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ArticleRSC advances2023

Enhancement of infrared absorption through a patterned thin film of magnetic field and spin-coating directed self-assembly of gold nanoparticle stabilised ferrofluid emulsion.

Paul Okpozo, Yashashchandra Dwivedi, Dehong Huo, Ketan Pancholi

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Article in RSC advances, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Paul OkpozoSchool of Engineering, Sir Ian Wood Building, Robert Gordon University Garthdee Aberdeen AB10 7GJ UK k.pancholi2@rgu.ac.uk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2338-6669
Yashashchandra DwivediPhysics Department, National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra Kurukshetra 136119 India.
Dehong HuoSchool of Engineering, Newcastle University Newcastle NE1 7RU UK.
Ketan PancholiSchool of Engineering, Sir Ian Wood Building, Robert Gordon University Garthdee Aberdeen AB10 7GJ UK k.pancholi2@rgu.ac.uk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7662-7764
Robert Gordon University · GBNational Institute of Technology Kurukshetra · INNewcastle University · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Molecular vibration signals were amplified by the gold strip gratings as a result of grating resonances and nearby electric field hotspots. Colloidal gold island films exhibit similar enhancement; however, the uneven geometrical characteristics of these films restrict the tunability of the vibrational enhancement. Infrared absorption is enhanced by regular metallic patterns such as arrays of strips fabricated using a top-down approach such as nanolithography, although this technology is expensive and difficult. The significant infrared absorption may serve as tuneable antenna sensitization to improve the sensor performance. In this article, we present a simple one-step process for fabricating optically sensitive ordered arrays of a gold nanoparticle ferrofluid emulsion in polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) using a magnetic field-directed and spin-coating self-assembly (MDSCSA) process. Techniques such as UV-visible absorption, scanning electron microscopy, and grazing-angle infrared spectroscopy were used to evaluate various parameters associated with the nanostructures. Unlike the gold strips, the chain-like features in the iron oxide nanoparticle arrays were discontinuous. The fabricated chain-like ordered arrays have been shown to increase the local field to enhance the infrared absorption corresponding to the symmetric vibration of the -CH

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PMID37577102
PMCPMC10413183
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