Parole chiave: Optical forces; Machine learning and inverse design; Separation sciences; Chiral analytes; Biomarkers
EnantioSelex aims to conduct a fundamental study to inverse design a nanophotonic platform, based on dielectric/plasmonic metasurfaces, to separate optomechanically chiral biomolecules. By engineering epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) metasurfaces, we aim to achieve the levitation of chiral nanoparticles in the vicinity of ENZ substrates (axial forces). Such metasurfaces can also be nanopatterned with hybrid metal-dielectric nanostructures to imbue transversal field gradients and/or chiral optical activity (transversal forces). Taking advantage of these optomechanical forces will be implemented a sorting process to enable separation and recognition of right and left enantiomeric forms of chiral particles and target biomolecules.
Altro personale IPCF coinvolto nelle attività di ricerca: O. M. Maragò