title: A self-organized anisotropic liquid-crystal plasmonic metamaterial.
abstract: A composite material that leads to self organization of mesogen-coated gold nanospheres is synthesized and shows enhanced anisotropic optical properties due to synergistic effects of the mesogens intrinsic birefringence and its ability to drive the self-assembly process into highly anisotropic architectures with densely packed nanospheres. Such nanoengineered matter sustains a response beyond that achievable by its individual constituents, i.e., a metamaterial.
authors: Optics & Photonics Technology Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
authors: José
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authors: Dintinger
authors: Bai-Jia
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authors: Tang
authors: Xianbing
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authors: Zeng
authors: Feng
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authors: Liu
authors: Tobias
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authors: Kienzler
authors: Georg H
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authors: Mehl
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authors: Ungar
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