Nanoparticle manipulation based on chiral plasmon effects

Chiral plasmonic structures have garnered increasing attention owing to their distinctive chiroptical response. Localized surface plasmon resonance can significantly enhance the circular dichroism and local electromagnetic field of chiral plasmonic structures, resulting in enhanced electromagnetic f...

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Published in:Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP 2024-06, Vol.26 (25), p.1786-17868
Main Authors: Li, Huaxin, Ren, Yatao, He, Mingjian, Qi, Hong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Angular momentum
Chirality
Circular polarization
Dichroism
Electromagnetic fields
Electromagnetic forces
Incident light
Microfluidics
Nanoparticles
Plasmonics
Polarized light
Polystyrene resins
Surface plasmon resonance
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Summary:Chiral plasmonic structures have garnered increasing attention owing to their distinctive chiroptical response. Localized surface plasmon resonance can significantly enhance the circular dichroism and local electromagnetic field of chiral plasmonic structures, resulting in enhanced electromagnetic forces acting on surrounding nanoparticles. Moreover, the circular dichroism response of chiral structures provides an effective means for macroscopic adjustment of microscopic electromagnetic fields. However, chiral plasmon effects are naturally related to angular momentum, and particle control studies of chirality usually focus on angular momentum. This paper proposes a particle manipulation method utilizing chiral light-matter interactions. Through optimization of the optical response of the chiral structure, the direction of electromagnetic forces exerted on surrounding polystyrene particles reverses upon a change in the incident light's handedness. According to this characteristic, the movement direction control of polystyrene particles with a diameter of 100 nm was achieved. By altering the handedness of a single circularly polarized light, more than 94% high-precision particle manipulation was achieved, reducing the complexity of particle manipulation. This microfluidic method has significant implications for advancing microfluidic research and chiral applications. Nanoparticle manipulation based on chiral plasmon effects. Particle trajectory can be controlled by altering the chirality of the incident circularly polarized light.
ISSN:1463-9076
1463-9084
1463-9084
DOI:10.1039/d4cp01718h