Plasmonics and Its Applications

198 Pages·2019·7.245 MB·English

by  Grégory Barbillon (editor)

Plasmonics and
Its Applications
Edited by
Grégory Barbillon
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Plasmonics and Its Applications

Plasmonics and Its Applications
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Contents
AbouttheSpecialIssueEditor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Gre´goryBarbillon
PlasmonicsanditsApplications
Reprintedfrom:Materials2019,12,1502,doi:10.3390/ma12091502 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
TracyM.Mattox,D.KeithCoffman,InwhanRoh,ChristopherSimsandJeffreyJ.Urban
MovingthePlasmonofLaB6fromIRtoNear-IRviaEu-Doping
Reprintedfrom:Materials2018,11,226,doi:10.3390/ma11020226. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
TracyM.MattoxandJeffreyJ.Urban
Tuning the Surface Plasmon Resonance of Lanthanum Hexaboride to Absorb Solar Heat:
AReview
Reprintedfrom:Materials2018,11,2473,doi:10.3390/ma11122473 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
YoichiOgata,AnatoliyVorobyevandChunleiGuo
Optical Third Harmonic Generation Using Nickel Nanostructure-Covered Microcube
Structures
Reprintedfrom:Materials2018,11,501,doi:10.3390/ma11040501. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
AliHajjiah,IshacKandasandNaderShehata
EfficiencyEnhancementofPerovskiteSolarCellswithPlasmonicNanoparticles:ASimulation
Study
Reprintedfrom:Materials2018,11,1626,doi:10.3390/ma11091626 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
YangLiandMinghuiHong
Diffractive Efficiency Optimization in Metasurface Design via Electromagnetic Coupling
Compensation
Reprintedfrom:Materials2019,12,1005,doi:10.3390/ma12071005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
GuoweiLu,JianningXu,TeWen,WeidongZhang,JingyiZhao,AiqinHu,Gre´goryBarbillon
andQihuangGong
HybridMetal-DielectricNano-ApertureAntennaforSurfaceEnhancedFluorescence
Reprintedfrom:Materials2018,11,1435,doi:10.3390/ma11081435 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
GiovanniMagno,BenoitBe´lierandGre´goryBarbillon
Al/SiNanopillarsasVerySensitiveSERSSubstrates
Reprintedfrom:Materials2018,11,1534,doi:10.3390/ma11091534 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
AndreyK.Sarychev,AndreyIvanov,AndreyLagarkovandGre´goryBarbillon
LightConcentrationbyMetal-DielectricMicro-ResonatorsforSERSSensing
Reprintedfrom:Materials2019,12,103,doi:10.3390/ma12010103. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Ange´linaD’Orlando,MaximeBayle,GuyLouarnandBernardHumbert
AFM-NanoManipulationofPlasmonicMoleculesUsedas“Nano-Lens”toEnhanceRamanof
IndividualNano-Objects
Reprintedfrom:Materials2019,12,1372,doi:10.3390/ma12091372 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
XueHan,KunLiuandChangsenSun
PlasmonicsforBiosensing
Reprintedfrom:Materials2019,12,1411,doi:10.3390/ma12091411 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
v
ChristopheHumbert,ThomasNoblet,LaetitiaDalstein,BertrandBussonand
Gre´goryBarbillon
Sum-FrequencyGenerationSpectroscopyofPlasmonicNanomaterials:AReview
Reprintedfrom:Materials2019,12,836,doi:10.3390/ma12050836. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
PalaniappanSubramanian,DalilaMeziane,RobertWojcieszak,FranckDumeignil,
RabahBoukherroubandSabineSzunerits
Plasmon-InducedElectrocatalysiswithMulti-ComponentNanostructures
Reprintedfrom:Materials2019,12,43,doi:10.3390/ma12010043 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
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About the Special Issue Editor
Gre´goryBarbilloncompletedhisPhDinPhysics(2007)withgreatestdistinctionattheUniversity
of Technology of Troyes (France). He then obtained his Habilitation (HDR) in Physics (2013) at
the University of Paris Sud (Orsay, France). He has been a Professor of Physics at the Faculty
of Engineering “EPF-Ecole d’Inge´nieurs” (Sceaux, France) since his appointment in September
2017. His research interests are focused on plasmonics, nano-optics, nonlinear optics, biosensing,
optical sensing, condensed matter physics, nanophotonics, nanotechnology, surface-enhanced
spectroscopies,sumfrequencygenerationspectroscopy,materialschemistry,physicalchemistry,and
fluorescence.
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Editorial
Plasmonics and its Applications
GrégoryBarbillon
EPF-Ecoled’Ingénieurs,3bisrueLakanal,92330Sceaux,France;[email protected]
Received:1May2019;Accepted:4May2019;Published:8May2019
Abstract: Plasmonics is a quickly developing subject that combines fundamental research and
applicationsrangingfromareassuchasphysicstoengineering,chemistry,biology,medicine,food
sciences,andtheenvironmentalsciences.Plasmonicsappearedinthe1950swiththediscoveryof
surfaceplasmonpolaritons.Then,plasmonicswentthroughanovelimpulsioninmid-1970swhen
thesurface-enhancedRamanscatteringwasdiscovered.Nevertheless,itisinthislastdecadethata
verysignificantexplosionofplasmonicsanditsapplicationshasoccurred.Thus,thisspecialissue
reportsasnapshotofcurrentadvancesinthesevariousareasofplasmonicsanditsapplications
presentedintheformatofseveralarticlesandreviewswrittenbyworldwideresearchersofthistopic.
Keywords: plasmonics;sensing;surface-enhancedRamanscattering;sum-frequencygeneration;
third harmonic generation; surface-enhanced fluorescence; metasurfaces; catalysis; lanthanum
hexaboride;solarcell
1.Introduction
Plasmonics(ornanoplasmonics)isayoungtopicofresearch,whichispartofnanophotonicsand
nano-optics.Plasmonicsconcernstotheinvestigationofelectronoscillationsinmetallicnanostructures
and nanoparticles (NPs). Surface plasmons have optical properties, which are very interesting.
For instance, surface plasmons have the unique capacity to confine light at the nanoscale [1–3].
Moreover,surfaceplasmonsareverysensitivetothesurroundingmediumandthepropertiesofthe
materialsonwhichtheypropagate.Inadditiontotheabove,thesurfaceplasmonresonancescanbe
controlledbyadjustingthesize,shape,periodicity,andmaterialsnature.Indeed,thetechnological
progressallowsresearcherstoproducenewplasmonicsystemsbycontrollingalltheparameters
describedpreviously[4–14].Moreover,theoretical,computational,andnumericalsimulationtools
havebeendevelopedinthislastdecade,allowingforabetterunderstandingoftheopticalproperties
of plasmonic systems [1]. Thus, all these optical properties of plasmonic systems can enable a
greatnumberofapplications,suchasbiosensors[15–20],opticaldevices[21–24],andphotovoltaic
devices[25–28].
2.Synopsis
Thisspecialissueiscomposedoffivereviewarticles,fiveresearcharticles,andtwocommunications.
Thefirstpartofthelatterisdevotedtotheapplicationsofplasmonicstophysicsandengineering[29–33].
Concerningtheapplicationstophysics,suchasnon-linearoptics,Mattoxetal.demonstratedthecontrol
ofplasmonicpropertiesofLaB6viaEu-dopingonaspectralrangefromnear-infraredtoinfrared[29].
Then,Mattoxetal.presentedareviewonthetuningoftheplasmonicresonanceoflanthanumhexaboride
forapotentialapplicationtosolarheatabsorption[30]. Besides,Ogataetal. investigatedtheeffect
oftheplasmonicresonanceofmetallicnanostructuresontheopticalthirdharmonicgeneration(THG)
enhancementofnickelnanostructure-coveredmicrocubes[31]. Fortheapplicationtophotovoltaics,
Hajjiahetal. presented a simulation study of the efficiency enhancement of peroskite solar cells by
usingplasmonicnanoparticles[32]. Tofinishthisfirstpartdedicatedtophysicswiththeapplication
tometasurfaces,Lietal.proposedanovelcomputationalmethodinordertooptimizethecouplingof
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