When Eutectics Meet Plasmonics: Nanoplasmonic, Volumetric, Self‐Organized, Silver‐Based Eutectic

Due to the development of novel manufacturing technologies and the increasing availability of nano-/micromaterials, plasmonics has become an emerging field in photonics research. Although the fabrication of metallic elements has already been widely demonstrated, the development of 3D plasmonic materials is progressing slowly. This paper reports the development of a self-organized, 3D nanoplasmonic eutectic composite that exhibits localized surface plasmon resonance at 595 nm. This eutectic composite is produced by directional solidification with the micro-pulling-down method and consists of a 3D, multiscale network of silver, nanometer-thick, micron-long sheets, and triangular cross-section microprecipitates embedded in a crystalline bismuth oxide matrix. Annealing at 600 °C further refined the structure and introduced metallic nanoparticles that exhibited plasmonic resonance in the optical region of the spectrum. This is the first demonstration of plasmonic behavior in a eutectic-based composite, which is engineered specifically for this purpose using a self-organization mechanism.

[1]  Tadeusz Lukasiewicz,et al.  PrAlO3-PrAl11O18 Eutectic : Its Microstructure and Spectroscopic Properties , 2008 .

[2]  O. Hess,et al.  On the Origin of Chirality in Nanoplasmonic Gyroid Metamaterials , 2013, Advanced materials.

[3]  H. Machida,et al.  Growth of Tb–Sc–Al garnet single crystals by the micro-pulling down method , 2001 .

[4]  G. Wiederrecht,et al.  Designed ultrafast optical nonlinearity in a plasmonic nanorod metamaterial enhanced by nonlocality. , 2011, Nature nanotechnology.

[5]  Klaus Rademann,et al.  Plasmonic Enhancement or Energy Transfer? On the Luminescence of Gold‐, Silver‐, and Lanthanide‐Doped Silicate Glasses and Its Potential for Light‐Emitting Devices , 2009 .

[6]  I. Vendik,et al.  How Far Are We from Making Metamaterials by Self‐Organization? The Microstructure of Highly Anisotropic Particles with an SRR‐Like Geometry , 2010 .

[7]  L. Rendón,et al.  Stabilization of Strong Quantum Confined Colloidal Bismuth Nanoparticles, One-Pot Synthesized at Room Conditions , 2012 .

[8]  Rong Huang,et al.  Investigation of Optical and Photocatalytic Properties of Bismuth Nanospheres Prepared by a Facile Thermolysis Method , 2014 .

[9]  Maria Kafesaki,et al.  Interacting Plasmon and Phonon Polaritons in Aligned Nano-and Microwires References and Links , 2022 .

[10]  Peidong Yang,et al.  Tunable plasmonic lattices of silver nanocrystals. , 2007, Nature nanotechnology.

[11]  Ewa Gorecka,et al.  Growth of a Plate-Shaped SrTiO3–TiO2 Eutectic , 2011 .

[12]  Nikolay I. Zheludev,et al.  A Roadmap for Metamaterials , 2011 .

[13]  F. Simmel,et al.  DNA-based self-assembly of chiral plasmonic nanostructures with tailored optical response , 2011, Nature.

[14]  Carsten Rockstuhl,et al.  Self-assembled plasmonic core-shell clusters with an isotropic magnetic dipole response in the visible range. , 2011, ACS nano.

[15]  Tsuguo Fukuda,et al.  Crystal growth of dislocation-free LiNbO3 single crystals by micro pulling down method , 1994 .

[16]  Jianfang Wang,et al.  Ordered gold nanostructure assemblies formed by droplet evaporation. , 2008, Angewandte Chemie.

[17]  Emmanuel Haro-Poniatowski,et al.  Influence of the melting conditions of heavy metal oxide glasses containing bismuth oxide on their optical absorption , 2006 .

[18]  Ewa Gorecka,et al.  Liquid-crystalline phases made of gold nanoparticles. , 2009, Angewandte Chemie.

[19]  B. Karmakar,et al.  Single-Step Synthesis and Surface Plasmons of Bismuth-Coated Spherical to Hexagonal Silver Nanoparticles in Dichroic Ag:Bismuth Glass Nanocomposites , 2011 .

[20]  A. Revcolevschi,et al.  Crystallographically aligned metal–oxide composite made by reduction of a directionally solidified oxide–oxide eutectic , 1985, Nature.

[21]  H. Atwater,et al.  Plasmonics for improved photovoltaic devices. , 2010, Nature materials.

[22]  Pascal Royer,et al.  Second order self-organized pattern of terbium-scandium-aluminum garnet and terbium-scandium perovskite eutectic , 2002 .

[23]  R. D. Shannon.  Revised effective ionic radii and systematic studies of interatomic distances in halides and chalcogenides , 1976 .

[24]  W. Barnes,et al.  Surface plasmon subwavelength optics , 2003, Nature.

[25]  Naomi J Halas,et al.  Nanoshell-enabled photothermal cancer therapy: impending clinical impact. , 2008, Accounts of chemical research.

[26]  J. Llorca,et al.  Directionally solidified eutectic ceramic oxides , 2006 .

[27]  Michal Malinowski,et al.  Self-organized, rodlike, micrometer-scale microstructure of Tb3Sc2Al3O12-TbScO3:Pr eutectic , 2006 .

[28]  Y. Hao,et al.  Magnification of subwavelength field distributions using a tapered array of metallic wires with planar interfaces and an embedded dielectric phase compensator , 2010 .

[29]  T. Nakamura,et al.  Growth of the high reflectivity Bi2O3 glass films by atmospheric pressure halide CVD , 2004 .

[30]  Composite Solidification in the Systems Cr2O3−Mo, Cr2O3−Re, Cr2O3−W, and MgO‐W , 1970 .

[31]  L. Liz‐Marzán,et al.  Optical Properties of Thin Films of Au@SiO2 Particles , 2001 .

[32]  J. Baumberg,et al.  A 3D Optical Metamaterial Made by Self‐Assembly , 2012, Advanced materials.

[33]  L. Gauckler,et al.  Experimental Phase Diagram Study and Thermodynamic Optimization of the Ag-Bi-O System , 2004 .

[34]  A. Nikolaenko,et al.  Nanoparticle Direct Doping: Novel Method for Manufacturing Three‐Dimensional Bulk Plasmonic Nanocomposites , 2013 .

[35]  M. Laguna-Bercero,et al.  Structured porous Ni- and Co-YSZ cermets fabricated from directionally solidified eutectic composites , 2005 .

[36]  R. Mansfield.  The Electrical Properties of Bismuth Oxide , 1949 .

[37]  D. Gramotnev,et al.  Plasmonics beyond the diffraction limit , 2010 .

[38]  S. Durbin,et al.  Microstructure of Al2O3/ZrO2 eutectic fibers grown by the micro-pulling down method , 2001 .

[39]  W. Cai,et al.  Plasmonics for extreme light concentration and manipulation. , 2010, Nature materials.