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Molecular Plasmonic Cavities.

Daniel J Rizzo¹, Michael Riehs², Hang Liu³

¹Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States.

|September 11, 2025

Summary

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Researchers created molecular plasmonic cavities using C60 on graphene to control light. This technique allows tailoring surface plasmon polariton (SPP) mode volumes for enhanced light-matter interactions.

Keywords:

cavities charge transfer graphene plasmons polaritons

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Area of Science:

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Nanotechnology
Optoelectronics

Background:

Graphene offers a 2D platform for manipulating surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) with low losses.
Nanostructuring graphene can enhance light confinement and light-matter interactions via SPP cavity modes.

Purpose of the Study:

To engineer nanoscale plasmonic cavities using self-assembled C60 arrays on graphene.
To investigate the behavior of C60 assemblies as molecular plasmonic cavities.
To demonstrate a method for tailoring SPP mode volume.

Main Methods:

Utilized scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM).
Employed first-principles density functional theory (DFT) calculations.
Performed finite-element simulations.
Controlled C60 deposition to tune cavity dimensions.

Main Results:

C60 assemblies acted as molecular plasmonic cavities on graphene.
Precisely defined hole-doped regions were created in graphene.
Lateral dimensions of cavities were tuned to the SPP wavelength.
SPP cavity modes were verified, showing confined SPP patterns.

Conclusions:

Molecular self-assembly of C60 provides a straightforward method for engineering plasmonic cavities on graphene.
This approach enables tailored confinement of SPPs and enhanced light-matter interactions.
The findings offer a new scheme for controlling SPP mode volume in 2D materials.