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Förster Resonance Energy Transfer Between Molecules in the Vicinity of Graphene-Coated Nanoparticles

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The recent demonstration of the plasmonic-enhanced Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) between two molecules in the vicinity of planar graphene monolayers is further investigated using graphene-coated nanoparticles (GNP). Due to the flexibility of these nanostructures in terms of their geometric (size) and dielectric (e.g., core material) properties, greater tunability of the FRET enhancement can be achieved employing the localized surface plasmons. It is found that while the typical characteristic graphene plasmonic enhancements are manifested from using these GNPs, even higher enhancements can be possible via doping and manipulating the core materials. In addition, the broadband characteristics are further expanded by the closely spaced multipolar plasmon resonances of the GNPs.

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  1. For an interesting comment on graphene versus metal plasmonics, see [22].

  2. Note that Gaussian units have been used in this reference, and we have adopted the same unit system in the present work. The corresponding result for Eq. (3) in SI units can be found from Ref. [23]. Note also that all the numerical results obtained in this paper are independent of the unit system used in the theory.

  3. For a comment on the possible dependence on other factors such as the apparent quantum yield of the donor, see the paper by Chang et al. cited in Ref. [14].

  4. See also the paper by Xie et al. in Ref. [12].

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by Beijing Talent Fund (grant no. 2014000020124G061), as well as by the National Science Council of Taiwan through grant MOST 103-2112-M-019-003-MY3. PTL thanks Prof. Hai-Pang Chiang for his hosting during his visit to NTOU.

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  1. Department of Foundational Science, Institute of Applied Science, Beijing Union University, Chao Yang District, Beijing, 100101, China

    Tingting Bian

  2. Institute of Optoelectronic Sciences, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan, China

    Railing Chang

  3. Department of Physics, Portland State University, P. O. Box 751, Portland, OR, 97207, USA

    P. T. Leung

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Bian, T., Chang, R. & Leung, P.T. Förster Resonance Energy Transfer Between Molecules in the Vicinity of Graphene-Coated Nanoparticles. Plasmonics 11, 1239–1246 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-015-0167-0

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