Title
Selective control of reconfigurable chiral plasmonic metamolecules
Author
Anton Kuzyk, Maximilian J. Urban, Andrea Idili, Francesco Ricci, Na Liu
Year
2017
Journal
Science Advances
Abstract
Selective configuration control of plasmonic nanostructures using either top-down or bottom-up approaches has remained challenging in the field of active plasmonics. We demonstrate the realization of DNA-assembled reconfigurable plasmonic metamolecules, which can respond to a wide range of pH changes in a programmable manner. This programmability allows for selective reconfiguration of different plasmonic metamolecule species coexisting in solution through simple pH tuning. This approach enables discrimination of chiral plasmonic quasi-enantiomers and arbitrary tuning of chiroptical effects with unprecedented degrees of freedom. Our work outlines a new blueprint for implementation of advanced active plasmonic systems, in which individual structural species can be programmed to perform multiple tasks and functions in response to independent external stimuli.
Instrument
J-815
Keywords
Circular dichroism, Stereochemistry, Chemical stability, Nanostructures, Materials