Controlled graphene oxide assembly on silver nanocube monolayers for SERS detection: dependence on nanocube packing procedure

• Martina Banchelli,
• Bruno Tiribilli,
• Roberto Pini,
• Luigi Dei,
• Paolo Matteini and
• Gabriella Caminati

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 9–21, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.2

• viscoelastic behaviour of graphene derivatives appear particularly important also for an emergent class of new graphene-derived metamaterials as reported also in a recent paper [56] where McEuen and coworkers describe graphene kirigami, robust microscale structures with tunable mechanical properties

Magnetic reversal dynamics of a quantum system on a picosecond timescale

• Nikolay V. Klenov,
• Alexey V. Kuznetsov,
• Igor I. Soloviev,
• Sergey V. Bakurskiy and
• Olga V. Tikhonova

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1946–1956, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.199

• , which is often a difficult task [41][42]. Moreover, it seems promising to simulate the behavior of magnetic metamaterials based on artificial Josephson atoms in sufficiently strong fields [43] using standard classic software designed to study the magnetization reversal processes in large magnetic

Spin annihilations of and spin sifters for transverse electric and transverse magnetic waves in co- and counter-rotations

• Hyoung-In Lee and
• Jinsik Mok

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1887–1898, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.199

• propagations. Closely related to the photon spins are those metamaterials that consist exclusively of nonmagnetic constituents [7][8][9][10][11][12]. For example, a simple planar periodic array of split-ring resonators (SRRs) provides magnetic resonances. Of particular interest is a stacked SRR dimer, in which

• appearances of the gradient functions and in many places so far corroborate the importance of the spatial inhomogeneity of the structured light. There is a difference between the artificially structured metamaterials (ASMs) [7] and our artificially structured light (ASL) [6]. In the case of ASM, artificial

Hole-mask colloidal nanolithography combined with tilted-angle-rotation evaporation: A versatile method for fabrication of low-cost and large-area complex plasmonic nanostructures and metamaterials

• Jun Zhao,
• Bettina Frank,
• Frank Neubrech,
• Chunjie Zhang,
• Paul V. Braun and
• Harald Giessen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 577–586, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.68

• plasmonic nanostructures as well as metamaterials. In this paper, we describe the fabrication process step by step. We manufacture a variety of different plasmonic structures ranging from simple nano-antennas over complex chiral structures to stacked composite materials for applications such as sensing

• near-infrared spectral range as well as antenna-assisted surface-enhanced infrared absorption (SEIRA) were demonstrated [9][10]. Also, nano-antennas with their ability to enhance light emission from single emitters as well as to concentrate incoming light into hot spots were utilized. Metamaterials

• simple and hybrid nanostructures and metamaterials and depicted their high-quality optical spectra. In the future, this method can be expanded to multishape fabrication processes, which, in combination with different materials and stacking, can give the most complex nanostructures that would be very hard

Dye-doped spheres with plasmonic semi-shells: Lasing modes and scattering at realistic gain levels

• Nikita Arnold,
• Boyang Ding,
• Calin Hrelescu and
• Thomas A. Klar

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 974–987, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.110

• obscured by the broad spectral features of the lower order modes. We further show that the angular distribution of the far-field scattering of the spasing modes is by no means dipole-like and is very sensitive to the geometry of the structure. Keywords: gain; metamaterials; nanophotonics; plasmonics

• in the metal and due to radiative losses. However, a solution for this dilemma is possible because plasmons are Bosons and can hence be emitted via stimulated emission [24]. This might be used to minimize losses in metamaterials [25][26] and it has also been proposed for the compensation of losses in

Challenges in realizing ultraflat materials surfaces

• Takashi Yatsui,
• Wataru Nomura,
• Fabrice Stehlin,
• Olivier Soppera,
• Makoto Naruse and
• Motoichi Ohtsu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 875–885, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.99

• principles and concepts of DPP technology differ significantly from those of conventional wave-optical technologies such as photonic crystals [29], plasmonics [30], metamaterials [31], or quantum-dot photonic devices [32], in which the size and function are governed by the light diffraction limit. Therefore

3D nano-structures for laser nano-manipulation

• Gediminas Seniutinas,
• Lorenzo Rosa,
• Gediminas Gervinskas,
• Etienne Brasselet and
• Saulius Juodkazis

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 534–541, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.62

• been designed for the trapping of dielectric and metallic particles in the size range of 10 nm [3][4][5], while fishnet metamaterials have been shown to optically pull 100-nm dielectric beads in simulations [6]. Double nano-hole structures have been built to trap yet smaller 12-nm objects [7], and

Nanophotonics, nano-optics and nanospectroscopy

• Alfred J. Meixner

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 499–500, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.53

• dimensions much smaller than the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation [7][8][9]. Well-known examples are the negative refractive index created by metamaterials [10][11], the quantum confinement observed in the absorption and luminescence spectra of semiconductor nanoparticles [12], and the plasmon