Title :
Chiral plasmonic activity of cholesteric films formed by gold nanorods and cellulose nanocrystals
Author :
Querejeta-Fernandez, Ana ; Chauve, Gregory ; Methot, Myriam ; Gourevich, Ilya ; Bouchard, Jean ; Kumacheva, Eugenia
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Chem., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
Chiral plasmonic films have been prepared by incorporating gold nanorods (NRs) in a macroscopic cholesteric film formed by self-assembled cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs). Composite NR-CNC films revealed strong and tunable plasmonic chiroptical activity, dependent on the photonic properties of the CNC host and plasmonic properties of the NRs1.
Keywords :
chirality; cholesteric liquid crystals; liquid films; nanocomposites; nanofabrication; plasmonics; self-assembly; Au; cholesteric films; composite films; gold nanorods; photonic properties; plasmonic properties; self-assembled cellulose nanocrystals; tunable plasmonic chiroptical activity; Conferences; Nanotechnology;
Conference_Titel :
Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), 2014 IEEE 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Toronto, ON
DOI :
10.1109/NANO.2014.6968002