A Tunable Polymer–Metal Based Anti-Reflective Metasurface

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Contributors

  • Yannic Brasse - , Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (Author)
  • Charlene Ng - , Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (Author)
  • Michele Magnozzi - , National Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Genoa (Author)
  • Heyou Zhang - , University of Melbourne (Author)
  • Paul Mulvaney - , University of Melbourne (Author)
  • Andreas Fery - , Chair of Physical Chemistry of Polymeric Materials (Author)
  • Daniel E. Gómez - , Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (Author)

Abstract

Anti-reflective surfaces are of great interest for optical devices, sensing, photovoltaics, and photocatalysis. However, most of the anti-reflective surfaces lack in situ tunability of the extinction with respect to wavelength. This communication demonstrates a tunable anti-reflective surface based on colloidal particles comprising a metal core with an electrochromic polymer shell. Random deposition of these particles on a reflective surface results in a decrease in the reflectance of up to 99.8% at the localized surface plasmon resonance frequency. This narrow band feature can be tuned by varying the pH or by application of an electric potential, resulting in wavelength shifts of up to 30 nm. Electrophoretic particle deposition is shown to be an efficient method for controlling the interparticle distance and thereby further optimizing the overall efficiency of the anti-reflective metasurface.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number1900415
JournalMacromolecular rapid communications
Volume41
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2020
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMed 31782585

Keywords

Keywords

  • electrochromic, nanoparticles, plasmonic metasurfaces, switchable, thin-film coating