Bio-INspired GOld metamaterials

Información del proyecto

BINGO

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 743543

DOI

10.3030/743543

Proyecto finalizado el 3 Mayo 2017

Fecha de la firma de la CE 9 Febrero 2017

Fecha de inicio 1 Marzo 2017

Fecha de finalización 28 Febrero 2019

Financiado con arreglo a

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Coste total

€ 183 454,80

Aportación de la UE

€ 183 454,80

Coordinado por

THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
United Kingdom

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - BINGO (Bio-INspired GOld metamaterials)

Período documentado: 2017-03-01 hasta 2019-02-28

Resumen del contexto y de los objetivos generales del proyecto

The main aim of this research project was to develop nature inspired gold metamaterials. Such metamaterials could open new ways for designing novel devices in the field of imaging, electronics and sensing. The key novelty of the action was to use self-assembled cellulose nanocrystals as templates to fabricate gold morphologies with chiral periodic organization. The cellulose-assisted synthesis of gold metamaterials has a potential to open a new green pathway for fabrication of novel metamaterials and potentially can become a breakthrough technique in metamaterial engineering.

Trabajo realizado desde el comienzo del proyecto hasta el final del período abarcado por el informe y los principales resultados hasta la fecha

The main achievemnt of the fellowship was the development of a synthesis procedure toward nanoscale gold with chiral geometry. The tasks performed during the internship included: (i) extraction of cellulose nanocrystals from bulk cellulose, (II) their self-assembly to chiral nematic films, (III) wet-chemical synthesis of gold inside chiral cellulose templates. The proposed method allows tuning the dimensions of gold grains while retaining the structural properties of the scaffold. Further optimization of the procedure combined with the advanced optical characterization measurements can lead to the development of new metamaterial.

Avances que van más allá del estado de la técnica e impacto potencial esperado (incluida la repercusión socioeconómica y las implicaciones sociales más amplias del proyecto hasta la fecha)

The main achievement of the fellowship was the development of a new synthesis concept for the gold synthesis inside chiral cellulose scaffolds. The preliminary experiments demonstrate that the proposed method is a very straightforward and powerful approach, because it allows tuning plasmonic properties of gold and structural coloration of cellulose independently from each other, which to the best of our knowledge, has not been reported yet.
Exploiting natural materials can lead to a more sustainable use of resources, which is a key requirement for the sustainable development of modern society and industry. The development of metamaterials mimicking the natural self-organization of cellulose nanocrystals can open a new area in metamaterial design for super-resolution imaging, ultra-sensitive sensing and cloaking. The method developed in this action can be generalized to semiconductors and metallic materials, other than gold, which can potentially reveal new exciting applications in the fields of sustainable energy, medicine and electronics.

Mosaics made of differently coloured Au/CNC nanocomposites and imaged in front and back illumination

Gold synthesis inside a chiral cellulose film