Tailored Optical Properties on the Macroscale by Template-Assisted Self-Assembly of Plasmonic Nanoparticles

The objective of this thesis is the development of comprehensive strategies for tailoring effective optical properties on the macroscale via controlled hierarchical surface-assembly of plasmonic nanoparticles. The fundamental concept pursued in this thesis can be divided into three sub-goals that are addressed in individual publications: (I) controlled large-scale synthesis of nanoscale building blocks, (II) organization of these building blocks into large-scale nanostructured surface-assemblies with tailored optical properties, and (III) characterization of the resulting optical properties. Along this line, this thesis is divided into three parts that are intimately linked by the underlying general concept. The first part addresses the controlled large-scale synthesis and subsequent surface modification of plasmonic building blocks. The second part deals with tailored effective anisotropic optical properties of macroscopic arrangements of aligned gold nanorods. The third part focuses on the efficient and homogeneous field-enhancement of close-packed assemblies of gold nanoparticles that serve as platforms for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy.

Level thesis:degree_level

thesis.doctoral

Grantor dc:publisher

Universität Bayreuth

Year

2015

Author dc:creator

• Tebbe, Moritz

Contributors dc:contributor

• Fery, Andreas

Repository record source_url

https://epub.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/2648/

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:epub.uni-bayreuth.de:2648