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ArticleFrontiers in chemistry2018

Geometric Symmetry of Dielectric Antenna Influencing Light Absorption in Quantum-Sized Metal Nanocrystals: A Comparative Study.

Xinyan Dai, Kowsalya Devi Rasamani, Gretchen Hall, Rafaela Makrypodi, Yugang Sun

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Article in Frontiers in chemistry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Xinyan DaiDepartment of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Kowsalya Devi RasamaniDepartment of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Gretchen HallDepartment of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Rafaela MakrypodiDepartment of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Yugang SunDepartment of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States.

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Abstract

Silica nanoparticles, optically transparent in the visible spectral region, represent a class of dielectric antenna to tune the propagation and local field distribution of the visible light through surface scattering while the energy loss is minimized. The light scattering on the surface of silica nanoparticles include resonant scattering and random scattering that strongly depend on their geometry: spherical silica nanoparticles with the highest geometrical symmetry favors the light scattering resonances on the nanoparticle surfaces to promote resonant scattering while non-spherical silica nanoparticles mainly support random scattering. Both resonant scattering and random scattering of light on the silica nanoparticles are capable of enhancing the light absorption in quantum-sized metal nanocrystals attached to the surfaces of the silica nanoparticles. The contributions of resonant scattering and random scattering to the enhancement of light absorption have been compared and discussed. The understanding highlights the importance of the geometry of the silica nanoparticle antenna on the design and synthesis of composite materials for efficient light harvesting.

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dielectric antennaenhanced optical absorptionlight scatteringrandom scatteringresonant scattering

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PMID30386774
PMCPMC6198039

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