Publication detail

Single-Shot Three-Dimensional Orientation Imaging of Nanorods Using Spin to Orbital Angular Momentum Conversion

FORDEY, T. BOUCHAL, P. SCHOVÁNEK, P. BARÁNEK, M. BOUCHAL, Z. DVOŘÁK, P. HRTOŇ, M. ROVENSKÁ, K. LIGMAJER, F. CHMELÍK, R. ŠIKOLA, T.

Original Title

Single-Shot Three-Dimensional Orientation Imaging of Nanorods Using Spin to Orbital Angular Momentum Conversion

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

The key information about any nanoscale system relates to the orientations and conformations of its parts. Unfortunately, these details are often hidden below the diffraction limit, and elaborate techniques must be used to optically probe them. Here we present imaging of the 3D rotation motion of metal nanorods, restoring the distinct nanorod orientations in the full extent of azimuthal and polar angles. The nanorods imprint their 3D orientation onto the geometric phase and space-variant polarization of the light they scatter. We manipulate the light angular momentum and generate optical vortices that create self-interference images providing the nanorods’ angles via digital processing. After calibration by scanning electron microscopy, we demonstrated time-resolved 3D orientation imaging of sub-100 nm nanorods under Brownian motion (frame rate up to 500 fps). We also succeeded in imaging nanorods as nanoprobes in live-cell imaging and reconstructed their 3D rotational movement during interaction with the cell membrane (100 fps).

Keywords

Nanorods Orientation imaging, Dark-field microscopy, Light angular momentum, Optical vortices, Space-variant polarization

Authors

FORDEY, T.; BOUCHAL, P.; SCHOVÁNEK, P.; BARÁNEK, M.; BOUCHAL, Z.; DVOŘÁK, P.; HRTOŇ, M.; ROVENSKÁ, K.; LIGMAJER, F.; CHMELÍK, R.; ŠIKOLA, T.

Released

25. 8. 2021

Publisher

American Chemical Society

Location

1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036, USA

ISBN

1530-6992

Periodical

Nano Letters

Year of study

21

Number

17

State

United States of America

Pages from

7244

Pages to

7251

Pages count

8

URL

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02278

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/201648

BibTex

@article{BUT172553,
  author="Tomáš {Fordey} and Petr {Bouchal} and Petr {Schovánek} and Michal {Baránek} and Zdeněk {Bouchal} and Petr {Viewegh} and Martin {Hrtoň} and Katarína {Rovenská} and Filip {Ligmajer} and Radim {Chmelík} and Tomáš {Šikola}",
  title="Single-Shot Three-Dimensional Orientation Imaging of Nanorods Using Spin to Orbital Angular Momentum Conversion",
  journal="Nano Letters",
  year="2021",
  volume="21",
  number="17",
  pages="7244--7251",
  doi="10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02278",
  issn="1530-6992",
  url="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02278"
}