Plasmonic properties of light sculptured structures including liquid crystals doped with metal nanoparticles
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Polymeric templates favour the self-organisation of liquid crystal materials doped with metallic nanoparticles. A first spectroscopical characterization of the fabricated samples is reported. The plasmonic response obtained from the structures is polarization sensitive and can be somehow tuned by applying external fields. The research is oriented to the fabrication of devices with metamaterial properties.
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