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Block Copolymer Directed Metamaterials and Metasurfaces for Novel Optical Devices

Alvarez-Fernandez, A; Cummins, C; Saba, M; Steiner, U; Fleury, G; Ponsinet, V; Guldin, S; (2021) Block Copolymer Directed Metamaterials and Metasurfaces for Novel Optical Devices. Advanced Optical Materials , 9 (16) , Article 2100175. 10.1002/adom.202100175. Green open access

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Abstract

Optical metamaterials are artificially engineered architectures that exhibit desired optical properties not found in nature. Bespoke design requires the ability to define shape, size, orientation, and composition of material structures on the nanometer length scale. Bottom-up self-assembly methods, such as block copolymer (BCP) templating, offer unique pathways to tailored features, at spatial resolution not routinely achieved by conventional top-down techniques. In this review, the authors provide the general readership with basic concepts of the underlying fabrication processes and examine optical phenomena arising from BCP-derived metamaterials and nanoresonators, with both dielectric and plasmonic characteristics. A number of diverse structural conformations designed by BCP templating and their implementation in optical devices is evaluated. The discussion includes 3D metamaterials, such as gyroidal and hyperbolic arrangements, as well as 2D metasurfaces. Based on recent developments in exploring these emerging structural and material configurations, the review further highlights unexplored opportunities offered by BCP self-assembly for novel metamaterials and metasurface devices.

Type: Article
Title: Block Copolymer Directed Metamaterials and Metasurfaces for Novel Optical Devices
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1002/adom.202100175
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202100175
Language: English
Additional information: © 2021 The Authors. Advanced Optical Materials published by Wiley-VCH GmbH. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: block copolymers, gyroids, metamaterials, metasurfaces, self-assembly
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Chemical Engineering
URI: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10128447
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