Enhanced structural color generation in aluminum metamaterials coated with a thin polymer layer

Cheng, Fei; Yang, Xiaodong; Rosenmann, Daniel; Stan, Liliana; Czaplewski, David; Gao, Jie

doi:10.1364/OE.23.025329

Title: Enhanced structural color generation in aluminum metamaterials coated with a thin polymer layer

Journal Article · Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Optics Express

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.23.025329· OSTI ID:1215672

Cheng, Fei ^[1]; Yang, Xiaodong ^[1]; Rosenmann, Daniel ^[2]; Stan, Liliana ^[2]; Czaplewski, David ^[2]; Gao, Jie ^[1]

Missouri Univ. of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO (United States). Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
Argonne National Lab., Argonne, IL (United States). Center for Nanoscale Materials.

A high-resolution and angle-insensitive structural color generation platform is demonstrated based on triple-layer aluminum-silica-aluminum metamaterials supporting surface plasmon resonances tunable across the entire visible spectrum. The color performances of the fabricated aluminum metamaterials can be strongly enhanced by coating a thin transparent polymer layer on top. The results show that the presence of the polymer layer induces a better impedance matching for the plasmonic resonances to the free space so that strong light absorption can be obtained, leading to the generation of pure colors in cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK) with high color saturation.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; CBET-1402743

OSTI ID:: 1215672

Journal Information:: Optics Express, Vol. 23, Issue 19; ISSN 1094-4087

Publisher:: Optical Society of America (OSA)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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