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Hamza AO, Al-Dulaimi A, Bouillard JSG, Adawi AM. Long-Range and High-Efficiency Plasmon-Assisted Förster Resonance Energy Transfer. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2023; 127:21611-21616. [PMID: 37969925 PMCID: PMC10641858 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c04281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Revised: 10/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 11/17/2023]
Abstract
The development of a long-range and efficient Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) process is essential for its application in key enabling optoelectronic and sensing technologies. Via controlling the delocalization of the donor's electric field and Purcell enhancements, we experimentally demonstrate long-range and high-efficiency Förster resonance energy transfer using a plasmonic nanogap formed between a silver nanoparticle and an extended silver film. Our measurements show that the FRET range can be extended to over 200 nm while keeping the FRET efficiency over 0.38, achieving an efficiency enhancement factor of ∼108 with respect to a homogeneous environment. Reducing Purcell enhancements by removing the extended silver film increases the FRET efficiency to 0.55, at the expense of the FRET rate. We support our experimental findings with numerical calculations based on three-dimensional finite difference time-domain calculations and treat the donor and acceptor as classical dipoles. Our enhanced FRET range and efficiency structures provide a powerful strategy to develop novel optoelectronic devices and long-range FRET imaging and sensing systems.
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Affiliation(s)
- Abdullah O. Hamza
- Department
of Physics, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, U.K.
- G.
W. Gray Centre for Advanced Materials, University
of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, U.K.
- Department
of Physics, College of Science, Salahaddin
University-Erbil, Erbil 44002, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
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- Department
of Physics, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, U.K.
- G.
W. Gray Centre for Advanced Materials, University
of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, U.K.
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- Department
of Physics, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, U.K.
- G.
W. Gray Centre for Advanced Materials, University
of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, U.K.
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- Department
of Physics, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, U.K.
- G.
W. Gray Centre for Advanced Materials, University
of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, U.K.
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Liu J, Wang Q, Sang X, Hu H, Li S, Zhang D, Liu C, Wang Q, Zhang B, Wang W, Song F. Modulated Luminescence of Lanthanide Materials by Local Surface Plasmon Resonance Effect. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 11:1037. [PMID: 33921613 PMCID: PMC8072723 DOI: 10.3390/nano11041037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2021] [Revised: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Lanthanide materials have great applications in optical communication, biological fluorescence imaging, laser, and so on, due to their narrow emission bandwidths, large Stokes' shifts, long emission lifetimes, and excellent photo-stability. However, the photon absorption cross-section of lanthanide ions is generally small, and the luminescence efficiency is relatively low. The effective improvement of the lanthanide-doped materials has been a challenge in the implementation of many applications. The local surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) effect of plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs) can improve the luminescence in different aspects: excitation enhancement induced by enhanced local field, emission enhancement induced by increased radiative decay, and quenching induced by increased non-radiative decay. In addition, plasmonic NPs can also regulate the energy transfer between two close lanthanide ions. In this review, the properties of the nanocomposite systems of lanthanide material and plasmonic NPs are presented, respectively. The mechanism of lanthanide materials regulated by plasmonic NPs and the scientific and technological discoveries of the luminescence technology are elaborated. Due to the large gap between the reported enhancement and the theoretical enhancement, some new strategies applied in lanthanide materials and related development in the plasmonic enhancing luminescence are presented.
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- Jinhua Liu
- School of Physical Science and Information Technology, Shandong Provinical Key Laboratory of Optical Communication Science and Technology, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252059, China; (J.L.); (S.L.); (D.Z.); (C.L.); (Q.W.); (B.Z.); (W.W.)
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- School of Physical Science and Information Technology, Shandong Provinical Key Laboratory of Optical Communication Science and Technology, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252059, China; (J.L.); (S.L.); (D.Z.); (C.L.); (Q.W.); (B.Z.); (W.W.)
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China; (X.S.); (H.H.)
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China; (X.S.); (H.H.)
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- School of Physical Science and Information Technology, Shandong Provinical Key Laboratory of Optical Communication Science and Technology, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252059, China; (J.L.); (S.L.); (D.Z.); (C.L.); (Q.W.); (B.Z.); (W.W.)
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- School of Physical Science and Information Technology, Shandong Provinical Key Laboratory of Optical Communication Science and Technology, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252059, China; (J.L.); (S.L.); (D.Z.); (C.L.); (Q.W.); (B.Z.); (W.W.)
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- School of Physical Science and Information Technology, Shandong Provinical Key Laboratory of Optical Communication Science and Technology, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252059, China; (J.L.); (S.L.); (D.Z.); (C.L.); (Q.W.); (B.Z.); (W.W.)
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- School of Physical Science and Information Technology, Shandong Provinical Key Laboratory of Optical Communication Science and Technology, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252059, China; (J.L.); (S.L.); (D.Z.); (C.L.); (Q.W.); (B.Z.); (W.W.)
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- School of Physical Science and Information Technology, Shandong Provinical Key Laboratory of Optical Communication Science and Technology, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252059, China; (J.L.); (S.L.); (D.Z.); (C.L.); (Q.W.); (B.Z.); (W.W.)
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- School of Physical Science and Information Technology, Shandong Provinical Key Laboratory of Optical Communication Science and Technology, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252059, China; (J.L.); (S.L.); (D.Z.); (C.L.); (Q.W.); (B.Z.); (W.W.)
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China; (X.S.); (H.H.)
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Hamza AO, Viscomi FN, Bouillard JSG, Adawi AM. Förster Resonance Energy Transfer and the Local Optical Density of States in Plasmonic Nanogaps. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:1507-1513. [PMID: 33534597 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c03702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) is a fundamental phenomenon in photosynthesis and is of increasing importance for the development and enhancement of a wide range of optoelectronic devices, including color-tuning LEDs and lasers, light harvesting, sensing systems, and quantum computing. Despite its importance, fundamental questions remain unanswered on the FRET rate dependency on the local density of optical states (LDOS). In this work, we investigate this directly, both theoretically and experimentally, using 30 nm plasmonic nanogaps formed between a silver nanoparticle and an extended silver film, in which the LDOS can be controlled using the size of the silver nanoparticle. Experimentally, uranin-rhodamine 6G donor-acceptor pairs coupled to such nanogaps yielded FRET rate enhancements of 3.6 times. This, combined with a 5-fold enhancement in the emission rate of the acceptor, resulted in an overall 14-fold enhancement in the acceptor's emission intensity. By tuning the nanoparticle size, we also show that the FRET rate in those systems is linearly dependent on the LDOS, a result which is directly supported by our finite difference time domain (FDTD) calculations. Our results provide a simple but powerful method to control FRET rate via a direct LDOS modification.
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Affiliation(s)
- Abdullah O Hamza
- Department of Physics and Mathematics, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, HU6 7RX Hull, U.K
- G. W. Gray Centre for Advanced Materials, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, HU6 7RX Hull, U.K
- Department of Physics, College of Science, Salahaddin University, Erbil, Iraq
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- Department of Physics and Mathematics, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, HU6 7RX Hull, U.K
- G. W. Gray Centre for Advanced Materials, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, HU6 7RX Hull, U.K
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- Department of Physics and Mathematics, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, HU6 7RX Hull, U.K
- G. W. Gray Centre for Advanced Materials, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, HU6 7RX Hull, U.K
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- Department of Physics and Mathematics, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, HU6 7RX Hull, U.K
- G. W. Gray Centre for Advanced Materials, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, HU6 7RX Hull, U.K
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Wei H, Pan D, Zhang S, Li Z, Li Q, Liu N, Wang W, Xu H. Plasmon Waveguiding in Nanowires. Chem Rev 2018; 118:2882-2926. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Hong Wei
- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- School of Physics and Technology, and Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-structures of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- School of Physics and Technology, and Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-structures of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Nano-Photonics and Nano-Structure (NPNS), Department of Physics, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Functional Materials and Devices, School of Information and Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Department of Physics and Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- School of Science, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
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- School of Physics and Technology, and Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-structures of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
- Institute for Advanced Studies, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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de Torres J, Ferrand P, Colas des Francs G, Wenger J. Coupling Emitters and Silver Nanowires to Achieve Long-Range Plasmon-Mediated Fluorescence Energy Transfer. ACS NANO 2016; 10:3968-3976. [PMID: 27019008 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b00287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The development of quantum plasmonic circuitry requires efficient coupling between quantum emitters and plasmonic waveguides. A major experimental challenge is to simultaneously maximize the surface plasmon propagation length, the coupling efficiency into the plasmonic mode, and the Purcell factor. Addressing this challenge is also the key to enabling long-range energy transfer between quantum nanoemitters. Here, we use a dual-beam scanning confocal microscope to carefully investigate the interactions between fluorescent nanoparticles and surface plasmons on single-crystalline silver nanowires. By exciting the fluorescent nanoparticles via nanowire surface plasmons, we maximize the light-matter interactions and reach coupling efficiencies up to 44% together with 24× lifetime reduction and 4.1 μm propagation lengths. This improved optical performance enables the demonstration of long-range plasmon-mediated fluorescence energy transfer between two nanoparticles separated by micrometer distance. Our results provide guidelines toward practical realizations of efficient long-range fluorescence energy transfer for integrated plasmonics and quantum nano-optics.
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- Juan de Torres
- CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel , UMR 7249, 13013 Marseille, France
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- CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel , UMR 7249, 13013 Marseille, France
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- Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, CNRS, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne (ICB) , UMR 6303, 21078 Dijon, France
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- CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel , UMR 7249, 13013 Marseille, France
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Chang R, Leung PT, Tsai DP. Effects of gain medium on the plasmonic enhancement of Forster resonance energy transfer in the vicinity of a metallic particle or cavity. OPTICS EXPRESS 2014; 22:27451-27461. [PMID: 25401893 DOI: 10.1364/oe.22.027451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We perform theoretical studies on the plasmonic enhancement for the Forster resonance energy transfer (FRET) between a donor and an acceptor molecule in the vicinity of a metallic particle or cavity, with focus on the possible role of the addition of a clad layer of gain material can play in such a process. The results show that while the plasmonic resonances can be shifted with higher order plasmonic enhancements emerged in the presence of such a layer of gain material, optimal enhancement of the FRET rate can be achieved when gain just balances with the loss in the metal. This then leads to the existence of an optimal thickness for the gain material layer, for both particle and cavity enhancement. In addition, it is observed that the FRET efficiency can always be increased with the coating of the gain material even at the dipole plasmonic resonance when nonradiative transfer from the donor to the metal is high, provided that the gain level is not beyond a certain critical value.
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Zhou S, Huang X, Li Q, Xie YM. A study of shape optimization on the metallic nanoparticles for thin-film solar cells. NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS 2013; 8:447. [PMID: 24168131 PMCID: PMC3874659 DOI: 10.1186/1556-276x-8-447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2013] [Accepted: 10/21/2013] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The shape of metallic nanoparticles used to enhance the performance of thin-film solar cells is described by Gielis' superformula and optimized by an evolutionary algorithm. As a result, we have found a lens-like nanoparticle capable of improving the short circuit current density to 19.93 mA/cm2. Compared with a two-scale nanospherical configuration recently reported to synthesize the merits of large and small spheres into a single structure, the optimized nanoparticle enables the solar cell to achieve a further 7.75% improvement in the current density and is much more fabrication friendly due to its simple shape and tolerance to geometrical distortions.
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- Shiwei Zhou
- Centre for Innovative Structures and Materials, School of Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne 3001, Australia
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- Centre for Innovative Structures and Materials, School of Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne 3001, Australia
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- School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Centre for Innovative Structures and Materials, School of Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne 3001, Australia
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