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Peterson C, Parker J, Valenton E, Yifat Y, Chen S, Rice SA, Scherer NF. Electrodynamic Interference and Induced Polarization in Nanoparticle-Based Optical Matter Arrays. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2024; 128:7560-7571. [PMID: 38745776 PMCID: PMC11089571 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c08459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2023] [Revised: 04/10/2024] [Accepted: 04/11/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
Abstract
Optical matter (OM) arrays are self-organizing, ordered arrangements of nanometer- to micrometer-size particles, where interparticle forces are mediated by incident and scattered coherent light. The structures that form and their dynamics depend on the properties (e.g., material, size) of the constituent particles, as well as the incident and scattered light. While significant progress has been made toward understanding how the OM arrays are affected by the phase, polarization, and intensity profile of the incident light, the polarization induced in the particles and the light scattered by OM arrays have received less attention. In this paper, we establish the roles of electrodynamic interference, many-body coupling, and induced-polarization concomitant with the coherent light scattered by OM arrays. Experiments and simulations together demonstrate that the spatial profile and directionality of coherent light scattered by OM arrays in the far field are primarily influenced by interference, while electrodynamic coupling (interactions) and the associated polarization induced in the nanoparticle constituents have a quantitative wavelength-dependent effect on the total amount of light scattered by the arrays. Furthermore, the electrodynamic coupling in silver nanoparticle OM arrays is significantly enhanced by constructive interference and increases superextensively with the number of particles in the array. Particle size, and hence polarizability, also has a significant effect on the strength of the coupling. Finally, we simulate larger hexagonal OM arrays of Ag nanoparticles to demonstrate that the electrodynamic coupling and scattering enhancement observed in small OM arrays develop into surface lattice resonances observed in the infinite array limit. Our work provides insights for designing OM arrays to tune many-body forces and the coherent light that they scatter.
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- Curtis Peterson
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
- James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
- Department of Physics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
- James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
- James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
- James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
- James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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Donato MG, Brzobohatý O, Simpson SH, Irrera A, Leonardi AA, Lo Faro MJ, Svak V, Maragò OM, Zemánek P. Optical Trapping, Optical Binding, and Rotational Dynamics of Silicon Nanowires in Counter-Propagating Beams. NANO LETTERS 2019; 19:342-352. [PMID: 30525673 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b03978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Silicon nanowires are held and manipulated in controlled optical traps based on counter-propagating beams focused by low numerical aperture lenses. The double-beam configuration compensates light scattering forces enabling an in-depth investigation of the rich dynamics of trapped nanowires that are prone to both optical and hydrodynamic interactions. Several polarization configurations are used, allowing the observation of optical binding with different stable structure as well as the transfer of spin and orbital momentum of light to the trapped silicon nanowires. Accurate modeling based on Brownian dynamics simulations with appropriate optical and hydrodynamic coupling confirms that this rich scenario is crucially dependent on the non-spherical shape of the nanowires. Such an increased level of optical control of multiparticle structure and dynamics open perspectives for nanofluidics and multi-component light-driven nanomachines.
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- Maria G Donato
- CNR-IPCF, Istituto per i Processi Chimico-Fisici , I-98158 Messina , Italy
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- CNR-IPCF, Istituto per i Processi Chimico-Fisici , I-98158 Messina , Italy
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- Institute of Scientific Instruments of the CAS , Kralovopolska 147 , 61264 Brno , Czech Republic
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- CNR-IPCF, Istituto per i Processi Chimico-Fisici , I-98158 Messina , Italy
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- CNR-IPCF, Istituto per i Processi Chimico-Fisici , I-98158 Messina , Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia , Università di Catania , I-95123 Catania , Italy
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- CNR-IPCF, Istituto per i Processi Chimico-Fisici , I-98158 Messina , Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia , Università di Catania , I-95123 Catania , Italy
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- Institute of Scientific Instruments of the CAS , Kralovopolska 147 , 61264 Brno , Czech Republic
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- CNR-IPCF, Istituto per i Processi Chimico-Fisici , I-98158 Messina , Italy
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- Institute of Scientific Instruments of the CAS , Kralovopolska 147 , 61264 Brno , Czech Republic
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Tunable two-dimensional assembly of colloidal particles in rotating electric fields. Sci Rep 2017; 7:13727. [PMID: 29062107 PMCID: PMC5653874 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-14001-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2017] [Accepted: 10/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Tunable interparticle interactions in colloidal suspensions are of great interest because of their fundamental and practical significance. In this paper we present a new experimental setup for self-assembly of colloidal particles in two-dimensional systems, where the interactions are controlled by external rotating electric fields. The maximal magnitude of the field in a suspension is 25 V/mm, the field homogeneity is better than 1% over the horizontal distance of 250 μm, and the rotation frequency is in the range of 40 Hz to 30 kHz. Based on numerical electrostatic calculations for the developed setup with eight planar electrodes, we found optimal experimental conditions and performed demonstration experiments with a suspension of 2.12 μm silica particles in water. Thanks to its technological flexibility, the setup is well suited for particle-resolved studies of fundamental generic phenomena occurring in classical liquids and solids, and therefore it should be of interest for a broad community of soft matter, photonics, and material science.
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Simpson SH, Zemánek P, Maragò OM, Jones PH, Hanna S. Optical Binding of Nanowires. NANO LETTERS 2017; 17:3485-3492. [PMID: 28535340 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b00494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Multiple scattering of light induces structured interactions, or optical binding forces, between collections of small particles. This has been extensively studied in the case of microspheres. However, binding forces are strongly shape dependent: here, we turn our attention to dielectric nanowires. Using a novel numerical model we uncover rich behavior. The extreme geometry of the nanowires produces a sequence of stationary and dynamic states. In linearly polarized light, thermally stable ladder-like structures emerge. Lower symmetry, sagittate arrangements can also arise, whose configurational asymmetry unbalances the optical forces leading to nonconservative, translational motion. Finally, the addition of circular polarization drives a variety of coordinated rotational states whose dynamics expose fundamental properties of optical spin. These results suggest that optical binding can provide an increased level of control over the positions and motions of nanoparticles, opening new possibilities for driven self-organization and heralding a new field of self-assembling optically driven micromachines.
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- Stephen H Simpson
- Institute of Scientific Instruments of the CAS , Kràlovopolskà 147, 612 64 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Scientific Instruments of the CAS , Kràlovopolskà 147, 612 64 Brno, Czech Republic
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- CNR-IPCF, Istituto per i Processi Chimico-Fisici, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche , Viale F. Stagno D'Alcontres 37, I-98158 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London , Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, U.K
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- H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol , Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TL, U.K
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