A new twist for materials science : the formation of chiral structures using the angular momentum of light
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19/06/2019Author
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EP/P030017/1
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Recent work has shown that irradiation with light possessing orbital angular momentum (OAM) and an associated phase singularity, that is an optical vortex, twists a variety of materials. These include silicon, azo-polymer, and even liquid-phase resins to form various helically structured materials. This article provides a review of the unique helical-structured materials created and the novel fundamental phenomena enabled by this interaction between both the spin angular momentum and the OAM of light with matter. Such light-induced helical-structured materials will potentially lead to advanced photonic devices, for instance, metamaterials for ultrasensitive detection and reactions for chiral chemical composites.
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Omatsu , T , Miyamoto , K , Toyoda , K , Morita , R , Arita , Y & Dholakia , K 2019 , ' A new twist for materials science : the formation of chiral structures using the angular momentum of light ' , Advanced Optical Materials , vol. Early View , 1801672 . https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.201801672
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Advanced Optical Materials
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Peer reviewed
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2195-1071Type
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© 2019 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher's policies. This is the author created accepted version manuscript following peer review and as such may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.201801672
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The authors acknowledge support from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI Grants (JP 16H06507, JP 17K19070, and JP 18H03884). The authors thank the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council for support through Grant No. EP/P030017/1.Collections
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