@article{2eea857dd06347c78e3fa54bca032d5a,
title = "Plasmon Energy Transfer in Hybrid Nanoantennas",
abstract = "Plasmonic metal nanoparticles exhibit large dipole moments upon photoexcitation and have the potential to induce electronic transitions in nearby materials, but fast internal relaxation has to date limited the spatial range and efficiency of plasmonic mediated processes. In this work, we use photo-electrochemistry to synthesize hybrid nanoantennas comprised of plasmonic nanoparticles with photoconductive polymer coatings. We demonstrate that the formation of the conductive polymer is selective to the nanoparticles and that polymerization is enhanced by photoexcitation. In situ spectroscopy and simulations support a mechanism in which up to 50\% efficiency of nonradiative energy transfer is achieved. These hybrid nanoantennas combine the unmatched light-harvesting properties of a plasmonic antenna with the similarly unmatched device processability of a polymer shell.",
keywords = "energy transfer, hybrid, nanoantenna, plasmonic, polymer",
author = "Collins, \{Sean S.E.\} and Searles, \{Emily K.\} and Tauzin, \{Lawrence J.\} and Minhan Lou and Luca Bursi and Yawei Liu and Jia Song and Charlotte Flatebo and Rashad Baiyasi and Cai, \{Yi Yu\} and Benjamin Foerster and Tianquan Lian and Peter Nordlander and Stephan Link and Landes, \{Christy F.\}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was primarily supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, CPIMS Program, under Award No. DE-339SC0016534. We also acknowledge funding from the Robert A. Welch Foundation (Grant C-1787 to C.F.L., Grant C-1664 to S.L., and C-1222 to P.N.). S.S.E.C. acknowledges support from the Smalley-Curl Institute at Rice University through a Carl \& Lillian Illig Fellowship. C.F. acknowledges support from a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship. This work was conducted in part using resources of the Shared Equipment Authority at Rice University. T.L. is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Solar Photochemistry Program under Award No. DE-SC0008798. We thank Dr. Eilaf Egap for useful discussions. Funding Information: This work was primarily supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, CPIMS Program, under Award No. DE-339SC0016534. We also acknowledge funding from the Robert A. Welch Foundation (Grant C-1787 to C.F.L., Grant C-1664 to S.L., and C-1222 to P.N.). S.S.E.C. acknowledges support from the Smalley-Curl Institute at Rice University through a Carl \& Lillian Illig Fellowship. C.F. acknowledges support from a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship. This work was conducted in part using resources of the Shared Equipment Authority at Rice University. T.L. is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Solar Photochemistry Program under Award No. DE-SC0008798. We thank Dr. Eilaf Egap for useful discussions. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} ",
year = "2021",
month = jun,
day = "22",
doi = "10.1021/acsnano.0c08982",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "15",
pages = "9522--9530",
journal = "ACS Nano",
issn = "1936-0851",
publisher = "American Chemical Society",
number = "6",
}