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The beginnings of plasmomechanics: towards plasmonic strain sensors

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This article exposes the beginnings of a new field which could be named as “plasmomechanics”. Plasmomechanics comes from the convergence between mechanics and plasmonics. Here we discuss a relatively recent topic whose technological aim is the development of plasmonic strain sensors. The idea is based on the ability to deduce Au nanoparticles (NPs) distance distributions from polarized optical extinction spectroscopy which could thus give access to material strains. Variations of interparticle distances distributions can indeed lead to variations of plasmonic coupling and thus to material color change as shown here experimentally and numerically for random Au NP assemblies deposited onto elastomer films.

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  1. Laboratory of Nanotechnology and Instrumentation in Optics (LNIO), ICD CNRS UMR 6281, University of Technology of Troyes, CS 42060, 10004, Troyes, France

    Thomas Maurer, Joseph Marae-Djouda, Arthur Gontier, Demetrio Macias, Pierre-Michel Adam & Roberto Caputo

  2. The Laboratory of Mechanical Systems and Concurrent Engineering, ICD CNRS UMR 6281, University of Technology of Troyes, CS 42060, 10004, Troyes, France

    Joseph Marae-Djouda, Guillaume Montay & Benoît Panicaud

  3. Ermess, EPF, Sceaux, France

    Joseph Marae-Djouda & Yazid Madi

  4. Center of Materials, Mines ParisTech, UMR CNRS 7633, BP 87, 91003, Evry Cedex, France

    Yazid Madi

  5. Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology (IEMN, CNRS-8520), Cité Scientifique, Avenue Poincaré, 59652, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France

    Gaëtan Lévêque

  6. Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland

    Ugo Cataldi & Thomas Bürgi

  7. Department of Physics and CNR-NANOTEC, University of Calabria, 87036, Rende, Italy

    Ugo Cataldi & Roberto Caputo

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Maurer, T., Marae-Djouda, J., Cataldi, U. et al. The beginnings of plasmomechanics: towards plasmonic strain sensors. Front. Mater. Sci. 9, 170–177 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11706-015-0290-z

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