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Binary and core-shell nanoparticle dispersed liquid crystal cells for metamaterial applications
J. Nanophoton. 5, 051603 (Apr 26, 2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.3576117
We theoretically explored the feasibility of a tunable metamaterial using binary as well as core-shell nanoparticle dispersed liquid crystal cells in the infrared and optical regimes. Owing to the spatial variation of the permittivity of the liquid crystal host upon the application of a bias voltage, the host was decomposed into a layered medium and the effective refractive index recalculated for each layer due to the distribution of polaritonic and plasmonic nanoparticles. The scattering, extinction, and absorption of such a nanoparticle dispersed liquid crystal cell were also found. Depending on the applied voltage bias across the liquid crystal host, the types of nanoparticles used, and their radii and volume-filling fractions in the liquid crystal host, near-zero as well as negative index of refraction can be obtained over a range of frequencies, according to the effective medium theory.
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Received Dec 09, 2010
Accepted Mar 17, 2011
Revised Feb 08, 2011
Published online Apr 26, 2011
Accepted Mar 17, 2011
Revised Feb 08, 2011
Published online Apr 26, 2011
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Georges Nehmetallah, Rola Aylo and Partha P. Banerjee, "Binary and core-shell nanoparticle dispersed liquid crystal cells for metamaterial applications",
J. Nanophoton. 5, 051603 (Apr 26, 2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.3576117
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