title: Electrically driven plasmon mediated energy transfer between ZnO microwires and Au nanoparticles.
abstract: Electrically driven energy transfer between the surface defect states of ZnO quadrilateral microwires (MWs) and localized surface plasmon polaritons has been realized by means of introducing Au nanoparticles (NPs). An electroluminescence device with green emission using ZnO quadrilateral MWs, was fabricated. Once the Au NPs are sputtered on the surfaces of the ZnO MWs, the electroluminescence of the ZnO MWs will shift from green to red. Meanwhile, dual emissions were observed by means of sputtering Au NPs on a single ZnO MW periodically. Due to the Au NPs, electrically driven plasmon mediated energy transfer can achieve the modulation of amplifying, or quenching the surface defect emission. The relevant dynamic process of the surface plasmon mode mediated energy transfer was investigated. This new energy transfer method potentially offers an approach of modification and recombination of the surface defect state excitations of wide bandgap semiconductor materials.
authors.affiliation: State key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 3888 Dongnanhu Road, Changchun, 130033, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Ming-Ming
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Dong-Xu
authors.initials: DX
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: De-Zhen
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Shen