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Synthesis, Characterization, and Functionalization of Hybrid Au/CdS and Au/ZnS Core/Shell Nanoparticles
Published on: March 2, 2016
Large enhancement of fluorescence efficiency from CdSe/ZnS quantum dots induced by resonant coupling to spatially
Jung-Hoon Song1, Tolga Atay, Sufei Shi
1Division of Engineering and Department of Physics, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA.
Abstract:
Nanoengineered fluorescent response is reported from semiconductor core-shell (CdSe/ZnS) quantum dots in proximity to the surface plasmon polariton field of periodic Ag nanoparticle arrays. Tuning the surface plasmon polariton resonance to the quantum dot exciton emission band results in an enhancement of up to approximately 50-fold in the overall fluorescence efficiency, in a design where each Ag nanoparticle is interconnected by a continuous Ag thin film. Propagating modes of surface plasmon resonances have a direct impact on the fluorescence enhancement.

