Effect of spacer on size dependent plasmonic properties of triple layered spherical core-shell nanostructure

Gashaw Beyene Kassahun; Gashaw Beyene Kassahun

doi:10.3934/matersci.2020.6.788

AIMS Materials Science

2020, Volume 7, Issue 6: 788-799. doi: 10.3934/matersci.2020.6.788

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Effect of spacer on size dependent plasmonic properties of triple layered spherical core-shell nanostructure

Gashaw Beyene Kassahun ^,

Adama Science and Technology University, Adama, Ethiopia

Received: 19 August 2020 Accepted: 06 November 2020 Published: 27 November 2020

In this paper, the plasmonic property of triple layered ZnO@M@Au (M = spacer) spherical core-shell nanostructures embedded in a dielectrics host medium is investigated by varying core size, spacer thickness, shell thickness and dielectrics function of the host medium within the framework of the qausi-static approximation method. The absorption coefficient of ZnO@M@Au spherical triple layered core-shell nanostructures is effectively studied by optimizing the parameters with range of nano-inclusion size mainly in between 18 and 23 nm. In this triple layered core-shell nanostructure two plasonic resonances are found associated with spacer@Au and Au@medium interfaces. The tunability of the plasmon resonances of the composite systems enables it to exhibit very interesting material properties in a variety of applications extending from near-UV to near-infrared spectral region.
- spacer,
- triple layered core-shell nanostructure,
- surface plasmon resonance,
- absorption coefficient,
- dielectrics function
Citation: Gashaw Beyene Kassahun. Effect of spacer on size dependent plasmonic properties of triple layered spherical core-shell nanostructure[J]. AIMS Materials Science, 2020, 7(6): 788-799. doi: 10.3934/matersci.2020.6.788

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Abstract

In this paper, the plasmonic property of triple layered ZnO@M@Au (M = spacer) spherical core-shell nanostructures embedded in a dielectrics host medium is investigated by varying core size, spacer thickness, shell thickness and dielectrics function of the host medium within the framework of the qausi-static approximation method. The absorption coefficient of ZnO@M@Au spherical triple layered core-shell nanostructures is effectively studied by optimizing the parameters with range of nano-inclusion size mainly in between 18 and 23 nm. In this triple layered core-shell nanostructure two plasonic resonances are found associated with spacer@Au and Au@medium interfaces. The tunability of the plasmon resonances of the composite systems enables it to exhibit very interesting material properties in a variety of applications extending from near-UV to near-infrared spectral region.

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