Max Julian Schnepf

DermaPurge

Polymer brushes, consisting of densely end-tethered polymers to a surface, can exhibit rapid and sharp conformational transitions due to specific stimuli, which offer intriguing possibilities for surface-based sensing of the stimuli. The key toward unlocking these possibilities is the development of methods to readily transduce signals from polymer...

In nanophotonics, there is a current demand for ultrathin, flexible nanostructures that are simultaneously easily tunable, demonstrate a high contrast, and have a strong response in photoluminescent polarization. In this work, the template‐assisted self‐assembly of water‐dispersed colloidal core–shell quantum dots into 1D light‐emitting sub‐microme...

A novel mechanism for well‐pronounced mechanochromism in blends of a π‐conjugated polymer based on reversible conformational transitions of a chromophore rather than caused by its aggregation state, is exemplified. Particularly, a strong stretching‐induced bathochromic shift of the light absorption, or hypsochromic shift of the emission, is found i...

The optical properties of nanoparticle assemblies can be tailored via hybridization of plasmon modes. Isotropic core/satellite superstructures made of spherical nanoparticles are known to exhibit coupled modes with a strongly scattering (radiative) character, which provide hot-spots yielding high activity in surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)...

Metallic nanostructures exhibit strong interactions with electromagnetic radiation, known as the localized surface plasmon resonance. In recent years, there is significant interest and growth in the area of coupled metallic nanostructures. In such assemblies, short‐ and long‐range coupling effects can be tailored and emergent properties, e.g., meta...

We present a fluorescent emitter (rhodamine B) coupled to a dielectric or metallic interface as well as a metallic cavity to study their radiative decay processes. Supported by finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations, we correlate the non-radiative and radiative decay rates with the absorption and scattering cross section efficiencies, res...

Nanorattles are metallic core-shell particles with core and shell separated by a dielectric spacer. These nanorattles have been identified as a promising class of nanoparticles, due to their extraordinary high electric-field enhancement inside the cavity. Limiting factors are reproducibility and loss of axial symmetry owing to the movable metal cor...

We demonstrate a template-assisted colloidal self-assembly approach for magnetic metasurfaces on macroscopic areas. The choice of anisotropic colloidal particle geometry, assembly pattern and metallic film is based on rational design criteria, taking advantage of mirror-charge effects for gold nanorods placed on gold film. Monodisperse gold nanorod...

Thermally processable soft material networks with adjustable mechanical properties made from very low molar mass alpha,omega-dithiol functionalized ABA triblock co-oligomers (alpha,omega-dithiol oligo(isoprene-b-styrene-b-isoprene) (TISIT)) using AgNP as thermally reversible cross-linking points are highlighted in the present work. Liquid TISIT oli...