Abstract
The investigation of the localized surface plasmon resonance for plasmonic nanoparticles has opened new perspectives for optical nanosensors. Nowadays, an issue in plasmonics is the development of large scale and low cost devices. We focus here on the Langmuir–Blodgett technique to self-organize gold nanoparticles (~7 nm) into rings (~60 nm) via polystyrene-b-polymethylmethacrylate templates. In particular, we investigated the optical properties of organized gold nanoparticle rings over large areas and report experimental evidence for plasmon resonances of both individual nanoparticles and collective modes. This paves the way for designing devices with multiple resonances in the visible-infra-red spectrum and developing optical sensors.
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Financial support of NanoMat (www.nanomat.eu) by the “Ministère de l’enseignement supérieur et de la recherche,” the “Conseil régional Champagne-Ardenne,” the “Fonds Européen de Développement Régional (FEDER) fund,” and the “Conseil général de l’Aube” is acknowledged. The authors thank the DRRT (Délégation Régionale à la Recherche et à la Technologie) of Champagne-Ardenne, le Fonds Québécois de la recherche sur la nature et les technologies (FQRNT), and the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for financial support. T. M. also thanks the CNRS via the chair «optical nanosensors» and the Labex ACTION project (contract ANR-11-LABX-01-01) for financial support.
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Lamarre, S.S., Sarrazin, A., Proust, J. et al. Optical properties of Au colloids self-organized into rings via copolymer templates. J Nanopart Res 15, 1656 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-013-1656-8
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