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View article: Dynamic Switching of Ferrocene and Plasmonic Interactions in Au/Self-Assembled Monolayer/Single Ag Nanocube Molecular Junctions
Dynamic Switching of Ferrocene and Plasmonic Interactions in Au/Self-Assembled Monolayer/Single Ag Nanocube Molecular Junctions Open
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Silver Nanocube Epitaxy via Nanogap‐Induced Electrostatics Open
Silver nanostructures are highly valued in nanophotonic devices due to their appealing plasmonic properties and affordability relative to gold. Yet, fabricating high‐quality, monocrystalline silver nanostructures, with full control over th…
View article: Dynamic switching of ferrocene and plasmonic interactions in Au/self-assembled monolayer/single Ag nanocube molecular junctions
Dynamic switching of ferrocene and plasmonic interactions in Au/self-assembled monolayer/single Ag nanocube molecular junctions Open
We report the redox switching of ferrocene moieties embedded in a double tunnel barrier plasmonic cavity fabricated from a click-chemistry self-assembled monolayers of ferrocenyl-alkylthiol on ultra flat gold surfaces, connected to a singl…
Designer Metasurfaces via Nanocube Assembly at the Air–Water Interface Open
The advent of metasurfaces has revolutionized the design of optical instruments, and recent advancements in fabrication techniques are further accelerating their practical applications. However, conventional top-down fabrication of intrica…
Encapsulation of Disodium‐EDTA in Electrospun Polymeric Fibers for the Detection of Heavy Metals Open
The contamination by heavy metals (HMs) is a pressing issue, due to their serious impact on the environment and human health. Therefore, the design and the development of a sensing material for their detection has gained a lot of attention…
Pushing the Limits of Capillary Assembly for the Arbitrary Positioning of Sub‐50nm Nanocubes in Printable Plasmonic Surfaces Open
The fabrication of high quality nanophotonic surfaces for integration in optoelectronic devices remains a challenge because of the complexity and cost of top–down nanofabrication strategies. Combining colloidal synthesis with templated sel…
Nanoparticle Imprint Lithography: From Nanoscale Metrology to Printable Metallic Grids Open
Large scale and low-cost nanopatterning of materials is of tremendous interest for optoelectronic devices. Nanoimprint lithography has emerged in recent years as a nanofabrication strategy that is high-throughput and has a resolution compa…
Design of infrared optical absorber using silver nanorings array made by a top-down process Open
This paper presents the numerical simulation and fabrication of a metasurface composed of silver nanorings with a split-ring gap. These nanostructures can exhibit optically-induced magnetic responses with unique possibilities to control ab…
Conductive TiN thin films grown by plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition: Effects of N-sources and thermal treatments Open
This work consists of optimizing TiN plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition using two different N-sources: NH 3 and N 2. In addition to maximizing the growth per cycle (GPC) and to shorten the deposition duration, comprehensive in situ an…
Nanocube Epitaxy for the Realization of Printable Monocrystalline Nanophotonic Surfaces Open
Plasmonic nanoparticles of the highest quality can be obtained via colloidal synthesis at low‐cost. Despite the strong potential for integration in nanophotonic devices, the geometry of colloidal plasmonic nanoparticles is mostly limited t…
Silver nanorings metasurface for enhanced absorption at optical frequencies Open
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Monocrystalline Methylammonium Lead Halide Perovskite Materials for Photovoltaics Open
Lead halide perovskite solar cells have been gaining more and more interest. In only a decade, huge research efforts from interdisciplinary communities enabled enormous scientific advances that rapidly led to energy conversion efficiency n…
Thin Functional Zeolite Layer Supported on Infrared Resonant Nano‐Antennas for the Detection of Benzene Traces Open
Infrared absorption spectroscopy is a powerful analytical tool that enables the identification of molecular species. The sensitivity of this technique, that is strongly limited by the small absorption cross‐section of molecular vibration, …
Nanoscale chiral valley-photon interface through optical spin-orbit coupling Open
Nanoscale chiral valley-photon interface Occupation of different valleys within the band structure of some materials can be used to encode information. That information is typically encoded in terms of the chirality or polarization of emit…
Integrating Sphere Microscopy for Direct Absorption Measurements of Single Nanostructures Open
Nanoscale materials are promising for optoelectronic devices because their physical dimensions are on the order of the wavelength of light. This leads to a variety of complex optical phenomena that, for instance, enhance absorption and emi…
Effect of surface roughness on metal enhanced fluorescence in planar substrates and optical fibers Open
We investigate the effect of the roughness of thin silver films on the performance of sensors that exploit metal enhanced fluorescence (MEF).Fluorescence enhancement of dye molecules of up to 47 times was observed on planar glass substrate…
Nanowires: Solution‐Grown Silver Nanowire Ordered Arrays as Transparent Electrodes (Adv. Mater. 5/2016) Open
Ordered arrays of metal nanowires are employed as transparent electrodes by E. C. Garnett and co-workers, as described on page 905. The subwavelength dimensions enable high transmittance, while the metal allows for low sheet resistance. Th…