transparent oxides, superconductors, and topological systems characterized by linearly dispersive electronic bands. In this respect, 3D Dirac and Weyl semimetals offer a promising frontier for infrared (IR) and terahertz (THz) radiation tuning by topologically-protected SPPs. In this work, the THz-IR optical response of platinum ditelluride (PtTe2) type-II Dirac topological semimetal films grown on Si substrates is investigated. SPPs generated on microscale ribbon arrays of PtTe2 are detected in the far-field limit, finding an excellent agreement among measurements, theoretical models, and electromagnetic simulation data. The far-field measurements are further supported by near-field IR data which indicate a strong electric field enhancement due to the SPP excitation near the ribbon edges. The present findings indicate that the PtTe2 ribbon array appears an ideal active layout for geometrically tunable SPPs thus inspiring a new fashion of optically tunable materials in the technologically demanding THz and IR spectrum.
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Affiliation(s)
- Salvatore Macis
- Department of Physics, Sapienza University, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Rome, 00185, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Sapienza University, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Rome, 00185, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Sapienza University, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Rome, 00185, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Sapienza University, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Rome, 00185, Italy
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- CNR-IMM, Unit of Rome, Via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, Rome, 00133, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Sapienza University, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Rome, 00185, Italy
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- CNR-IMM, via C. Olivetti 2, Agrate Brianza (MB), I-20864, Italy
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- CNR-IOM, Area Science Park Strada Statale 14, km 163,5, Basovizza, TS, 34149, Italy
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- CNR-IMM, via C. Olivetti 2, Agrate Brianza (MB), I-20864, Italy
- Department of Materials Science, University of Milano-Bicocca, Via Cozzi, 55, Milan, 20125, Italy
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- CNR-IMM, via C. Olivetti 2, Agrate Brianza (MB), I-20864, Italy
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- STMicroelectronics, via C. Olivetti 2, Agrate Brianza (MB), I-20864, Italy
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- STMicroelectronics, via C. Olivetti 2, Agrate Brianza (MB), I-20864, Italy
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- STMicroelectronics, via C. Olivetti 2, Agrate Brianza (MB), I-20864, Italy
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- CNR-IOM, Area Science Park Strada Statale 14, km 163,5, Basovizza, TS, 34149, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Sapienza University, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Rome, 00185, Italy
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Gong T, Lyu P, Leite MS. Scalable Superabsorbers and Color Filters Based on Earth-Abundant Materials. ACS APPLIED OPTICAL MATERIALS 2023; 1:825-831. [PMID: 37152274 PMCID: PMC10153408 DOI: 10.1021/acsaom.2c00159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
Abstract
Optical materials based on unconventional plasmonic metals (e.g., magnesium) have lately driven rising research interest for the quest of possibilities in nanophotonic applications. Several favorable attributes of Mg, such as earth abundancy, lightweight, biocompatibility/biodegradability, and its active reactions with water or hydrogen, have underpinned its emergence as an alternative nanophotonic material. Here, we experimentally demonstrate a thin film-based optical device composed exclusively of earth-abundant and complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS)-compatible materials (i.e., Mg, a-Si, and SiO2). The devices can exhibit a spectrally selective and tunable near-unity resonant absorption with an ultrathin a-Si absorbing layer due to the strong interference effect in this high-index and lossy film. Alternatively, they can generate diverse reflective colors by appropriate tuning of the a-Si and SiO2 layer thicknesses, including all the primary colors for RGB (red, green, blue) and CMY (cyan, magenta, yellow) color spaces. In addition, the reflective hues of the devices can be notably altered in a zero power-consumption fashion by immersing them in water due to the resulted dissolution of the Mg back-reflection layer. These compelling features in combination with the lithography-free and scalable fabrication steps may promise their adoption in various photonic applications including solar energy harvesting, optical information security, optical modulation, and filtering as well as structure reuse and recycling.
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- Tao Gong
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, University
of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
- Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, University
of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, University
of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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Abramovich S, Dutta D, Rizza C, Santoro S, Aquino M, Cupolillo A, Occhiuzzi J, Russa MFL, Ghosh B, Farias D, Locatelli A, Boukhvalov DW, Agarwal A, Curcio E, Bar Sadan M, Politano A. NiSe and CoSe Topological Nodal-Line Semimetals: A Sustainable Platform for Efficient Thermoplasmonics and Solar-Driven Photothermal Membrane Distillation. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2201473. [PMID: 35808958 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202201473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2022] [Revised: 04/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
The control of heat at the nanoscale via the excitation of localized surface plasmons in nanoparticles (NPs) irradiated with light holds great potential in several fields (cancer therapy, catalysis, desalination). To date, most thermoplasmonic applications are based on Ag and Au NPs, whose cost of raw materials inevitably limits the scalability for industrial applications requiring large amounts of photothermal NPs, as in the case of desalination plants. On the other hand, alternative nanomaterials proposed so far exhibit severe restrictions associated with the insufficient photothermal efficacy in the visible, the poor chemical stability, and the challenging scalability. Here, it is demonstrated the outstanding potential of NiSe and CoSe topological nodal-line semimetals for thermoplasmonics. The anisotropic dielectric properties of NiSe and CoSe activate additional plasmonic resonances. Specifically, NiSe and CoSe NPs support multiple localized surface plasmons in the optical range, resulting in a broadband matching with sunlight radiation spectrum. Finally, it is validated the proposed NiSe and CoSe-based thermoplasmonic platform by implementing solar-driven membrane distillation by adopting NiSe and CoSe nanofillers embedded in a polymeric membrane for seawater desalination. Remarkably, replacing Ag with NiSe and CoSe for solar membrane distillation increases the transmembrane flux by 330% and 690%, respectively. Correspondingly, costs of raw materials are also reduced by 24 and 11 times, respectively. The results pave the way for the advent of NiSe and CoSe for efficient and sustainable thermoplasmonics and related applications exploiting sunlight within the paradigm of the circular blue economy.
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- Shir Abramovich
- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University, Be'er Sheva, 8410501, Israel
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India
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- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, 67100, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Calabria, Via Pietro Bucci CUBO 44A, Rende, CS, 87036, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Calabria, Via Pietro Bucci CUBO 44A, Rende, CS, 87036, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci cubo 31/C, Rende, CS, 87036, Italy
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- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, 67100, Italy
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- Department of Biology, Ecology, and Earth Sciences, Università della Calabria, Via Pietro Bucci, cubo 12/B, Arcavacata di, Rende, CS, 87036, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India
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- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, 28049, Spain
- Instituto "Nicolás Cabrera", Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain
- Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, 28049, Spain
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone S.C.p.A, S.S. 14-km 163.5 in AREA Science Park, Trieste, 34149, Italy
- College of Science, Institute of Materials Physics and Chemistry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, P. R. China
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- Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben Gurion University, Be'er Sheva, 8410501, Israel
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Calabria, Via Pietro Bucci CUBO 44A, Rende, CS, 87036, Italy
- Seligenda Membrane Technologies s.r.l., c/o University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci Cubo 45A, Rende, CS, 87036, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University, Be'er Sheva, 8410501, Israel
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- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, 67100, Italy
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Pathania P, Shishodia MS. Fano Resonance-Based Blood Plasma Monitoring and Sensing using Plasmonic Nanomatryoshka. PLASMONICS (NORWELL, MASS.) 2021; 16:2117-2124. [PMID: 34131417 PMCID: PMC8192045 DOI: 10.1007/s11468-020-01343-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 11/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
The fast label-free detection of specific antibodies and their concentration in blood plasma is useful for many applications, e.g., in Covid-19 patients. The change in biophysical properties like the refractive index of blood plasma due to the production of antibodies during infection may be very helpful in estimating the level and intensity of infection and subsequent treatment based on blood plasma therapy. In this article, Fano resonance-based refractive index sensor using plasmonic nanomatryoshka is proposed for blood plasma sensing. The interaction between hybridized modes (bright and dark modes) in optimized nanomatryoshka leads to Fano resonance, which by virtue of steeper dispersion can confine the light more efficiently compared with Lorentzian resonance. We propose the excitation of Fano resonances in sub 100-nm size nanomatryoshka based on newly emerging plasmonic materials ZrN and HfN, and one of the most widely used conventional plasmonic material, Au. Fano resonance-based plasmonic sensors leads to sensitivity = 188.5 nm/RIU, 242.5 nm/RIU, and 244.9 nm/RIU for Au, ZrN, and HfN, respectively. The corresponding figure of merit (nm/RIU) is ~ 3.5 × 103, 3.1 × 103, and 2.8 × 103 for Au, ZrN, and HfN, respectively. Present theoretical analysis shows that refractive index sensors with high sensitivity and figure of merit are feasible using Fano modes of plasmonic nanomatryoshka.
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- Pankaj Pathania
- Department of Applied Physics, Gautam Buddha University, 201312 Greater Noida, India
- Galogotias College of Engineering and Technology, 201312 Greater Noida, India
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