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Three-dimensional plasmonic stereoscopic prints in full colour

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  • Xiao Ming Goh

    (Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research))

  • Yihan Zheng

    (National University of Singapore)

  • Shawn J. Tan

    (Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research))

  • Lei Zhang

    (National University of Singapore)

  • Karthik Kumar

    (Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research)
    Present address: Biomedical Research Council, A*STAR, 20 Biopolis Way, Singapore 138668, Singapore)

  • Cheng-Wei Qiu

    (National University of Singapore)

  • Joel K. W. Yang

    (Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research)
    Singapore University of Technology and Design)

Abstract

Metal nanostructures can be designed to scatter different colours depending on the polarization of the incident light. Such spectral control is attractive for applications such as high-density optical storage, but challenges remain in creating microprints with a single-layer architecture that simultaneously enables full-spectral and polarization control of the scattered light. Here we demonstrate independently tunable biaxial colour pixels composed of isolated nanoellipses or nanosquare dimers that can exhibit a full range of colours in reflection mode with linear polarization dependence. Effective polarization-sensitive full-colour prints are realized. With this, we encoded two colour images within the same area and further use this to achieve depth perception by realizing three-dimensional stereoscopic colour microprint. Coupled with the low cost and durability of aluminium as the functional material in our pixel design, such polarization-sensitive encoding can realize a wide spectrum of applications in colour displays, data storage and anti-counterfeiting technologies.

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  • Xiao Ming Goh & Yihan Zheng & Shawn J. Tan & Lei Zhang & Karthik Kumar & Cheng-Wei Qiu & Joel K. W. Yang, 2014. "Three-dimensional plasmonic stereoscopic prints in full colour," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 5(1), pages 1-8, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:5:y:2014:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms6361
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6361
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    1. Yu Zhang & Lidian Zhang & Chengqi Zhang & Jingxia Wang & Junchao Liu & Changqing Ye & Zhichao Dong & Lei Wu & Yanlin Song, 2022. "Continuous resin refilling and hydrogen bond synergistically assisted 3D structural color printing," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-11, December.

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