[HTML][HTML] Colloidal self-assembly concepts for light management in photovoltaics

M Karg, TAF König, M Retsch, C Stelling… - Materials Today, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Colloidal particles show interaction with electromagnetic radiation at optical frequencies. At
the same time clever colloid design and functionalization concepts allow for versatile particle …

Colloidal photonic crystals for biomedical applications

J Liao, C Ye, P Agrawal, Z Gu, YS Zhang - Small Structures, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Colloidal photonic crystals (PCs) have attracted extensive interests because of their
excellent optical properties and advantages such as ease in preparation, cost‐effectiveness …

Metal-enhanced fluorescence platforms based on plasmonic ordered copper arrays: wavelength dependence of quenching and enhancement effects

K Sugawa, T Tamura, H Tahara, D Yamaguchi… - ACS …, 2013‏ - ACS Publications
Ordered arrays of copper nanostructures were fabricated and modified with porphyrin
molecules in order to evaluate fluorescence enhancement due to the localized surface …

Optimization of Ag-coated polystyrene nanosphere substrates for quantitative surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy analysis

WM Ingram, C Han, Q Zhang… - The Journal of Physical …, 2015‏ - ACS Publications
The optical properties of Ag-coated polystyrene nanospheres can be varied by changing the
vapor deposition angle θ. When θ< 55°, a sharp absorbance spectrum is observed, and for …

Fluorescence enhancement on large area self‐assembled plasmonic‐3D photonic crystals

G Chen, D Wang, W Hong, L Sun, Y Zhu, X Chen - Small, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Discontinuous plasmonic‐3D photonic crystal hybrid structures are fabricated in order to
evaluate the coupling effect of surface plasmon resonance and the photonic stop band. The …

Comparative analysis of polyol-synthesized ZnO nanoparticles through first− principles calculations and experimental characterization

TA Geleta - Materials Today Communications, 2024‏ - Elsevier
An extensive investigation was undertaken to examine the crucial properties of zinc oxide
(ZnO) in its hexagonal wurtzite crystal structure, with a focus on its structural, electronic, and …

Polarized SERS substrates with directionality, repeatability and orderability: an anisotropic Ag nanocavity array

X Tang, X Zhao, J Wen, J Liu, F Zhang, X Guo… - Journal of Materials …, 2022‏ - pubs.rsc.org
This paper reports the design and fabrication of an anisotropic Ag nanocavity array, which
mainly uses magnetron sputtering and ion beam etching techniques to get the ordered Ag …

Metal-coated microsphere monolayers as surface plasmon resonance sensors operating in both transmission and reflection modes

C Farcau - Scientific reports, 2019‏ - nature.com
Metal-coated microsphere monolayers (MCM) are a class of plasmonic crystals consisting of
noble metal films over arrays of self-assembled colloidal microspheres. Despite their ease of …

Plasmon resonance excitation enhances Raman emission and amplifies the molecular vibration on Au (1 1 1) film

G Simone, P de Ruijter - Applied Surface Science, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The enhancement of Raman scattering by localized plasmonic resonances has boosted
spectroscopic analysis down to the single-molecule level. Here, the simultaneous …

Efficient photocurrent enhancement from porphyrin molecules on plasmonic copper arrays: beneficial utilization of copper nanoanntenae on plasmonic photoelectric …

K Sugawa, D Yamaguchi, N Tsunenari… - Acs Applied Materials …, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
We demonstrated the usefulness of Cu light-harvesting plasmonic nanoantennae for the
development of inexpensive and efficient artificial organic photoelectric conversion systems …