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Tezsezen E, Yigci D, Ahmadpour A, Tasoglu S. AI-Based Metamaterial Design. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:29547-29569. [PMID: 38808674 PMCID: PMC11181287 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c04486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2024] [Revised: 05/16/2024] [Accepted: 05/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/30/2024]
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The use of metamaterials in various devices has revolutionized applications in optics, healthcare, acoustics, and power systems. Advancements in these fields demand novel or superior metamaterials that can demonstrate targeted control of electromagnetic, mechanical, and thermal properties of matter. Traditional design systems and methods often require manual manipulations which is time-consuming and resource intensive. The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in optimizing metamaterial design can be employed to explore variant disciplines and address bottlenecks in design. AI-based metamaterial design can also enable the development of novel metamaterials by optimizing design parameters that cannot be achieved using traditional methods. The application of AI can be leveraged to accelerate the analysis of vast data sets as well as to better utilize limited data sets via generative models. This review covers the transformative impact of AI and AI-based metamaterial design for optics, acoustics, healthcare, and power systems. The current challenges, emerging fields, future directions, and bottlenecks within each domain are discussed.
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- Ece Tezsezen
- Graduate
School of Science and Engineering, Koç
University, Istanbul 34450, Türkiye
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- School
of Medicine, Koç University, Istanbul 34450, Türkiye
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- Department
of Mechanical Engineering, Koç University
Sariyer, Istanbul 34450, Türkiye
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- Department
of Mechanical Engineering, Koç University
Sariyer, Istanbul 34450, Türkiye
- Koç
University Translational Medicine Research Center (KUTTAM), Koç University, Istanbul 34450, Türkiye
- Bogaziçi
Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Bogaziçi
University, Istanbul 34684, Türkiye
- Koç
University Arçelik Research Center for Creative Industries
(KUAR), Koç University, Istanbul 34450, Türkiye
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Wang Z, Huang J, Liu W, Xiong C, Hu B. Automatically Aligned and Environment-Friendly Twisted Stacking Terahertz Chiral Metasurface with Giant Circular Dichroism for Rapid Biosensing. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024. [PMID: 38491983 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c18947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
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Chiral metasurfaces are capable of generating a huge superchiral field, which has great potential in optoelectronics and biosensing. However, the conventional fabrication process suffers greatly from time consumption, high cost, and difficult multilayer alignment, which hinder its commercial application. Herein, we propose a twisted stacking carbon-based terahertz (THz) chiral metasurface (TCM) based on laser-induced graphene (LIG) technology. By repeating a two-step process of sticking a polyimide film, followed by laser direct writing, the two layers of the TCM are aligned automatically in the fabrication. Laser manufacturing also brings such high processing speed that a TCM with a size of 15 × 15 mm can be prepared in 60 s. In addition, due to the greater dissipation of LIG than that of metals in the THz band, a giant circular dichroism (CD) of +99.5 to -99.6% is experimentally realized. The THz biosensing of bovine serum albumin enhanced by the proposed TCMs is then demonstrated. A wide sensing range (0.5-50 mg mL-1) and a good sensitivity [ΔCD: 2.09% (mg mL-1)-1, Δf: 0.0034 THz (mg mL-1)-1] are proved. This LIG-based TCM provides an environment-friendly platform for chiral research and has great application potential in rapid and low-cost commercial biosensing.
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- Zongyuan Wang
- Beijing Engineering Research Center for Mixed Reality and Advanced Display, School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Beijing Engineering Research Center for Mixed Reality and Advanced Display, School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Beijing Engineering Research Center for Mixed Reality and Advanced Display, School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Beijing Engineering Research Center for Mixed Reality and Advanced Display, School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Beijing Engineering Research Center for Mixed Reality and Advanced Display, School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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Carvalho WOF, Oliveira ON, Mejía-Salazar JR. Magnetochiroptical nanocavities in hyperbolic metamaterials enable sensing down to the few-molecule level. J Chem Phys 2024; 160:071104. [PMID: 38380755 DOI: 10.1063/5.0183806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 01/28/2024] [Indexed: 02/22/2024] Open
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In this work, we combine the concepts of magnetic circular dichroism, nanocavities, and magneto-optical hyperbolic metamaterials (MO-HMMs) to demonstrate an approach for sensing down to a few molecules. Our proposal comprises a multilayer MO-HMM with a square, two-dimensional arrangement of nanocavities. The magnetization of the system is considered in polar configuration, i.e., in the plane of polarization and perpendicular to the plane of the multilayer structure. This allows for magneto-optical chirality to be induced through the polar magneto-optical Kerr effect, which is exhibited by reflected light from the nanostructure. Numerical analyses under the magnetization saturation condition indicate that magnetic circular dichroism peaks can be used instead of reflectance dips to monitor refractive index changes in the analyte region. Significantly, we obtained a relatively high sensitivity value of S = 40 nm/RIU for the case where refractive index changes are limited to the volume inside nanocavities, i.e., in the limit of a few molecules (or ultralow concentrations), while a very large sensitivity of S = 532 nm/RIU is calculated for the analyte region distributed along the entire superstrate layer.
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- William O F Carvalho
- Sao Carlos Institute of Physics, University of Sao Paulo, CP 369, 13560-970 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Sao Carlos Institute of Physics, University of Sao Paulo, CP 369, 13560-970 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- National Institute of Telecommunications (Inatel), Santa Rita do Sapucaí, MG 37540-000, Brazil
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Lobet M, Kinsey N, Liberal I, Caglayan H, Huidobro PA, Galiffi E, Mejía-Salazar JR, Palermo G, Jacob Z, Maccaferri N. New Horizons in Near-Zero Refractive Index Photonics and Hyperbolic Metamaterials. ACS PHOTONICS 2023; 10:3805-3820. [PMID: 38027250 PMCID: PMC10655250 DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.3c00747] [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: 06/02/2023] [Revised: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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The engineering of the spatial and temporal properties of both the electric permittivity and the refractive index of materials is at the core of photonics. When vanishing to zero, those two variables provide efficient knobs to control light-matter interactions. This Perspective aims at providing an overview of the state of the art and the challenges in emerging research areas where the use of near-zero refractive index and hyperbolic metamaterials is pivotal, in particular, light and thermal emission, nonlinear optics, sensing applications, and time-varying photonics.
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- Michaël Lobet
- Department
of Physics and Namur Institute of Structured Materials, University of Namur, Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium
- John
A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 9 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284, United States
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- Department
of Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering, Institute
of Smart Cities (ISC), Public University
of Navarre (UPNA), Pamplona 31006, Spain
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- Faculty
of Engineering and Natural Science, Photonics, Tampere University, 33720 Tampere, Finland
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- Departamento
de Física Téorica de la Materia Condensada and Condensed
Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad
Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto
de Telecomunicações, Instituto
Superior Técnico-University of Lisbon, Avenida Rovisco Pais 1, Lisboa, 1049-001, Portugal
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- Photonics
Initiative, Advanced Science Research Center, City University of New York, New
York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department
of Physics, NLHT Lab, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
- CNR NANOTEC-Institute
of Nanotechnology, Rende (CS), 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Elmore
Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
- Birck
Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department
of Physics, Umeå University, Linnaeus väg 24, 90187 Umeå, Sweden
- Department
of Physics and Materials Science, University
of Luxembourg, 162a avenue
de la Faïencerie, L-1511 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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Shi WN, Wang YM, Fan F, Liu JY, Cheng JR, Wang XH, Chang SJ. THz enantiomers of drugs recognized by the polarization enhancement of gold nanoparticles on an asymmetric metasurface. NANOSCALE 2023; 15:14146-14154. [PMID: 37591823 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr01826a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/19/2023]
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Chirality plays an important role in biological processes, and enantiomers often possess similar physical properties and different physiological functions. Thus, chiral detection of enantiomers has become a hot topic in recent years, and methods to enhance chiral molecular recognition are in urgent demand. In this work, a polarization detection method was used for different chiral drugs based on a specially designed metasurface composed of asymmetric double-opened rings and the surface enhancement effect of gold nanoparticles (GNPs). The experiment results show that the frequency shifts caused by the nearfield interaction of the metasurface and biomolecules have been significantly improved by GNPs, and both the limit of detection and detection precision of the metasurface can reach the 10-5 g ml-1 level. Moreover, the polarization sensing characterized by right circular polarization (RCP), the polarization elliptical angle (PEA), and the polarization rotation angle (PRA) shows that the enantiomers of three drugs can be distinguished, especially using the PEA spectrum; the maximum difference between enantiomers is over 30° with a precision of 6.6 × 10-7 g mL-1. Our THz polarization sensing and the GNP enhancement method inspire an efficient strategy for the highly sensitive detection of enantiomers.
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- Wei-Nan Shi
- Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, Tianjin 300350, China.
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- Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, Tianjin 300350, China.
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- Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, Tianjin 300350, China.
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Sensor and Sensing Network Technology, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, Tianjin 300350, China.
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- Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, Tianjin 300350, China.
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- Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, Tianjin 300350, China.
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- Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, Tianjin 300350, China.
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Sensor and Sensing Network Technology, Tianjin 300350, China
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Lininger A, Palermo G, Guglielmelli A, Nicoletta G, Goel M, Hinczewski M, Strangi G. Chirality in Light-Matter Interaction. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2107325. [PMID: 35532188 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202107325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Revised: 04/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The scientific effort to control the interaction between light and matter has grown exponentially in the last 2 decades. This growth has been aided by the development of scientific and technological tools enabling the manipulation of light at deeply sub-wavelength scales, unlocking a large variety of novel phenomena spanning traditionally distant research areas. Here, the role of chirality in light-matter interactions is reviewed by providing a broad overview of its properties, materials, and applications. A perspective on future developments is highlighted, including the growing role of machine learning in designing advanced chiroptical materials to enhance and control light-matter interactions across several scales.
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- Andrew Lininger
- Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 2076 Adelbert Rd, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Physics, NLHT-Lab, University of Calabria and CNR-NANOTEC Istituto di Nanotecnologia, Rende, 87036, Italy
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- Department of Physics, NLHT-Lab, University of Calabria and CNR-NANOTEC Istituto di Nanotecnologia, Rende, 87036, Italy
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- Department of Physics, NLHT-Lab, University of Calabria and CNR-NANOTEC Istituto di Nanotecnologia, Rende, 87036, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 2076 Adelbert Rd, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 2076 Adelbert Rd, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 2076 Adelbert Rd, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
- Department of Physics, NLHT-Lab, University of Calabria and CNR-NANOTEC Istituto di Nanotecnologia, Rende, 87036, Italy
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Lee YT, Chen MH, Ho YL, Wang Z, Lee YC, Delaunay JJ. Angular Control of Circularly Polarized Emission from Achiral Molecules via Magnetic Dipoles Sustained in a Chiral Metamirror. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023. [PMID: 37463328 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c05717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/20/2023]
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Circularly polarized emission (CPE) plays an important role in the designs of advanced displays and photonic integrated circuits. Unfortunately, the control of CPE handedness is limited by the chiral metasurfaces employed to emit chiral light. Particularly, the switching of the handedness with chiral metasurfaces relies on flipping the metasurfaces, which adds some constraints to practical applications. Herein, we propose an angle-sensitive chiral metamirror with Mie resonators to realize handedness switching. The Mie resonator supports a magnetic dipole having large field enhancement. This chiral metamirror is applied to excite CPEs with opposite handedness at emission angles within 10°. In contrast to the conventional methods, this work proposes a more efficient approach to manipulate the handedness of CPE.
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- Ying-Tsung Lee
- School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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Shih CT, Chao YC, Shen JL, Chen YF. Enhanced Förster resonance energy transfer on layered metal-dielectric hyperbolic metamaterials: an excellent platform for low-threshold laser action. OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 31:12669-12679. [PMID: 37157422 DOI: 10.1364/oe.485954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) is a well-known physical phenomenon, which has been widely used in a variety of fields, spanning from chemistry, and physics to optoelectronic devices. In this study, giant enhanced FRET for donor-acceptor CdSe/ZnS quantum dot (QD) pairs placed on top of Au/MoO3 multilayer hyperbolic metamaterials (HMMs) has been realized. An enhanced FRET transfer efficiency as high as 93% was achieved for the energy transfer from a blue-emitting QD to a red-emitting QD, greater than that of other QD-based FRET in previous studies. Experimental results show that the random laser action of the QD pairs is greatly increased on a hyperbolic metamaterial by the enhanced FRET effect. The lasing threshold with assistance of the FRET effect can be reduced by 33% for the mixed blue- and red-emitting as QDs compared to the pure red-emitting QDs. The underlying origins can be well understood based on the combination of several significant factors, including spectral overlap of donor emission and acceptor absorption, the formation of coherent closed loops due to multiple scatterings, an appropriate design of HMMs, and the enhanced FRET assisted by HMMs.
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Wang Y, Li Z, Peng Y, Lan X, Dong J, Gao W, Han Q, Qi J, Zhang Z. Enhancement and Sensing Application of Ultra-Narrowband Circular Dichroism in the Chiral Nanostructures Based on Monolayer MoS 2 and a Distributed Bragg Reflector. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:1925-1933. [PMID: 36538828 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c20203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Narrowband circular dichroism (CD) has aroused wide concerns in high-sensitivity detections of chiral molecular and chiral catalysis. Nevertheless, the dynamical adjustment of ultra-narrowband (UNB) CD signals is hard to achieve. In this work, single-layer molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), vanadium dioxide (VO2), and a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) are introduced into X-shaped chiral nanostructures (XCNs) for overcoming the above challenge. The simulation results show that XCNs can generate four strong UNB CD signals in the near-infrared band, and XCNs/MoS2 can further enhance the UNB CD signals. The full width at half-minimum of UNB CD signals can reach 0.14 nm. The electric field distributions of XCNs/MoS2 show that the four CD signals originate from the coupling between the guided mode resonances along the x and y axes in the VO2 layer and the Tamm plasmon polaritons along the x and y axes in the DBR layer. Four UNB CD peaks can be actively tuned by varying the structural parameters, the number of MoS2 layers, and the environmental temperature. The FOM of XCNs/MoS2 can reach 1487 by changing the refractive index of the DRB layers. These findings contribute to the design of UNB chiral devices and provide new possibilities for environmental monitoring and ultrasensitive detection of chiral molecules.
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- Yongkai Wang
- School of Electronic Engineering, Xi'an University of Posts and Telecommunications, Xi'an 710121, China
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- School of Electronic Engineering, Xi'an University of Posts and Telecommunications, Xi'an 710121, China
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- School of Electronic Engineering, Xi'an University of Posts and Telecommunications, Xi'an 710121, China
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- School of Electronic Engineering, Xi'an University of Posts and Telecommunications, Xi'an 710121, China
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- School of Electronic Engineering, Xi'an University of Posts and Telecommunications, Xi'an 710121, China
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- School of Electronic Engineering, Xi'an University of Posts and Telecommunications, Xi'an 710121, China
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- School of Electronic Engineering, Xi'an University of Posts and Telecommunications, Xi'an 710121, China
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- School of Electronic Engineering, Xi'an University of Posts and Telecommunications, Xi'an 710121, China
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- School of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China
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Li Q, Le Duigou A, Guo J, Thakur VK, Rossiter J, Liu L, Leng J, Scarpa F. Biobased and Programmable Electroadhesive Metasurfaces. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:47198-47208. [PMID: 36201852 PMCID: PMC9585522 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c10392] [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: 06/11/2022] [Accepted: 09/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Electroadhesion has shown the potential to deliver versatile handling devices because of its simplicity of actuation and rapid response. Current electroadhesion systems have, however, significant difficulties in adapting to external objects with complex shapes. Here, a novel concept of metasurface is proposed by combining the use of natural fibers (flax) and shape memory epoxy polymers in a hygromorphic and thermally actuated composite (HyTemC). The biobased material composite can be used to manipulate adhesive surfaces with high precision and controlled environmental actuation. The HyTemC concept is preprogrammed to store controllable moisture and autonomous desorption when exposed to the operational environment, and can reach predesigned bending curvatures up to 31.9 m-1 for concave and 29.6 m-1 for convex shapes. The actuated adhesive surface shapes are generated via the architected metasurface structure, incorporating an electroadhesive component integrated with the programmable biobased materials. This biobased metasurface stimulated by the external environment provides a large taxonomy of shapes─from flat, circular, single/double concave, and wavy, to piecewise, polynomial, trigonometric, and airfoil configurations. The objects handled by the biobased metasurface can be fragile because of the high conformal matching between contacting surfaces and the absence of compressive adhesion. These natural fiber-based and environmentally friendly electroadhesive metasurfaces can significantly improve the design of programmable object handling technologies, and also provide a sustainable route to lower the carbon and emission footprint of smart structures and robotics.
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- Qinyu Li
- Bristol
Composites Institute, University of Bristol, BS8 1TRBristol, U.K.
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- Polymer
and Composites, Université Bretagne
Sud, IRDL UMR CNRS 6027, F-56100Lorient, France
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- School
of Science, Harbin Institute of Technology
(Shenzhen), Shenzhen518055, P. R. China
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- Biorefining
and Advanced Materials Research Center, Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), Kings Buildings, West Mains Road, EH9 3JGEdinburgh, U.K.
- School
of Engineering, University of Petroleum
and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun248007, Uttarakhand, India
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- SoftLab,
Bristol Robotics Laboratory, University
of Bristol, Ada Lovelace
Building, University Walk, BS8 1TWBristol, U.K.
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- Department
of Astronautical Science and Mechanics, Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), P.O. Box 301, No. 92 West Dazhi Street, Harbin150001, P. R. China
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- National
Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in
Special Environments, Harbin Institute of
Technology (HIT), No.
2 Yikuang Street, P.O. Box 3011, Harbin150080, P. R. China
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- Bristol
Composites Institute, University of Bristol, BS8 1TRBristol, U.K.
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Lin Y, Chen K, Yi X, Li S, Shen Y, Wang F, Zhuang S. Asymmetric interface excited chirality and its applications in reconfiguration. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:33222-33228. [PMID: 36242367 DOI: 10.1364/oe.470450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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In this paper, a chiral excitation method based on the asymmetric interface condition is proposed. The chiral characteristics of the metamaterials are affected by the difference in the environmental parameters of the front and rear surfaces. Thus, the device can achieve functional reconfiguration and two applications based on this mechanism are presented, one for sensing and the other for chiral switching. At the same time, a self-calibration measurement method that greatly simplifies the sensing system is proposed. These results have potential applications in the fields of chirality excitation, bio-sensing, and reconfigurable device.
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Hou E, Qin Z, Liang Z, Meng D, Shi X, Yang F, Liu W, Liu H, Xu H, Smith DR, Liu Y. Dual-band metamaterial absorber with a low-coherence composite cross structure in mid-wave and long-wave infrared bands. OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 29:36145-36154. [PMID: 34809033 DOI: 10.1364/oe.437435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The atmospheric window in the infrared (IR) band primarily consists of mid-wave (MWIR, 3-5 μm) and long-wave IR (LWIR, 8-12 μm) bands, also known as the working bands in most of the IR devices. The main factor affecting the device capability includes the absorption efficiency, hence, the absorption material. Herein, a dual-band absorber based on the composite cross structure (CCS) in both MWIR and LWIR bands was proposed, with absorption peaks of 4.28 μm and 8.23 μm. The obtained absorber is with high scalability in the MWIR and LWIR region respectively by tuning the structural parameters. A quadrupole polarization model is proposed for further understanding of the uneven distribution of electromagnetic field that was caused by the change of the center spacing of the embedded structure. Meanwhile, it was shown that the two absorption peaks exhibited good incident angle stability. In addition, as the incident angle of the TM mode increases, a waveguide is formed between the embedded structure and the surface structure, leading to another strong absorption in the LWIR band. The results showed that absorption increases as the incident angle increases. The proposed absorber can be a good candidate for applications in thermal emission, detection and solar energy harvesting.
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Lin HI, Tan HY, Liao YM, Shen KC, Shalaginov MY, Kataria M, Chen CT, Chang JW, Chen YF. A Transferrable, Adaptable, Free-Standing, and Water-Resistant Hyperbolic Metamaterial. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:49224-49231. [PMID: 34609827 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c15481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Hyperbolic metamaterials (HMMs) have attracted significant attention due to the profound manipulation of the photonic density of states, resulting in the efficient optoelectronic devices with the enhanced light-matter interaction. HMMs are conventionally built on rigid large-size substrates with poor conformability and the absence of flexibility. Here, we demonstrate a grating collageable HMM (GCHMM), which is composed of eight alternating layers of Au and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and PMMA grating nanostructure containing quantum dots (QDs). The QDs serve as a scattering gain medium performing a random laser action, and the grating nanostructure enhances the extraction of light from QDs. The GCHMM enhances laser action by 13 times, reduces lasing threshold by 46%, and increases differential quantum efficiency by 1.8 times as compared to a planar collageable HMM. In addition, the GCHMM can be retransferred multiple times to other substrates as well as provide sufficient protection in water and still retain an excellent performance. It also shows stable functionality even when transferred to a dental floss. The GCHMM, therefore, promises to become a versatile platform for foldable, adaptable, free-standing, and water-resistant optoelectronic device applications.
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- Hung-I Lin
- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre, The Agency for Science, Technology and Research, 637143 Singapore
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Advanced Research Centre for Green Materials Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Palermo G, Rippa M, Conti Y, Vestri A, Castagna R, Fusco G, Suffredini E, Zhou J, Zyss J, De Luca A, Petti L. Plasmonic Metasurfaces Based on Pyramidal Nanoholes for High-Efficiency SERS Biosensing. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:43715-43725. [PMID: 34469103 PMCID: PMC8447193 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c12525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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An inverted pyramidal metasurface was designed, fabricated, and studied at the nanoscale level for the development of a label-free pathogen detection on a chip platform that merges nanotechnology and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). Based on the integration and synergy of these ingredients, a virus immunoassay was proposed as a relevant proof of concept for very sensitive detection of hepatitis A virus, for the first time to our best knowledge, in a very small volume (2 μL), without complex signal amplification, allowing to detect a minimal virus concentration of 13 pg/mL. The proposed work aims to develop a high-flux and high-accuracy surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) nanobiosensor for the detection of pathogens to provide an effective method for early and easy water monitoring, which can be fast and convenient.
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- Giovanna Palermo
- Department
of Physics, University of Calabria, Via
P. Bucci, 87036 Rende, CS, Italy
- CNR
NANOTEC—Istituto di Nanotecnologia, UOS Cosenza, 87036 Rende, CS, Italy
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- Institute
of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems ”E. Caianiello”
CNR, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy
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- Department
of Physics, University of Calabria, Via
P. Bucci, 87036 Rende, CS, Italy
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- Institute
of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems ”E. Caianiello”
CNR, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy
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- Institute
of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems ”E. Caianiello”
CNR, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy
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- Department
of Food Safety, Nutrition and Veterinary
Public Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanitá, 00161 Rome, Italy
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- Department
of Food Safety, Nutrition and Veterinary
Public Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanitá, 00161 Rome, Italy
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- Institute
of Photonics, Faculty of Science, Ningbo University, 315211 Ningbo, People’s Republic of China
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- LUMIN Laboratory
(CNRS), Institut d’Alembert, Universitè Paris Saclay, 91190 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Department
of Physics, University of Calabria, Via
P. Bucci, 87036 Rende, CS, Italy
- CNR
NANOTEC—Istituto di Nanotecnologia, UOS Cosenza, 87036 Rende, CS, Italy
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- Institute
of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems ”E. Caianiello”
CNR, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy
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Surface Plasmonic Sensors: Sensing Mechanism and Recent Applications. SENSORS 2021; 21:s21165262. [PMID: 34450704 PMCID: PMC8401600 DOI: 10.3390/s21165262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Revised: 08/01/2021] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Surface plasmonic sensors have been widely used in biology, chemistry, and environment monitoring. These sensors exhibit extraordinary sensitivity based on surface plasmon resonance (SPR) or localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) effects, and they have found commercial applications. In this review, we present recent progress in the field of surface plasmonic sensors, mainly in the configurations of planar metastructures and optical-fiber waveguides. In the metastructure platform, the optical sensors based on LSPR, hyperbolic dispersion, Fano resonance, and two-dimensional (2D) materials integration are introduced. The optical-fiber sensors integrated with LSPR/SPR structures and 2D materials are summarized. We also introduce the recent advances in quantum plasmonic sensing beyond the classical shot noise limit. The challenges and opportunities in this field are discussed.
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Manoccio M, Esposito M, Primiceri E, Leo A, Tasco V, Cuscunà M, Zuev D, Sun Y, Maruccio G, Romano A, Quattrini A, Gigli G, Passaseo A. Femtomolar Biodetection by a Compact Core-Shell 3D Chiral Metamaterial. NANO LETTERS 2021; 21:6179-6187. [PMID: 34251835 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c01791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Advanced sensing tools, detecting extremely low concentrations of circulating biomarkers, can open unexplored routes toward early diagnostics and diseases progression monitoring. Here, we demonstrate the sensing capabilities of a chip-based metamaterial, combining 3D chiral geometry with a functional core-shell nanoarchitecture. The chiral metamaterial provides a circular polarization-dependent optical response, allowing analysis in a complex environment without significant background interferences. The functional nanoarchitecture, based on the conformal coating with a polymer shell, modifies the chiral metamaterial near- and far-field optical response because of the energy transfer between dielectric shell polarization charges and plasmonic core free electrons, leading to efficient interaction with biomolecules. The system sensitivity slope is 27 nm/pM, in the detection of TAR DNA-binding protein 43, clinically relevant for neurodegenerative diseases. Measurements were performed in spiked solution and in human serum with concentrations from 1 pM down to 10 fM, which is a range not accessible with common immunological assays, opening new perspectives for next-generation biomedical systems.
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- Mariachiara Manoccio
- CNR NANOTEC Institute of Nanotechnology, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
- Department of Mathematics and Physics Ennio De Giorgi, University of Salento, Via Arnesano, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- CNR NANOTEC Institute of Nanotechnology, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- CNR NANOTEC Institute of Nanotechnology, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- CNR NANOTEC Institute of Nanotechnology, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- CNR NANOTEC Institute of Nanotechnology, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Engineering, ITMO University, 49 Kronverkskiy Av., St. Petersburg 197101, Russia
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- Department of Physics and Engineering, ITMO University, 49 Kronverkskiy Av., St. Petersburg 197101, Russia
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- CNR NANOTEC Institute of Nanotechnology, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
- Department of Mathematics and Physics Ennio De Giorgi, University of Salento, Via Arnesano, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Division of Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan 20132, Italy
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- Division of Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan 20132, Italy
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- CNR NANOTEC Institute of Nanotechnology, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
- Department of Mathematics and Physics Ennio De Giorgi, University of Salento, Via Arnesano, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- CNR NANOTEC Institute of Nanotechnology, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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All-Metal Terahertz Metamaterial Absorber and Refractive Index Sensing Performance. PHOTONICS 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/photonics8050164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This paper presents a terahertz (THz) metamaterial absorber made of stainless steel. We found that the absorption rate of electromagnetic waves reached 99.95% at 1.563 THz. Later, we analyzed the effect of structural parameter changes on absorption. Finally, we explored the application of the absorber in refractive index sensing. We numerically demonstrated that when the refractive index (n) is changing from 1 to 1.05, our absorber can yield a sensitivity of 74.18 μm/refractive index unit (RIU), and the quality factor (Q-factor) of this sensor is 36.35. Compared with metal–dielectric–metal sandwiched structure, the absorber designed in this paper is made of stainless steel materials with no sandwiched structure, which greatly simplifies the manufacturing process and reduces costs.
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Jiang Y, Chen X, Xiao Z, Wang T, Chen Y. Achiral double-decker phthalocyanine assemble into helical nanofibers for electrochemically chiral recognition of tryptophan. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2020.126040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Xu T, Geng Z. Strategies to improve performances of LSPR biosensing: Structure, materials, and interface modification. Biosens Bioelectron 2021; 174:112850. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2020.112850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Revised: 11/06/2020] [Accepted: 11/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Metamaterials-Enabled Sensing for Human-Machine Interfacing. SENSORS 2020; 21:s21010161. [PMID: 33383751 PMCID: PMC7795397 DOI: 10.3390/s21010161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Revised: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/24/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Our modern lives have been radically revolutionized by mechanical or electric machines that redefine and recreate the way we work, communicate, entertain, and travel. Whether being perceived or not, human-machine interfacing (HMI) technologies have been extensively employed in our daily lives, and only when the machines can sense the ambient through various signals, they can respond to human commands for finishing desired tasks. Metamaterials have offered a great platform to develop the sensing materials and devices from different disciplines with very high accuracy, thus enabling the great potential for HMI applications. For this regard, significant progresses have been achieved in the recent decade, but haven’t been reviewed systematically yet. In the Review, we introduce the working principle, state-of-the-art sensing metamaterials, and the corresponding enabled HMI applications. For practical HMI applications, four kinds of signals are usually used, i.e., light, heat, sound, and force, and therefore the progresses in these four aspects are discussed in particular. Finally, the future directions for the metamaterials-based HMI applications are outlined and discussed.
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