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- Adl, Sina M., et al.
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Revisions to the Classification, Nomenclature, and Diversity of Eukaryotes
- 2019
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In: Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. - : WILEY. - 1066-5234 .- 1550-7408. ; 66:1, s. 4-119
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This revision of the classification of eukaryotes follows that of Adl et al., 2012 [J. Euk. Microbiol. 59(5)] and retains an emphasis on protists. Changes since have improved the resolution of many nodes in phylogenetic analyses. For some clades even families are being clearly resolved. As we had predicted, environmental sampling in the intervening years has massively increased the genetic information at hand. Consequently, we have discovered novel clades, exciting new genera and uncovered a massive species level diversity beyond the morphological species descriptions. Several clades known from environmental samples only have now found their home. Sampling soils, deeper marine waters and the deep sea will continue to fill us with surprises. The main changes in this revision are the confirmation that eukaryotes form at least two domains, the loss of monophyly in the Excavata, robust support for the Haptista and Cryptista. We provide suggested primer sets for DNA sequences from environmental samples that are effective for each clade. We have provided a guide to trophic functional guilds in an appendix, to facilitate the interpretation of environmental samples, and a standardized taxonomic guide for East Asian users.
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- Zakomirnyi, Vadim, et al.
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Collective lattice resonances in arrays of dielectric nanoparticles : a matter of size
- 2019
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In: Optics Letters. - : OSA - The Optical Society. - 0146-9592 .- 1539-4794. ; 44:23, s. 5743-5746
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Collective lattice resonances (CLRs) in finite-sized 2Darrays of dielectric nanospheres have been studied via the coupled dipole approximation. We show that even for sufficiently large arrays, up to 100×100 nanoparticles (NPs),electric or magnetic dipole CLRs may differ significantly from the ones calculated for infinite arrays with the same NP sizes and interparticle distances. The discrepancy is explained by the existence of a sufficiently strong cross-interaction between electric and magnetic dipoles inducedat NPs in finite-sized lattices, which is ignored for infinite arrays. We support this claim numerically and propose an analytic model to estimate a spectral width of CLRs for finite-sized arrays. Given that most of the current theoretical and numerical researches on collective effects in arrays of dielectric NPs rely on modeling infinite structures, there ported findings may contribute to thoughtful and optimal design of inherently finite-sized photonic devices.
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- Zakomirnyi, Vadim, 1989-
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Multicomponent Resonant Nanostructures: Plasmonic and Photothermal Effects
- 2019
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Doctoral thesis (other academic/artistic)abstract
- In recent decades, plasmonic nanoparticles have attracted considerable attention due to their ability to localize electromagnetic energy at a scale much smaller than the wavelength of optical radiation. The study of optical plasmon waveguides (OPWs) in the form of chains of nanoparticles is important for modern photonics. However, the widespread use of OPWs is limited due to the suppression of the resonance properties of classical plasmon materials under laser irradiation. The study of the influence of nanoparticle heating on the optical properties of waveguides and the search for new materials capable of stable functioning at high temperatures is an important task.In this thesis, the processes occurring during heating of plasmon nanoparticles and OPWs are studied. For this purpose, a model was developed that takes into account the heat transfer between the particles of an OPW and the environment. The calculations used temperature-dependent optical constants. As one of possible ways to avoid thermal destabilization of plasmon resonanses, new materials for OPWs formed by nanoparticles were proposed. I show that titanium nitride is a promising thermally stable material, that might be useful for manufacturing of OPWs and that works in high intensity laser radiation.Another hot topic at present is the study of periodic structures of resonant nanoparticles. Periodic arrays of nanoparticles have a unique feature: the manifestation of collective modes, which are formed due to the hybridization of a localized surface plasmon resonance or a Mie resonance and the Rayleigh lattice anomaly. Such a pronounced hybridization leads to the appearance of narrow surface lattice resonances, the quality factor of which is hundreds of times higher than the quality factor of the localized surface plasmon resonance alone. Structures that can support not only electric, but also magnetic dipole resonances becomes extremely important for modern photonics on chip systems. An example of a material of such particles is silicon. Using the method of generalized coupled dipoles, I studied the optical response of arrays of silicon nanoparticles. It is shown that under certain conditions, selective hybridization of only one of the dipole moments with the Rayleigh anomaly occurs.To analyze optical properties of intermediate sized particles with N = 103-105 atoms and diameter of particle d < 12 nm an atomistic approach, where the polarizabilities can be obtained from the atoms of the particle, could fill an important gap in the description of nanoparticle plasmons between the quantum and classical extremes. For this purpose I introduced an extended discrete interaction model where every atom makes a difference in the formation optical properties of nanoparticles within this size range. In this range are first principal approaches not applicable due to the high number of atoms and classical models based on bulk material dielectric constants are not available due to high influence from quantum size effects and corrections to the dielectric constant. To parametrize this semi-empirical model I proposed a method based on the concept of plasmon length. To evaluate the accuracy of the model, I performed calculations of optical properties of nanoparticles with different shapes: regular nanospheres, nanocubes and nanorods. Subsequently, the model was used to calculate hollow nanoparticles (nano-bubbles).
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