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3D-tailored gold nanoparticles for light field enhancement and harvesting over visible-ir spectral range

  • Lorenzo Rosa
  • , Kai Sun
  • , Vygantas Mizeikis
  • , Sven Bauerdick
  • , Lloyd Peto
  • , Saulius Juodkazis*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Swinburne University of Technology
  • Hokkaido University
  • Shizuoka University
  • Raith GmbH

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Abstract

A method for practical area upscaling of nanopatterning for light-harvesting and photocatalytic applications is presented. Large area electron beam lithography is used to design patterns of simple-shape nanoparticles. After evaporation of gold, ion beam lithography is used to slice nanoparticles with grooves as narrow as 17 ± 3 nm in width for the required spectral performance and light field enhancement. It is demonstrated by systematic numerical simulations that cutting grooves into the Si and SiO 2 substrates up to a ?10 nm depth augments the volume where the light-field enhancement occurs. The dominant component of the field enhancement in the groove is |Ez|2, perpendicular to the substrate's surface. The application potential of 3D-tailored nanoparticles in light harvesting applications is discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5251-5256
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Physical Chemistry C
Volume115
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Apr 2011
Externally publishedYes

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