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Chirality-assisted lateral momentum transfer for bidirectional enantioselective separation.

ABSTRACT: Lateral optical forces induced by linearly polarized laser beams have been predicted to deflect dipolar particles with opposite chiralities toward opposite transversal directions. These "chirality-dependent" forces can offer new possibilities for passive all-optical enantioselective sorting of chiral particles, which is essential to the nanoscience and drug industries. However, previous chiral sorting experiments focused on large particles with diameters in the geometrical-optics regime. Here, we demonstrate, for the first time, the robust sorting of Mie (size ~ wavelength) chiral particles with different handedness at an air-water interface using optical lateral forces induced by a single linearly polarized laser beam. The nontrivial physical interactions underlying these chirality-dependent forces distinctly differ from those predicted for dipolar or geometrical-optics particles. The lateral forces emerge from a complex interplay between the light polarization, lateral momentum enhancement, and out-of-plane light refraction at the particle-water interface. The sign of the lateral force could be reversed by changing the particle size, incident angle, and polarization of the obliquely incident light.

SUBMITTER: Shi Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7160209 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Chirality-assisted lateral momentum transfer for bidirectional enantioselective separation.

Shi Yuzhi Y Shi Yuzhi Y Zhu Tongtong T Zhang Tianhang T Mazzulla Alfredo A Tsai Din Ping DP Ding Weiqiang W Liu Ai Qun AQ Cipparrone Gabriella G Sáenz Juan José JJ Qiu Cheng-Wei CW

Light, science & applications 20200416

Lateral optical forces induced by linearly polarized laser beams have been predicted to deflect dipolar particles with opposite chiralities toward opposite transversal directions. These "chirality-dependent" forces can offer new possibilities for passive all-optical enantioselective sorting of chiral particles, which is essential to the nanoscience and drug industries. However, previous chiral sorting experiments focused on large particles with diameters in the geometrical-optics regime. Here, w ...[more]

PMID: 32337026

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Chirality-assisted lateral momentum transfer for bidirectional enantioselective separation.

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Chirality-assisted lateral momentum transfer for bidirectional enantioselective separation.

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