{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Kim JY"],"funding":["DOD | USN | Office of Naval Research (ONR)","Center of Complex Particle Systems (COMPASS)","DOD | USN | Office of Naval Research","National Science Foundation (NSF)","DOD | USAF | AMC | Air Force Office of Scientific Research","Center of Complex Particle Systems","DOD | USAF | AMC | Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)","National Science Foundation"],"pagination":["e2312082121"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10945859"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["121(11)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Chiral plasmonic surfaces with 3D \"forests\" from nanohelicoids should provide strong optical rotation due to alignment of helical axis with propagation vector of photons. However, such three-dimensional nanostructures also demand multi-step nanofabrication, which is incompatible with many substrates. Large-scale photonic patterns on polymeric and flexible substrates remain unattainable. Here, we demonstrate the substrate-tolerant direct-write printing and patterning of silver nanohelicoids with out-of-plane 3D orientation using circularly polarized light. Centimeter-scale chiral plasmonic surfaces can be produced within minutes using inexpensive medium-power lasers. The growth of nanohelicoids is driven by the symmetry-broken site-selective deposition and self-assembly of the silver nanoparticles (NPs). The ellipticity and wavelength of the incident photons control the local handedness and size of the printed nanohelicoids, which enables on-the-fly modulation of nanohelicoid chirality during direct writing and simple pathways to complex multifunctional metasurfaces. Processing simplicity, high polarization rotation, and fine spatial resolution of the light-driven printing of stand-up helicoids provide a rapid pathway to chiral plasmonic surfaces, accelerating the development of chiral photonics for health and information technologies."],"journal":["Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America"],"pubmed_title":["Direct-write 3D printing of plasmonic nanohelicoids by circularly polarized light."],"pmcid":["PMC10945859"],"funding_grant_id":["CHE-1807676","HQ00342010033","FA9550-20-1-0265","NSF 2243104.","ONR N000141812876","N00014-20-1-2479"],"pubmed_authors":["Pfaffenberger ZJ","Kim S","Turali Emre ES","Choi W","Kim JY","Biteen JS","Cha M","McGlothin C","Kotov NA"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Direct-write 3D printing of plasmonic nanohelicoids by circularly polarized light.","description":"Chiral plasmonic surfaces with 3D \"forests\" from nanohelicoids should provide strong optical rotation due to alignment of helical axis with propagation vector of photons. However, such three-dimensional nanostructures also demand multi-step nanofabrication, which is incompatible with many substrates. Large-scale photonic patterns on polymeric and flexible substrates remain unattainable. Here, we demonstrate the substrate-tolerant direct-write printing and patterning of silver nanohelicoids with out-of-plane 3D orientation using circularly polarized light. Centimeter-scale chiral plasmonic surfaces can be produced within minutes using inexpensive medium-power lasers. The growth of nanohelicoids is driven by the symmetry-broken site-selective deposition and self-assembly of the silver nanoparticles (NPs). The ellipticity and wavelength of the incident photons control the local handedness and size of the printed nanohelicoids, which enables on-the-fly modulation of nanohelicoid chirality during direct writing and simple pathways to complex multifunctional metasurfaces. Processing simplicity, high polarization rotation, and fine spatial resolution of the light-driven printing of stand-up helicoids provide a rapid pathway to chiral plasmonic surfaces, accelerating the development of chiral photonics for health and information technologies.","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Mar","modification":"2026-06-29T03:18:59.675Z","creation":"2025-05-18T12:54:27.533Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10945859","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38446854"],"doi":["10.1073/pnas.2312082121"]}}