title: Development of new localized surface plasmon resonance interfaces based on gold nanostructures sandwiched between tin-doped indium oxide films.
abstract: This article reports on the fabrication and characterization of plasmonic interfaces composed of a sandwiched structure comprising a tin-doped indium oxide (ITO) substrate, gold nanostructures (Au NSs), and a thin ITO film overcoating. The change in the optical characteristics of the ITO/Au NSs/ITO interfaces as a function of the ITO overlayer thickness (d(ITO) = 0-200 nm) was followed by recording UV-vis transmission spectra. The influence of the thickness of the ITO overcoating on the position and shape of the plasmonic signal is discussed. The possibility to functionalize the ITO/Au NSs/ITO interfaces chemically is demonstrated by covalently linking ethynyl ferrocene to azide-terminated ITO/Au NSs/ITO interfaces. The resulting interfaces were characterized using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), electrochemical (cyclic voltammetry and differential pulse voltammetry) techniques, and UV-vis transmission spectroscopy.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire (IRI, USR-3078) Parc de la Haute Borne, 50 avenue de Halley, BP 70478, 59658 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. joanna.niedziolka-jonsson@iri.univ-lille1.fr
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Niedziółka-Jönsson
authors.forename: Fatiha
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Barka
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Castel
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pisarek
authors.forename: Nacer
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bezzi
authors.forename: Rabah
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Boukherroub
authors.forename: Sabine
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authors.lastname: Szunerits