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  2. Electrically Reconfigurable Optical Metamaterial Based on Colloidal Dispersion of Metal Nanorods in Dielectric Fluid
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Abstract

Optical metamaterials capture the imagination with breathtaking promises of nanoscale resolution in imaging and invisibility cloaking. We demonstrate an approach to construct a metamaterial in which metallic nanorods, of dimension much smaller than the wavelength of light, are suspended in a fluid and placed in a nonuniform electric field. The field controls the spatial distribution and orientation of nanorods because of the dielectrophoretic effect. The field-controlled placement of nanorods causes optical effects such as varying refractive index, optical anisotropy (birefringence), and reduced visibility of an object enclosed by the metamaterial.
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Article
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10.1063/1.3278442
Publication Date
2009-12-21
Publication Title
Applied Physics Letters
Volume
95
Issue
25
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Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
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Copyright 2009 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 254104 (2009) and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3278442.
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Golovin, A., & Lavrentovich, O. (2009). Electrically Reconfigurable Optical Metamaterial Based on Colloidal Dispersion of Metal Nanorods in Dielectric Fluid (1–). Applied Physics Letters. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3278442
Golovin, Andrii, and Oleg Lavrentovich. 2009. “Electrically Reconfigurable Optical Metamaterial Based on Colloidal Dispersion of Metal Nanorods in Dielectric Fluid”. Applied Physics Letters. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3278442.
Golovin, Andrii, and Oleg Lavrentovich. Electrically Reconfigurable Optical Metamaterial Based on Colloidal Dispersion of Metal Nanorods in Dielectric Fluid. Applied Physics Letters, 21 Dec. 2009, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3278442.