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On the Origin of Chirality in Nanoplasmonic Gyroid Metamaterials

  1. Sang Soon Oh,
  2. Angela Demetriadou,
  3. Sebastian Wuestner,
  4. Ortwin Hess*

Article first published online: 26 OCT 2012

DOI: 10.1002/adma.201202788

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 25, Issue 4, pages 612–617, January 25, 2013

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Oh, S. S., Demetriadou, A., Wuestner, S. and Hess, O. (2013), On the Origin of Chirality in Nanoplasmonic Gyroid Metamaterials. Adv. Mater., 25: 612–617. doi: 10.1002/adma.201202788

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  1. Blackett Laboratory, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK

*Blackett Laboratory, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 18 JAN 2013
  2. Article first published online: 26 OCT 2012
  3. Manuscript Revised: 10 AUG 2012
  4. Manuscript Received: 10 JUL 2012

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Keywords:

  • nanoplasmonic gyroid;
  • tri-helical metamaterial;
  • chiral metamaterial;
  • helical wires;
  • chirality
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Metallic single gyroids, a new class of self-assembled nanoplasmonic metamaterials, are analyzed on the basis of a tri-helical metamaterial model. The physical mechanisms underlying the chiral optical behavior of the nanoplasmonic single gyroid are identified and it is shown that the optical chirality in this metallic structure is primarily determined by structural chirality and the connectivity of helices along the main cubic axes.

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