title: Highly tunable infrared extinction properties of gold nanocrescents.
abstract: The infrared extinction properties of gold nanocrescents fabricated using nanosphere template lithography were studied. The nanocrescents exhibit multiple, structurally tunable localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs) across a broad spectral range (560-3600 nm). Plasmon resonances in the infrared have large extinction efficiencies of approximately 20 and peaks as narrow as 0.07 eV. The nanocrescents also have high refractive index sensitivities (370-880 nm/RIU) that are proportional to the LSPR wavelengths. The sensing figure of merit measured for ensembles of nanocrescents is as high as 2.4 for near-infrared plasmon resonances.
authors: Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0850, USA.
authors: Rostislav
authors: R
authors: Bukasov
authors: Jennifer S
authors: JS
authors: Shumaker-Parry