• 文献标题:   Controlling Subnanometer Gaps in Plasmonic Dimers Using Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MERTENS J, EIDEN AL, SIGLE DO, HUANG FM, LOMBARDO A, SUN ZP, SUNDARAM RS, COLLI A, TSERKEZIS C, AIZPURUA J, MILANA S, FERRARI AC, BAUMBERG JJ
  • 作者关键词:   localized plasmon, dimer, graphene, field enhancement, nanoparticle
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Cambridge
  • 被引频次:   138
  • DOI:   10.1021/nl4018463
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

Graphene is used as the thinnest possible spacer between gold nanoparticles and a gold substrate. This creates a robust, repeatable, and stable subnanometer gap for massive plasmonic field enhancements. White light spectroscopy of single 80 nm gold nanoparticles reveals plasmonic coupling between the particle and its image within the gold substrate. While for a single graphene layer, spectral doublets from coupled dimer modes are observed shifted into the near-infrared, these disappear for increasing numbers of layers. These doublets arise from charger-transfer-sensitive gap plasmons, allowing optical measurement to access out-of-plane conductivity in such layered systems. Gating the graphene can thus directly produce plasmon tuning.