Nature, volume 597, issue 7875, pages 214-219

Tunable self-assembled Casimir microcavities and polaritons

Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2021-09-08
Journal: Nature
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Impact factor64.8
ISSN00280836, 14764687
Multidisciplinary
Abstract
Spontaneous formation of ordered structures—self-assembly—is ubiquitous in nature and observed on different length scales, ranging from atomic and molecular systems to micrometre-scale objects and living matter1. Self-ordering in molecular and biological systems typically involves short-range hydrophobic and van der Waals interactions2,3. Here we introduce an approach to micrometre-scale self-assembly based on the joint action of attractive Casimir and repulsive electrostatic forces arising between charged metallic nanoflakes in an aqueous solution. This system forms a self-assembled optical Fabry–Pérot microcavity with a fundamental mode in the visible range (long-range separation distance about 100–200 nanometres) and a tunable equilibrium configuration. Furthermore, by placing an excitonic material in the microcavity region, we are able to realize hybrid light–matter states (polaritons4–6), whose properties, such as coupling strength and eigenstate composition, can be controlled in real time by the concentration of ligand molecules in the solution and light pressure. These Casimir microcavities could find future use as sensitive and tunable platforms for a variety of applications, including opto-mechanics7, nanomachinery8 and cavity-induced polaritonic chemistry9. Gold nanoflake pairs form by self-assembly in an aqueous ligand solution and offer stable and tunable microcavities by virtue of equilibrium between attractive Casimir forces and repulsive electrostatic forces.

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Munkhbat B. et al. Tunable self-assembled Casimir microcavities and polaritons // Nature. 2021. Vol. 597. No. 7875. pp. 214-219.
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Munkhbat B., Canales A., Küçüköz B., Baranov D. G., Shegai T. O. Tunable self-assembled Casimir microcavities and polaritons // Nature. 2021. Vol. 597. No. 7875. pp. 214-219.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1038/s41586-021-03826-3
UR - https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41586-021-03826-3
TI - Tunable self-assembled Casimir microcavities and polaritons
T2 - Nature
AU - Munkhbat, Battulga
AU - Canales, Adriana
AU - Küçüköz, Betül
AU - Baranov, Denis G.
AU - Shegai, Timur O.
PY - 2021
DA - 2021/09/08 00:00:00
PB - Springer Nature
SP - 214-219
IS - 7875
VL - 597
SN - 0028-0836
SN - 1476-4687
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@article{2021_Munkhbat,
author = {Battulga Munkhbat and Adriana Canales and Betül Küçüköz and Denis G. Baranov and Timur O. Shegai},
title = {Tunable self-assembled Casimir microcavities and polaritons},
journal = {Nature},
year = {2021},
volume = {597},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
month = {sep},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41586-021-03826-3},
number = {7875},
pages = {214--219},
doi = {10.1038/s41586-021-03826-3}
}
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Munkhbat, Battulga, et al. “Tunable self-assembled Casimir microcavities and polaritons.” Nature, vol. 597, no. 7875, Sep. 2021, pp. 214-219. https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41586-021-03826-3.
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