亚波长十字型MIM等离子波导滤波器

运用时域有限差分方法(FDTD)方法数值研究了一种亚波长十字型金属—绝缘体—金属(MIM)等离子波导结构的透射属性.结果表明该结构的透射极小值与十字型切口的长度密切相关,表现出良好的滤波性质.十字型切口被直MIM等离子波导分为上下两段,每一段独立构成一个驻波谐振腔.当各段长度独立满足驻波谐振条件时,该结构均会产生透射极小值.     

等离激元纳米流体的光热特性研究

实验研究了利用金属纳米粒子的表面等离激元共振(LSPR)效应增强太阳能光热转换的可行性.采用光化学浸渍方法制备了一种TiO2/Ag复合结构纳米粒子.将这些纳米粒子分散于水中,超声振荡形成TiO2/Ag纳米流体,对其光热转换性能开展实验研究,分析纳米流体的浓度对光热转换性能的影响.结果表明:与不添加纳米粒子的纯水相比,等离激元粒子组成的纳米流体的光热转换性能大大提高.     

Bottom-up fabrication approaches to novel plasmonic materials

Recent research effort towards developing novel metal nanoparticles (NPs) and their ordered arrays have been motivated by the emergence of plasmonics. In particular, tuning the size, morphology, composition and the separation of metal NPs has allowed us to engineer the collective properties of plasmonic crystals for specific applications. Here we present our recent development of bottom-up growth methods and demonstrate convenience for the preparation of such plasmonic materials. By implementation of physical, chemical, or electrochemical deposition of a metal in combination with micromolding on two-dimensional colloidal crystals, metallic NPs with a variety of morphologies can be created in an ordered lattice. The prepared novel plasmonic crystals could find applications in optics, optoelectronics, materials science, sensing and biophysics.