Molecular Split-Ring Resonators Based on Metal String Complexes

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• 作者：Yao Shen ; Hsin-Yu Ko ; Qing Ai ; Shie-Ming Peng ; Bih-Yaw Jin
• 刊名：Journal of Physical Chemistry C
• 出版年：2014
• 出版时间：February 20, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：118
• 期：7
• 页码：3766-3773
• 全文大小：380K
• ISSN：1932-7455

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Metal string complexes or extended metal atom chains (EMACs) belong to a family of molecules that consist of a linear chain of directly bonded metal atoms embraced helically by four multidentate organic ligands. These four organic ligands are usually made up of repeating pyridyl units, single-nitrogen-substituted heterocyclic annulenes, bridged by independent amido groups. Here, in this paper, we show that these heterocyclic annulenes are actually nanoscale molecular split-ring resonators (SRRs) that can exhibit simultaneous negative electric permittivity and magnetic permeability in the UV鈥搗is region. Moreover, a monolayer of self-assembled EMACs is a periodic array of molecular SRRs which can be considered as a negative refractive index material. In the molecular scale, where the quantum-size effect is significant, we apply the tight-binding method to obtain the frequency-dependent permittivity and permeability of these molecular SRRs with their tensorial properties carefully considered.