Title :
Control of chemical reactions in the vicinity of hyperbolic metamaterials and metallic surfaces
Author :
Peters, V.N. ; Tumkur, T.U. ; Noginov, M.A.
Author_Institution :
Center for Mater. Res., Norfolk State Univ., Norfolk, VA, USA
Abstract :
We show that photo-oxidation of organic semiconducting films can be controlled by geometry and composition of metallic and metal/dielectric substrates, in agreement with increase of the chemical reaction rate by the density of photonic states.
Keywords :
metamaterials; organic semiconductors; oxidation; photochemistry; reaction rate constants; semiconductor thin films; surface chemistry; chemical reaction control; chemical reaction rate; hyperbolic metamaterial vicinity; metal-dielectric substrate; metallic substrate; metallic surface; organic semiconducting film photooxidation; photonic state density; Absorption; Films; Gold; Metamaterials; Photonics; Substrates;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
