Enhancing the Extinction Efficiency and Plasmonic Response of Bimetallic Nanoparticles of Au-Ag in Robust Thin Film Sensing Platforms.

Diana I Meira, Marco S Rodrigues, Joel Borges, Filipe Vaz

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Diana I MeiraPhysics Center of Minho and Porto Universities (CF-UM-UP), University of Minho, Campus de Azurém, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-6300-9243

Marco S RodriguesPhysics Center of Minho and Porto Universities (CF-UM-UP), University of Minho, Campus de Azurém, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-3291-0925

Joel BorgesPhysics Center of Minho and Porto Universities (CF-UM-UP), University of Minho, Campus de Azurém, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-7421-6902

Filipe VazPhysics Center of Minho and Porto Universities (CF-UM-UP), University of Minho, Campus de Azurém, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-5506-996X

University of Minho · PT

Funding

Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia EXPL/CTM-REF/0750/2021Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia SFRH/BD/143262/2019Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia UIDB/04650/2020

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Abstract

The extinction efficiency of noble metal nanoparticles (NPs), namely gold (Au) and silver (Ag), are dependent on their size and surrounding dielectric. Exploiting the Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance (LSPR) phenomenon, the composition and structure of the NPs might be tailored to achieve a configuration that optimizes their response (sensitivity) to environmental changes. This can be done by preparing a bimetallic system, benefiting from the chemical stability of Au NPs and the higher scattering efficiency of Ag NPs. To enhance the LSPR sensing robustness, incorporating solid supports in the form of nanocomposite thin films is a suitable alternative. In this context, the NPs composed of gold (Au), silver (Ag), and their mixture in bimetallic Au-Ag NPs, were grown in a titanium dioxide (TiO

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Au-Ag nanoparticleAuAg-TiO2 thin filmLocalized Surface Plasmon Resonance (LSPR)plasmonicsrefractive index sensitivity (RIS)

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PMID38067991

DOI10.3390/s23239618

PMCPMC10708804

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