Title
Combined Use of Anisotropic Silver Nanoprisms with Different Aspect Ratios for Multi-Mode Plasmon-Exciton Coupling
Author
Naoto Takeshima, Kosuke Sugawa, Hironobu Tahara, Shota Jin, Masaki Noguchi, Yutaro Hayakawa, Yuhei Yamakawa, Joe Otsuki
Year
2020
Journal
Nanoscale Research Letters
Abstract
Absorption enhancement based on interaction between the localized surface plasmon (LSP) and molecular exciton is one of the most important phenomena for the development of high-performance solar devices. In this study, hybrids of plasmonic metal nanoparticles and dye molecules have been developed, which exhibit enhanced absorption at precisely tuned wavelengths in a visible region. The hybrids consist of a porphyrin derivative, which has four absorption peaks (Q-bands) in a range of 500–700 nm, and triangular silver nanoprisms (AgPRs), which are developed by us to exhibit precisely tuned LSP resonance wavelengths. Absorption enhancement over the whole Q-band range is induced by the combined use of three kinds of AgPRs of different aspect ratios. Furthermore, the quantitative evaluation of absorption enhancement based on the LSP-based fluorescence enhancement phenomenon has demonstrated that efficient absorption enhancement can be effected at multiple wavelengths.
Instrument
V-770, FP-8600
Keywords
Absorption, Fluorescence, Nanostructures, Materials, Optical properties