화학공학소재연구정보센터
Current Applied Physics, Vol.19, No.11, 1245-1251, 2019
Broadband tunable plasmonic substrate using self-assembled gold-silver alloy nanoparticles
In the present work, a facile approach of Au-Ag alloy NPs fabrication is proposed for plasmonic inclusion applicative studies. These hybrid NPs were prepared by the sequential deposition of Ag, Au layers on a glass substrate via RF-sputtering followed by high-temperature annealing. Compositional and size controllability of the NPs was attained by changing the ratio of nominal thicknesses of the respective Au, and Ag layers during the deposition. LSPR red (blue) peak shift occurs with increasing layer thickness Au (Ag) signifying the peak sensitivity. The influence of geometrical, compositional, and background media for achieving LSPR-sensitivity is examined and validated by FDTD simulation studies. With the agreeable peak shift tendencies, the proposed study of broadband tunable LSPR-sensitivity is expected to provide a framework for a wide range of plasmonic applications.