Abstract
Plasmene nanosheets are free standing, one-particle thick superlattices from the self-assembly of plasmonic nanoparticles. Such nanosheets are a new class of two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials with unique materials properties that differ from the constituent nanoparticles or corresponding bulk materials. Their optical, mechanical and ion-transporting properties could be tuned by adjusting the sizes and shapes of constituent nanoparticles, and controlling the interparticle spacing during self-assembly process. Here, we first discuss the viable plasmene nanosheet-fabrication approaches including programmable assembly, micro-hole confined assembly, liquid-liquid interfacial assembly and air-water interfacial assembly. Then, we describe the unique plasmonic and mechanical properties of plasmene nanosheets. Such soft nanosheets could further shaped into one-dimensional (1D) nanoribbons and three-dimensional (3D) origami by focused ion beam lithography. Finally, we show how these properties can be utilized for various technical applications including mechanical resonator, surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate, drug identification and anti-counterfeit security label. We believe that plasmene nanosheets represent a “newborn” in the 2D materials family, which may lead to the design of novel metamaterials with unexpected applications.
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These researches were financially supported under the Australian Research Council’s Discovery projects funding schemes DP150103750 and DP140100052. This work was performed in part at the Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication (MCN) in the Victorian Node of the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF).
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Shi, Q., Dong, D., Si, K.J., Cheng, W. (2017). Fabrication, Properties and Applications of Plasmene Nanosheet. In: Geddes, C. (eds) Reviews in Plasmonics 2016. Reviews in Plasmonics, vol 2016. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48081-7_6
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