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Minassian H, Melikyan A, Goncalves MR, Petrosyan P. Ti 3C 2T xMXene as surface-enhanced Raman scattering substrate. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2024; 35:415702. [PMID: 38906117 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ad5aa5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2024] [Accepted: 06/21/2024] [Indexed: 06/23/2024]
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The electromagnetic field enhancement mechanisms leading to surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) of R6G molecules near Ti3C2TxMXene flakes of different shapes and sizes are analyzed theoretically in this paper. In COMSOL simulations for the enhancement factor (EF) of SERS, the dye molecule is modeled as a small sphere with polarizability spectrum based on experimental data. It is demonstrated, for the first time, that in the wavelength range of500 nm-1000 nm, the enhancement of Raman signals is largely conditioned by quadrupole surface plasmon (QSP) oscillations that induce a strong polarization of the MXene substrate. We show that the vis-NIR spectral range quadrupole SP resonances are strengthened due to interband transitions (IBTs), which provide EF values of the order of 105-107in agreement with experimental data. The weak sensitivity of the EF to the shape and size of MXene nanoparticles (NPs) is interpreted as a consequence of the low dependence of the absorption cross-section of QSP oscillations and IBT on the geometry of the flakes. This reveals a new feature: the independence of EF on the geometry of MXene substrates, which allows to avoid the monitoring of the shape and size of flakes during their synthesis. Thus, MXene flakes can be advantageous for the easy manufacturing of universal substrates for SERS applications. The electromagnetic SERS enhancement is determined by the 'lightning rod' and 'hot-spot' effects due to the partial overlapping of the absorption spectrum of the R6G molecule with these MXene resonances.
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- Hayk Minassian
- A. Alikhanian National Science Laboratory, Alikhanyan Str. Build. 2, 0036 Yerevan, Armenia
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- Institute of Applied Problems of Physics of NAS, 25, Hr. Nersessian Str., 0014 Yerevan, Armenia
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- Yerevan State University, 1 Alek Manukyan Str., 0025 Yerevan, Armenia
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Minamimoto H, Oyamada N, Murakoshi K. Toward room-temperature optical manipulation of small molecules. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY C: PHOTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2023.100582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2023]
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Zhang Q, Hao L, Teng L, Zhao Q, Wang X, Tam WY. Characterizations for the photothermal effect of Rhodamine 6G using white-light interferometry and windowed Fourier transform. OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 31:864-876. [PMID: 36785134 DOI: 10.1364/oe.475964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2022] [Accepted: 11/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Photothermal phenomenon is one of the natural responses in light-matter interactions in which the energy of the incident light is converted into heat, resulting in a temperature increase in the illuminated material. This effect has a direct influence on the refractive index of the material such that its change of spectral dependency with temperature can be exploited for different applications. However, it is also important to separate/identify the thermal effect from the optical/electronic resonance effect to expand potential applications of light-matter interactions. In this work, we demonstrate the use of a white-light interferometry approach combined with a windowed Fourier transform method and a consistency-checking peak-fitting method to obtain the refractive index of an Rh6G-ethanol dye solution with a sensitivity of about ∼10-6 (RIU) for the visible range. Moreover, we also perform both static and dynamic measurements to study the photothermal effect of the Rh6G solution under external excitation. Importantly, we separate the optical and thermal effects due to the external excitation and obtain very good agreement with the experimental results by modeling the relative refractive index of the Rh6G solution with an expression consisting of spectrally a Fano-like resonance term and a linear dependent thermal term. We find that the response due to the optical effect is about ∼0.2 × 10-3 of that due to the thermal effect in the low-light regime. Our approach to separating the optical and thermal effects could shed light on other fields for potential applications through precision measurements of the transmission phase or refractive index.
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Oyamada N, Minamimoto H, Murakoshi K. Room-Temperature Molecular Manipulation via Plasmonic Trapping at Electrified Interfaces. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:2755-2764. [PMID: 35107293 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c12213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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For the motion control of individual molecules at room temperature, optical tweezers could be one of the best approaches to realize desirable selectivity with high resolution in time and space. Because of physical limitations due to the thermal fluctuation, optical manipulation of small molecules at room temperature is still a challenging subject. The difficulty of the manipulation also emerged from the variation of molecular polarizability depending on the choice of molecules as well as the molecular orientation to the optical field. In this article, we have demonstrated plasmonic optical trapping of small size molecules with less than 1 nm at the gap of a single metal nanodimer immersed in an electrolyte solution. In situ electrochemical surface-enhanced Raman scattering measurements prove that a plasmonic structure under electrochemical potential control realizes not only the selective molecular condensation but also the formation of unique mixed molecular phases which is distinct from those under a thermodynamic equilibrium. Through detailed analyses of optical trapping behavior, we established the methodology of plasmonic optical trapping to create the novel adsorption isotherm under applying an optical force at electrified interfaces.
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- Nobuaki Oyamada
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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Garcia J, Hrelescu C, Zhang X, Grosso D, Abbarchi M, Bradley AL. Quasi-Guided Modes in Titanium Dioxide Arrays Fabricated via Soft Nanoimprint Lithography. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:47860-47870. [PMID: 34591453 PMCID: PMC8517955 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c11456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Accepted: 09/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Reversible quasi-guided modes (QGMs) are observed in titanium dioxide (TiO2) metasurface arrays fabricated via soft nanoimprint lithography. A TiO2 layer between the nanopillar array and the substrate can facilitate the propagation of QGMs. This layer is porous, allowing for the tuning of the layer properties by incorporating another material. The presence of the QGMs is strongly dependent on the refractive index of the TiO2 layer. QGMs are not supported if the refractive index of the porous TiO2 is too low. It is demonstrated that after depositing R6G on the array QGMs can be observed as very strong and narrow reflectance peaks and transmittance dips. Furthermore, as the second material can penetrate through the pores into the layer it can experience the regions of high field enhancement associated with the QGMs. These results are of interest for a wide range of applications including but not limited to sensing, nonlinear optics, and emission control.
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- Jorge
A. Garcia
- School
of Physics and CRANN, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School
of Physics and CRANN, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School
of Physics and CRANN, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- CNRS,
Aix-Marseille Université, Centrale Marseille, IM2NP, UMR 7334, Marseille 13013, France
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- CNRS,
Aix-Marseille Université, Centrale Marseille, IM2NP, UMR 7334, Marseille 13013, France
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- School
of Physics and CRANN, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Kostjukova LO, Leontieva SV, Kostjukov VV. Vibronic absorption spectrum and electronic properties of methylene blue in aqueous solution: TD-DFT study. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.116369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Huang SY, Singh AK, Huang JS. Signal and noise analysis for chiral structured illumination microscopy. OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 29:23056-23072. [PMID: 34614578 DOI: 10.1364/oe.425670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Recently, chiral structured illumination microscopy has been proposed to image fluorescent chiral domains at sub-wavelength resolution. Chiral structured illumination microscopy is based on the combination of structured illumination microscopy, fluorescence-detected circular dichroism, and optical chirality engineering. Since circular dichroism of natural chiral molecules is typically weak, the differential fluorescence is also weak and can be easily buried by the noise, hampering the fidelity of the reconstructed images. In this work, we systematically study the impact of the noise on the quality and resolution of chiral domain images obtained by chiral SIM. We analytically describe the signal-to-noise ratio of the reconstructed chiral SIM image in the Fourier domain and verify our theoretical calculations with numerical demonstrations. Accordingly, we discuss the feasibility of chiral SIM in different experimental scenarios and propose possible strategies to enhance the signal-to-noise ratio for samples with weak circular dichroism.
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Busson B, Farhat M, Nini Teunda PJ, Roy S, Jarisz T, Hore DK. All-experimental analysis of doubly resonant sum-frequency generation spectra: Application to aggregated rhodamine films. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:224704. [PMID: 34241238 DOI: 10.1063/5.0048787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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A new method is proposed to analyze Doubly Resonant infrared-visible Sum-Frequency Generation (DR-SFG) spectra. Based on the transform technique, this approach is free from assumptions about vibronic modes, energies, or line widths and accurately captures through the overlap spectral function all required aspects of the vibronic structure from simple experimental linear absorption spectra. Details and implementation of the method are provided along with three examples treating rhodamine thin films about one monolayer thick. The technique leads to a perfect agreement between experiment and simulations of the visible DR-SFG line shapes, even in the case of complex intermolecular interactions resulting from J-aggregated chromophores in heterogeneous films. For films with mixed H- and J-aggregates, separation of their responses shows that the J-aggregate DR-SFG response is dominant. Our analysis also accounts for the unexplained results published in the early times of DR-SFG experiments.
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- Bertrand Busson
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut de Chimie Physique, UMR 8000, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut de Chimie Physique, UMR 8000, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3V6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3V6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3V6, Canada
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Al-Sharif HHT, Ziessel R, Waddell PG, Dixon C, Harriman A. Origin of Fluorescence from Boranils in the Crystalline Phase. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:2160-2172. [PMID: 32111115 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c00905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A small series of boranil complexes has been studied by fluorescence spectroscopy. Weakly fluorescent in most organic solvents at room temperature, the target compounds display bright emission in the crystalline phase. X-ray diffraction patterns obtained for single crystals indicate a distorted tetrahedral geometry around the O-B-N center with the boron atom being displaced from the plane of the heterobicyclic ring. Consideration of the various bond lengths in comparison with those of reference compounds indicates that the ancillary phenyl ring, bearing different para-substituents, does not make a prominent contribution to the molecular dipole moment in the solid state. Absorption and fluorescence spectra recorded for the crystals remain remarkably similar to those for liquid solutions and display large Stokes shifts. Proximity broadening is observed in one case. The nitrophenyl derivative exhibits additional absorption and emission bands unique to the solid state and could be indicative of an intermolecular charge-transfer transition. The optical properties are discussed in terms of the crystal packing diagrams.
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- Hatun H T Al-Sharif
- Molecular Photonics Laboratory, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Bedson Building, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, U.K
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- Molecular Photonics Laboratory, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Bedson Building, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, U.K
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- Crystallography Laboratory, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Bedson Building, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, U.K
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- NMR Laboratory, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Bedson Building, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, U.K
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- Molecular Photonics Laboratory, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Bedson Building, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, U.K
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Hu Y, Pérez-Mercader J. Microcapsules with Distinct Dual-Layer Shells and Their Applications for the Encapsulation, Preservation, and Slow Release of Hydrophilic Small Molecules. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:41640-41648. [PMID: 31595738 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b13699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Microcapsules with two distinct layers of shells were fabricated using an approach combining microfluidics and photopolymerization. Unlike conventional microcapsules with a single shell, a fluorinated oil layer was introduced between the lumen and the outer polymer shell. The fluorinated oil layer significantly suppresses the leakage of the encapsulated ingredients in the lumen and consequently gives the microcapsules remarkable slow release capability for hydrophilic small molecule-based payloads, such as Rhodamine 6G. The release period of Rhodamine 6G can be up to 4 months when using a photocurable resin as the shell material, and the release of Rhodamine 6G can be regulated via the osmolality of the incubation solution for porous hydrogel microcapsules. Even under maximum hypotonic conditions, the release period of Rhodamine 6G in the hydrogel microcapsules is at least 10 days. The slow release capability can be significantly enhanced (6 weeks or longer) by increasing the thicknesses of the hydrogel shell and fluorinated oil layer.
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- Yuandu Hu
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences , Harvard University , Cambridge , Massachusetts 02138 , United States
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences , Harvard University , Cambridge , Massachusetts 02138 , United States
- Santa Fe Institute , Santa Fe , New Mexico 87501 , United States
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Oggioni L, Pariani G, Zamkotsian F, Bertarelli C, Bianco A. Holography with Photochromic Diarylethenes. MATERIALS 2019; 12:ma12172810. [PMID: 31480569 PMCID: PMC6747824 DOI: 10.3390/ma12172810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2019] [Revised: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 08/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Photochromic materials are attractive for the development of holograms for different reasons: they show a modulation of the complex refractive index, meaning they are suitable for both amplitude and phase holograms; they are self-developing materials, which do not require any chemical process after the light exposure to obtain the final hologram; the holograms are rewritable, making the system a convenient reconfigurable platform for these types of diffractive elements. In this paper, we will show the features of photochromic materials, in particular diarylethenes in terms of the modulation of a transparency and refractive index, which are mandatory for their use in holography. Moreover, we report on the strategies used to write binary and grayscale holograms and their achieved results. The outcomes are general, and they can be further applied to other classes of photochromic materials in order to optimize the system for achieving high efficiency and high fidelity holograms.
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- Luca Oggioni
- INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, via E. Bianchi 46, 23807 Merate (LC), Italy
- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica 'Giulio Natta', P.zza L. da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano (MI), Italy
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- INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, via E. Bianchi 46, 23807 Merate (LC), Italy
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- Aix Marseille Universite, CNRS, CNES, LAM, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, 38 Rue Frédéric Joliot Curie, 13388 Marseille CEDEX 13, France
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica 'Giulio Natta', P.zza L. da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano (MI), Italy
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- INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, via E. Bianchi 46, 23807 Merate (LC), Italy.
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Chavez S, Rao VG, Linic S. Unearthing the factors governing site specific rates of electronic excitations in multicomponent plasmonic systems and catalysts. Faraday Discuss 2019; 214:441-453. [DOI: 10.1039/c8fd00143j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Direct electronic transitions act as a preferential dissipation pathway for plasmon energy in multicomponent plasmonic systems.
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- Steven Chavez
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
- Ann Arbor
- USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering
- University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
- Ann Arbor
- USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering
- University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
- Ann Arbor
- USA
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