title: Indium tin oxide nanoparticles with compositionally tunable surface plasmon resonance frequencies in the near-IR region.
abstract: Here we report the synthesis of conducting indium tin oxide (ITO) nanoparticles (NPs) and their surface plasmon resonance (SPR) properties. The SPR peaks of the ITO NPs can be easily tuned by changing the concentration of Sn doping from 3 to 30 mol %. The shortest SPR wavelength of 1618 nm in 10% Sn-doped ITO NPs may reflect the highest electron carrier density in the ITO NPs. The controllable SPR frequencies of metal oxides may offer a novel approach for noble-metal-free SPR applications. Unlike noble-metal nanostructures, ITO has no inter- and intraband transitions in the vis-near-IR region and represents a free-electron conduction, allowing us to systematically study the origin of optical effects arising from the SPRs of conduction electrons.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan. kanehara@chem.tsukuba.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanehara
authors.forename: Hayato
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koike
authors.forename: Taizo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshinaga
authors.forename: Toshiharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Teranishi
mesh_terms: D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance; D013499:Surface Properties; D017971:Tin Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D017971:Tin Compounds; C109984:indium tin oxide