| Name | Kodai Matsumoto |
|---|---|
| Affiliation | Graduate School of Engineering Department of Applied Chemistry |
| Title of the Research | Development of Three-Dimensional Chiral Plasmonic Meta-clusters with Circular Polarization Characteristics for Effective Utilization of Sunlight |
| Outline of Research | Circular polarization has potential applications in improving the efficiency of solar cells and promoting plant growth, and the development of high-performance dichroic circular polarizers (DCP) and meta-surfaces to enhance circular polarized photoluminescence (CPL) of chiral chromophores is expected. Asymmetric plasmonic nanostructures have been reported to exhibit circular dichroism and enhance CPL due to their unique electromagnetic properties, but their effects remain limited. In this study, 3D helical chiral plasmonic meta-clusters are developed by rolling up 2D plasmonic arrays like origami to demonstrate DCP and enhancement of CPL. |