Surface plasmon enhancement at a liquid-metal-liquid interface

    Authors

    I. Cohanoschi; A. Thibert; C. Toro; S. L. Zou;F. E. Hernandez

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Plasmonics

    Keywords

    surface plasmon resonance.; fluorescence enhancement; liquid-metal-liquid interface; RAMAN-SCATTERING; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULES; PARTICLE; 2-PHOTON; FILMS; EXCITATION; ABSORPTION; Chemistry, Physical; Nanoscience & Nanotechnology; Materials Science, ; Multidisciplinary

    Abstract

    Herein, we report the first experimental demonstration of surface plasmon enhancement at a liquid-metal liquid interface using a pseudo-Kretschmann geometry. Pumping gold nanoparticle clusters at the interface of a p-xylene -water mixture, we were able to measure a fluorescence enhancement of three orders of magnitude in Rose Bengal at an excitation wavelength of 532 nm. The observed increase is due to the local electric field enhancement and the reduction of the fluorescence lifetime of dye molecules in the close vicinity of the metal surface. Theoretical modeling using the T-matrix method of the electric field intensity enhancement of emulated surfaces supports the experimental results. This new approach will open a new road for the study of dynamic systems using plasmonics.

    Journal Title

    Plasmonics

    Volume

    2

    Issue/Number

    2

    Publication Date

    1-1-2007

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    89

    Last Page

    94

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000251354800006

    ISSN

    1557-1955

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