We use both lyotropic liquid crystals composed of prolate micelles and thermotropic liquid crystals made of rod-like molecules to uniformly disperse and unidirectionally align relatively large gold nanorods and other ...
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We use both lyotropic liquid crystals composed of prolate micelles and thermotropic liquid crystals made of rod-like molecules to uniformly disperse and unidirectionally align relatively large gold nanorods and other complex-shaped nanoparticles at high concentrations. We show that some of these ensuing self-assembled orientationally ordered soft matter systems exhibit polarization-dependent plasmonic properties with strongly pronounced molar extinction exceeding that previously achieved in self-assembled composites. The long-range unidirectional alignment of gold nanorods is mediated mainly by anisotropic surface anchoring interactions at the surfaces of gold nanoparticles. Polarization-sensitive absorption, scattering, and extinction are used to characterize orientations of nanorods and other nanoparticles. The experimentally measured unique optical properties of these composites, which stem from the collective plasmonic effect of the gold nanorods with long-range order in a liquid crystal matrix, are reproduced in computer simulations. A simple phenomenological model based on anisotropic surface interaction explains the alignment of gold nanorods dispersed in liquid crystals and the physical underpinnings behind our observations.
We propose a compact model of drain current in the ballistic and quasi-ballistic modes for cylindrical gate-all-around (GAA)-MOSFETs with two subbands based on the perturbation theory. By setting one unknown parameter...
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In recent years, some efforts have been made in our laboratory to improve the performance of previously reported electrolyte-based tilt sensors. Even though the previously reported electrolytic tilt sensors have merit...
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In this paper, we report an infrared (IR) detector array combined with an incident-ray concentrator for improving performance characteristics, such as optical responsivity and fill factor. To achieve an improved optic...
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In this study, an all-polymer electrolytic tilt sensor with conductive and corrosion-resistant poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) electrodes was designed and its performances were characterized. A PDMS cavity in the sensor...
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Battery power and queue conservation are critical issues in mobile ad hoc network (MANET). These two factors not only affect the delivery ratio but also the lifetime of the network. In this work, we will propose a sim...
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In this note, global stabilization by output feedback is investigated for a class of non-minimum-phase nonlinear systems previously considered by Marino and Tomei (2005). It is shown that it is possible to construct, ...
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This Applied Optics feature issue is dedicated to the Optics and Photonics of Taiwan International Conference (OPTIC 2013), held 5-7 December 2013 in Zhongli (Chung-Li), Taiwan. The conference takes place every year a...
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