金纳米环双体尺寸和耦合效应对表面等离子体共振特性的影响

采用离散偶极子近似方法系统地研究了金纳米环双体的消光光谱及其电场分布. 计算结果表明, 金纳米环双体在耦合作用下的共振消光峰对应着不同振动模式, 改变金纳米环双体的排列方式、 间距和尺寸大小, 其表面等离子体共振消光峰发生红移或蓝移. 因此可以通过对金纳米环双体结构参数和排列方式的设定, 调节其表面等离子体共振消光峰的位置. 电场分布表明, 水平排列的金纳米环双体较单个金纳米环产生更强的局部表面增强电场. 适当的小间距, 较大的内外半径的金纳米环水平阵列更适合做表面增强拉曼散射的衬底, 在生物分子检测等领域具有潜在的应用.     

十字形银纳米结构的表面等离子体光子学性质

本文应用离散偶极子近似方法计算了十字形银纳米结构的消光光谱及其近场电场强度分布. 研究表明相比于单根纳米棒, 十字形纳米结构能够提供更强的表面电场; 由于相邻凸起间的电场耦合作用, 当入射光的偏振方向改变时, 在十字形纳米结构的侧表面总能激发出较强的电场.另外, 本文还系统地研究了十字形纳米结构的形貌参数对其表面等离子体共振峰的影响. 这些结果将会指导十字形纳米结构的制备, 以满足其在表面增强拉曼散射中的应用.     

金-银纳米棒异质二聚体的Fano共振及其传感性质研究

本文我们通过有限时域差分法模拟研究了金-银纳米棒异质二聚体的光学等离子体耦合。在消光谱中,发现较短的银纳米棒产生的偶极明模式和较长的金纳米棒产生的四极暗模式产生了干涉相消耦合,从而出现了Fano共振。通过改变金属纳米棒的长度、距离和周围环境可以调控Fano共振的共振波长和强度。金-银纳米棒异质二聚体对周围环境变化具有较高的灵敏度,其品质因数大于8.5。由于金银异质体有比较好的抗腐蚀性和比较低的生物毒性,这使得它有望成为新一代基于表面等离子体Fano共振的生物传感器和分子探测器。     

内嵌圆饼空心方形银纳米结构的光学性质

采用离散偶极子近似方法计算了内嵌圆饼空心方形银纳米结构的消光光谱以及其近场的电场强度分布,并进一步与空心方形纳米结构的消光光谱和表面电场做比较.结果表明,在耦合作用下内嵌圆饼空心方形银纳米结构不仅产生了新的共振模式,而且新的共振模式在传统表面增强拉曼散射的激发波长范围内,进而可以弥补由于实验上运用纳米切片法所制备的空心方形纳米结构尺寸较大导致其共振吸收峰在远红外波长范围的不足.此外,可以通过改变内嵌圆饼空心方形银纳米结构的形貌参数调节其表面等离子体共振峰的共振波长,以满足在表面增强拉曼散射、生物分子或化学分子探测上的应用.     

偏振方向及结构间耦合作用对空心方形银纳米结构表面等离子体共振的影响

空心方形纳米结构能够激发更大面积的增强电场,故其可以作为衬底用于表面增强拉曼散射.应用离散偶极子近似算法研究了空心方形银纳米结构的消光光谱及其近场电场分布与入射光偏振方向之间的关系.研究表明,空心方形银纳米结构的表面等离子体共振峰不随入射光偏振方向的改变而移动,但是其表面增强电场分布却强烈地依赖于入射光的偏振方向.另外,还讨论了空心方形银纳米结构间的耦合作用对其表面等离子体共振模式的影响.结果发现,可以通过调节结构间的距离来改变结构间的耦合作用,同时改变了表面等离子体共振峰的位置.这些结果将为理解闭合纳米 关键词： 空心方形银纳米结构 表面等离子体 偏振 电场耦合     

基于Ag纳米棒阵列的表面等离激元微型偏振器

采用静电近似理论计算了Ag纳米棒阵列在不同偏振光入射下的消光光谱。当入射光偏振方向平行于纳米棒长轴时会激发表面等离激元纵向振动模式,而当入射光偏振方向垂直于纳米棒长轴时会激发表面等离激元横向振动模式。基于两种模式共振波长的不同,采用Ag纳米棒阵列可以用来设计高性能的表面等离激元微型偏振器。Ag纳米棒阵列的偏振性能在纵向共振波长明显优于在横向共振波长,通过调节纳米棒的纵横比可以对纵向模式的共振峰位进行大范围调控。结果表明这种微型偏振器所适用的波长能够通过纳米棒的纵横比在可见到近红外波段范围内调控,而消光比和插入损耗能够通过纳米棒的直径和长度实现调控。     

D-核糖NIR-SERS光谱及其在金纳米棒表面吸附行为分析

本文采用种子生长法、利用双表面修饰剂制备了金纳米棒,其长径比为3.5:1。该金纳米棒的消光光谱显示:利用该方法制备的金纳米棒有两个表面等离子共振(SPR)峰,分别位于540nm和780nm处。其中780nm处的表面等离子共振峰靠近红外光谱区,可以与文中采用的激发光源(785nm激光)较好的匹配,从而有助于实现共振拉曼散射增强效应。本文以D-核糖(D-Ribose)为探测分子,基于金纳米棒进行了近红外表面拉曼散射(NIR-SERS)活性检测,从而获得了光谱重复性良好的NIR-SERS光谱图。同时,采用密度泛函理论(DFT),以B3LYP/6-31G和6-31G/LanL2DZ为基组函数,分别对D-核糖分子以及D-核糖分子与金原子形成的团簇进行结构优化和普通拉曼光谱(NR)计算,发现理论值和实验值符合较好。此外,文中对D-核糖的NIR-SERS谱带进行了分析和归属,发现当D-核糖分子吸附到金纳米粒棒上时,主要是以羟基上的氧原子(O9)吸附在金原子上而形成金属键。     

单一金纳米棒的光学及折射率传感特性研究

基于贵金属纳米粒子在折射率传感及探测中的应用,本文运用离散偶极近似,模拟计算了单一金纳米棒的远场消光光谱,研究了其偶极局域表面等离子体共振波长的可调性及折射率的传感特性。研究表明,通过调控金纳米棒的长径比,纳米棒的局域表面等离子体共振波长在可见至近红外波长范围内广泛可调;在可见与近红外波长范围内,该共振波长及对应的折射率灵敏度对纳米棒长径比的响应皆分别呈现出二次与线性的分段特征。此外,利用金介电函数虚部随入射光波长的变化关系,揭示了金纳米棒表面等离子体所对应的半高宽随该共振波长的变化规律;并利用长径比对金纳米棒的品质因子进行了优化,得到了优化的长径比。本文的研究结果对未来设计和制造性能优异的基于局域表面等离子体共振的传感/探测基底和元器件具有重要的理论指导意义。     

金纳米球壳对的局域表面等离激元共振特性分析

应用有限元方法, 研究金纳米球壳对的几何结构参数及物理参量对其表面等离激元共振的散射及消光光谱的影响, 并根据等离激元杂化理论进行了理论分析. 结果表明, 随着金壳厚度的增加, 金纳米球壳对的散射及消光共振峰先发生蓝移而后红移, 而随着金纳米球壳间隙的减小, 或者随着金纳米球壳的内核尺寸或内核介质折射率的增大, 散射及消光共振峰均发生红移; 随着金壳厚度或内核尺寸减小, 或者随着内核介质折射率增大, 金纳米球壳对的散射与消光共振强度减弱, 而随着金壳间隙的减小, 金纳米球壳对的散射共振强度先增强后减弱, 而消光共振强度逐渐增强, 数值模拟与理论分析一致.     

对称纳米棒三聚体结构的Fano共振特性研究

利用时域有限差分方法,理论研究了由中间短棒和两侧长棒构成的对称金纳米棒三聚体结构的光学性质,分析了结构参数和介电环境对其Fano共振特性的影响.结果表明:随着中间短棒长度、三棒整体尺寸或短棒两侧介质折射率的减小,Fano共振谷蓝移;棒间距的增大同样导致Fano共振谷蓝移,但边棒长度的变化对Fano共振谷位的影响较小;同时,随着纳米结构参数或介电环境的变化,Fano共振谷两侧共振峰强度发生改变,共振对比度先增大后减小.通过比较纳米结构截面的电磁场和电流密度矢量分布发现,共振谷两侧光谱强度的变化源于结构参数或介电环境引起的等离激元共振模式的改变.研究结果对基于Fano共振可控的纳米结构设计有一定的参考意义.     

Fano resonances in dipole-quadrupole plasmon coupling nanorod dimers

We theoretically investigate the plasmon coupling in metallic nanorod dimers. A pronounced dip is found in the extinction spectrum due to plasmonic Fano resonance, which is induced by destructive interference between the bright dipole plasmon of a short nanorod and the dark quadrupole plasmon of a long nanorod. This Fano interference can also be explained as the coupling between the bright and dark modes both supported by the whole dimer. The Fano resonance can be tuned by adjusting the spatial or spectral separation between two nanorods in the dimer.     

Tunable Fano resonances in heterogenous Al–Ag nanorod dimers

We theoretically investigate the plasmonic coupling in heterogenous Al–Ag nanorod dimers. A pronounced Fano dip is found in the extinction spectrum produced by the destructive interference between the bright dipole mode from a short Al nanorod and the dark quadrupole mode from a long Ag nanorod nearby. This Fano resonance can be widely tuned in both wavelength and amplitude by varying the rod dimensions and end geometry, the separation distance and the local dielectric environment. The Al–Ag heterogeneous nanorod dimer shows a high sensitivity to the surrounding environment with a local surface plasmon resonance figure of merit of 7.0, which enables its promising applications in plasmonic sensing and detection.     

Theoretical studies on the near field properties of non-concentric core-shell nanoparticle dimers

The concentric core-shell nanoparticle dimers have “hot spots” with enhanced electric fields in their junctions, which can be used in the surface enhanced Raman spectra analysis. Here the non-concentric core-shell nanoparticle dimers are proposed by introducing a shift between the dielectric core and the metal shell. By using the three dimensional finite difference time domain method, the plasmon resonances and the near field properties of the core-shell nanoparticle dimers affected by the non-concentric shift, dimer separation, excitation wavelength and polarization are analyzed in detail. The results show that the local near fields of the non-concentric core-shell nanoparticle dimers can be much more enhanced than those of the concentric ones. Also the plasmon resonance wavelengths of the dimers can be effectively tuned by the non-concentric shifts between the core and shell. The proposed nanostructures can have great potential in various near field applications.     

Tunable Fano resonances and plasmonic hybridization of gold triangle–rod dimer nanostructure

A gold dimer structure consisting of a notched triangle nanoslice and a rectangle nanorod is proposed to produce distinct Fano resonance. Owing to the coupling between the dipole plasmon mode of the nanorod and the dipole or quadrupole plasmon mode of the nanoslice, the extinction spectrum with a deep Fano dip is formed and can be well fitted by the Fano interference model for different geometry parameters. In addition, Fano resonance of the gold dimer nanostructure also intensely depends on the polarization direction of incident light. Moreover, Fano resonance of the triangle–rod trimer is also analyzed by adding another nanorod into the former dimer and exhibits the splitting of plasmonic resonant peak in high order coupling modes. The plasmonic hybridizations in these nanostructures have been analyzed for revealing the physical origin of the Fano resonance.     

Plasmon hybridization in nanorod dimers

Using the plasmon hybridization method we investigate the plasmon modes of nanorod dimers in axial and parallel orientations. We show that the plasmon modes of the system can be viewed as bonding and anti-bonding modes resulting from the hybridization of the plasmon modes of the individual nanorods. The dimer plasmon modes are found to depend sensitively on separation between the nanorods and on their relative spatial orientation. The calculated optical properties agree quantitatively with results from the numerical finite-difference time-domain method. The electric field enhancements are found to depend strongly on aspect ratio defined as the ratio of the major and minor radii, and on the relative orientation of the nanorods. For a nanorod dimer of fixed overall length, the maximum field enhancements are lower than those induced in a solid sphere dimer.     

Deviating from the nanorod shape: Shape-dependent plasmonic properties of silver nanorice and nanocarrot structures

Noble metallic nanostructures exhibit special optical properties resulting from excitation of surface plasmons. Among the various metallic nanostructures, nanorods have attracted particular attention because of their unique and intriguing shape-dependent plasmonic properties. Nanorods can support transverse and longitudinal plasmon modes, the latter ones depending strongly on the aspect ratio of the nanorod. These modes can be routinely tuned from the visible to the near-infrared spectral regions. Although nanorods have been investigated extensively, there are few studies devoted to nanostructures deviating from the nanorod shape. This review provides an overview of recent progress in the development of two kinds of novel quasi-one-dimensional silver nanostructures, nanorice and nanocarrot, including their syntheses, crystalline characterizations, plasmonic property analyses, and performance in plasmonic sensing applications.     

Synthesis of colloidal gold nanobones with tunable negative curvatures at end surface and their application in SERS

In this work, gold nanobones with the length from 50 to 70 nm were synthesized by a seed-mediated method. The plasmonic optical properties and the roles of gold seed amount in regulating the negative curvatures of the end surfaces of the gold nanobones have also been studied. Compared with the gold nanorods, a new middle surface plasmon resonance (SPR) peak appears in the absorption spectra due to the negative curvatures on the end surfaces of the gold nanobones. What is more, the surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) activities of gold nanobones are much stronger than that of gold nanorods. By controlling the amount of the gold seed, the wavelength of the middle SPR peak can be adjusted between 560 and 650 nm, and the corresponding negative curvature of the end surfaces could also be fine tuned. When the amount of gold seed reaches saturation, the end surfaces of nanobones have the strongest negative curvature, which results in the greatest SERS activity. This improved SERS has been attributed to the negative curvature-induced formation of the antenna dimers. The orientation of plasmon coupling between the antenna dimers is perpendicular to the nanobones. Thus, the hot spots at the ends of nanobones could always be created when the excitation beam polarization is either parallel or perpendicular to the nanobones. This negative curvature-dependent SERS enhancement lays the foundation for the extensive application of gold nanobones in SERS.     

Plasmonic nanoparticles and their analytical applications: A review

Plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs) have been reviewed herein for their fascinating optical properties in a wide spectral range and for their various applications. The surface plasmon resonance (SPR) bands of metal NPs can be tuned from visible to near infrared region by varying the shape of the metal NPs. As a result, the tuning of the SPR band over a spectral range is possible by making plasmonic NPs of different shapes. This review emphasizes fundamental studies of plasmonic NPs and nanocomposites with well-defined and controlled shapes that have several analytical applications such as molecular detection and determination in different fields. This review describes how oxidative etching and kinetic control can be utilized to manipulate the shape and optical properties of NPs. This review also describes the specific examples of the sensing applications of the localized surface plasmon resonance studies in which the researchers use both wavelength shift and surface-enhanced Raman scattering sensing to detect the molecules of chemical and biological relevance. The review ends with a perspective of the field, identifying the main challenges to be overcome and suggesting areas where the most promising developments are likely to happen in future.     

Tunable Omnidirectional Surface Plasmon Resonance in Cylindrical Plasmonic Structure

The tunable omnidirectional surface plasmon resonance in the optical range is theoretically demonstrated in a cylindrical plasmonic crystal by using rigorous coupled-wave analysis. The cylindrical plasmonic crystal consists of an infinite chain of two-dimensional cylindrical metal--dielectric-dielectric-metal structures. The dispersion relation of the cylindrical plasmonic crystal is obtained by calculating the absorptance as a function of a TM-polarized incident plane wave and its in-plane wave vector. The omnidirectional surface plasmon resonance can be tuned from UV region to visible region by adjusting the thickness of the cylindrical dielectric layers. The absorption spectrum of the infinite chain of nanocylinders is also investigated for comparison.     

Characteristics of plasmonic resonance in a sandwiched metamaterial nano film

We will investigate the surface plasmon (SP) resonances of a dielectric-sandwiched metamaterial thin film. The parameters of the metamaterial are chose so that it has both negative $\epsilon$ and μ in visible frequency range. We use transfer matrix method to calculate the attenuated total reflection (ATR) spectra of the layered system to investigate the variation of SP resonances and the associated resonance strength. The results show that, for both p- and s-polarized incident lights, the plasmonic resonances can be manipulated by changing the thickness of the metamaterial. Otherwise, the plasmonic resonance strength for each SP mode can be tuned to become a maximum with proper slab thickness and light frequency for both polarized lights.