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Surface Plasmon Damping Quantified with an Electron Nanoprobe

Fabrication and synthesis of plasmonic structures is rapidly moving towards sub-nanometer accuracy in control over shape and inter-particle distance. This holds the promise for developing device components based on novel, non-classical electro-optical effects. Monochromated electron energy-loss spec...

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Autores principales: Bosman, Michel, Ye, Enyi, Tan, Shu Fen, Nijhuis, Christian A., Yang, Joel K. W., Marty, Renaud, Mlayah, Adnen, Arbouet, Arnaud, Girard, Christian, Han, Ming-Yong
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3578264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23425921
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep01312
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author Bosman, Michel
Ye, Enyi
Tan, Shu Fen
Nijhuis, Christian A.
Yang, Joel K. W.
Marty, Renaud
Mlayah, Adnen
Arbouet, Arnaud
Girard, Christian
Han, Ming-Yong
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Ye, Enyi
Tan, Shu Fen
Nijhuis, Christian A.
Yang, Joel K. W.
Marty, Renaud
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Arbouet, Arnaud
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Han, Ming-Yong
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description Fabrication and synthesis of plasmonic structures is rapidly moving towards sub-nanometer accuracy in control over shape and inter-particle distance. This holds the promise for developing device components based on novel, non-classical electro-optical effects. Monochromated electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) has in recent years demonstrated its value as a qualitative experimental technique in nano-optics and plasmonic due to its unprecedented spatial resolution. Here, we demonstrate that EELS can also be used quantitatively, to probe surface plasmon kinetics and damping in single nanostructures. Using this approach, we present from a large (>50) series of individual gold nanoparticles the plasmon Quality factors and the plasmon Dephasing times, as a function of energy/frequency. It is shown that the measured general trend applies to regular particle shapes (rods, spheres) as well as irregular shapes (dendritic, branched morphologies). The combination of direct sub-nanometer imaging with EELS-based plasmon damping analysis launches quantitative nanoplasmonics research into the sub-nanometer realm.
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spelling pubmed-35782642013-02-21 Surface Plasmon Damping Quantified with an Electron Nanoprobe Bosman, Michel Ye, Enyi Tan, Shu Fen Nijhuis, Christian A. Yang, Joel K. W. Marty, Renaud Mlayah, Adnen Arbouet, Arnaud Girard, Christian Han, Ming-Yong Sci Rep Article Fabrication and synthesis of plasmonic structures is rapidly moving towards sub-nanometer accuracy in control over shape and inter-particle distance. This holds the promise for developing device components based on novel, non-classical electro-optical effects. Monochromated electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) has in recent years demonstrated its value as a qualitative experimental technique in nano-optics and plasmonic due to its unprecedented spatial resolution. Here, we demonstrate that EELS can also be used quantitatively, to probe surface plasmon kinetics and damping in single nanostructures. Using this approach, we present from a large (>50) series of individual gold nanoparticles the plasmon Quality factors and the plasmon Dephasing times, as a function of energy/frequency. It is shown that the measured general trend applies to regular particle shapes (rods, spheres) as well as irregular shapes (dendritic, branched morphologies). The combination of direct sub-nanometer imaging with EELS-based plasmon damping analysis launches quantitative nanoplasmonics research into the sub-nanometer realm. Nature Publishing Group 2013-02-21 /pmc/articles/PMC3578264/ /pubmed/23425921 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep01312 Text en Copyright © 2013, Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
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Ye, Enyi
Tan, Shu Fen
Nijhuis, Christian A.
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Marty, Renaud
Mlayah, Adnen
Arbouet, Arnaud
Girard, Christian
Han, Ming-Yong
Surface Plasmon Damping Quantified with an Electron Nanoprobe
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title_short Surface Plasmon Damping Quantified with an Electron Nanoprobe
title_sort surface plasmon damping quantified with an electron nanoprobe
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3578264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23425921
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep01312
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