Electrorheological Operation of Low-/High-Permittivity Core/Shell SiO2/Au Nanoparticle Microspheres for Display Media

Electrorheological operation of low-/high-permittivity core/shell SiO2/Au nanoparticle microspheres for display media.

In this study, we synthesized core/shell structures comprising monodisperse 3-μm SiO(2) microspheres and gold nanoparticles (AuNPs, ca. 6.7 nm) as the core and shell components, respectively. Using a layer-by-layer cross-linking process with a dithiol cross-linking agent, we prepared low-permittivity AuNP-encapsulated high-permittivity SiO(2) core/shell microspheres with variable AuNP shell thi...

Influence of liquid phase on nanoparticle-based giant electrorheological fluid.

We show that the chemical structures of silicone oils can have an important role in the giant electrorheological (GER) effect. The interaction between silicone oils and solid nanoparticles is found to significantly influence the ER effect. By increasing the kinematic viscosity of silicone oils, which is a function of siloxane chain length, sol-like, gel-like and clay-like appearances of the con...

Effective permittivity for resonant plasmonic nanoparticle systems via dressed polarizability

We present an effective medium theory for resonant plasmonic nanoparticle systems. By utilizing the notion of dressed polarizability to describe dipolar particle interactions, we show that even highly concentrated, resonant plasmonic particles can be correctly described by the effective medium theory. The effective permittivity tensor of a nanoparticle monolayer is found explicitly and the resu...

Near-field Imaging by Negative Permittivity Media

The imaging of the near field by a slab of negative permittivity medium is discussed. The performance of this flat lens is limited by the working wavenumber k0 and the slab thickness d. For k0d 0.937, the resolution of the flat lens can be smaller than the wavelength and depends logarithmically on 1/k0d. The electric field is finite everywhere, but will diverge algebraically as one reduces k0d ...

Process Integration Issues of Low-permittivity Dielectrics with Copper for High-performance Interconnects