photoresponsive nanorods - By Rabih

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Uploaded by on Dec 7, 2006

organic nanorods, 200 nnm in diameter, move when irradiated with UV light. This process is reversible several times.

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  • How did you capture images in such detail of 200 nm ????

  • I used a digital CCD camera coupled to an Olympus microscope. The camera is cheap!

    Actually the other movie of the single nanorod is better because I was able to focus the microscope/camera using longer wavelength then switching to the longer wavelength to photodimerize the nanorod.

    Later Shizzy!!

  • Cool... but what are they for?

  • These are 200 nm thick, 60 micron long organic nanorods that move when irradiated with light. If we irradiate a bigger size chunk of this material say a 1 mm size crystal, it will fracture and turn to powder. This is a novel example of light initiated motion on the nanoscale. We could use them as nano-actuators or nano-engines.

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  • If you're just using an Olympus microscope at visible frequencies than these images are diffraction-limited.

    Have you thought about trying the experiment using a plasmonic superlens? You can get Lambda/8 resolution while still taking far-field images. Potentially you could more accurately resolve your structures, assuming they remained close to the axis of the superlens grating during filming.

  • If you're just using an Olympus microscope at visible frequencies than these images are diffraction-limited.

    Have you thought about trying the experiment using a plasmonic superlens? You can get Lambda/8 resolution while still taking far-field images. Potentially you could more accurately resolve your structures, assuming they remained close to the axis of the superlens grating during filming.

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