Corrugated metallodielectric superlattices via release-rollup assembly

Opt Express. 2011 Aug 1;19(16):15596-602. doi: 10.1364/OE.19.015596.

Abstract

A 'release-rollup' assembly (RRA) technique is described that yields corrugated metallodielectric superlattices. Bilayers of polymer/Au cast onto diffraction gratings are released and rolled into multilayers with registration of the stacked corrugations across mm-scales. Optical imaging reveals Moiré fringes with reflection spectra that track the bilayer thickness due to mis-stacking. Angular-resolved spectra show spectrally-modulated diffraction opposite to that of the metallic stop-bands, but which agrees with a simple model. This scalable fabrication strategy is thus widely exploitable for laterally patterned metamaterials and optical superlattices.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer Simulation
  • Cross-Linking Reagents / chemistry
  • Dimethylpolysiloxanes / chemistry
  • Equipment Design
  • Materials Testing
  • Metals / chemistry*
  • Microscopy, Atomic Force / methods
  • Nanostructures / chemistry
  • Nanotechnology / methods
  • Optics and Photonics / methods*
  • Particle Size
  • Polymers / chemistry
  • Sulfonic Acids / chemistry
  • Surface Properties

Substances

  • Cross-Linking Reagents
  • Dimethylpolysiloxanes
  • Metals
  • Polymers
  • Sulfonic Acids
  • baysilon