Using highly uniform and smooth selenium colloids as low-loss magnetodielectric building blocks of optical metafluids

We systematically analyzed the magnetodielectric resonances of Se colloids for the first time in an attempt to utilize them as building blocks for all-dielectric optical metafluids. By taking advantages of the synergistic properties of Se colloids, including their (i) high-refractive-index at optical frequencies, (ii) unprecedented structural uniformity, and (iii) ready availability, we were able to observe Kerker-type directional light scattering, resulting from the efficient coupling between strong electric and magnetic resonances, directly from Se colloidal suspensions. Thus, the use of Se colloids as a generic magnetodielectric building block suggests the opportunity for the production of fluidic low-loss optical antennas, which can be processed via spin-coating and painting.