Gas sensors based on localized surface plasmon resonances: Synthesis of oxide films with embedded metal nanoparticles, theory and simulation, and sensitivity …

MS Rodrigues, J Borges, C Lopes, RMS Pereira… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
This work presents a comprehensive review on gas sensors based on localized surface
plasmon resonance (LSPR) phenomenon, including the theory of LSPR, the synthesis of …

Ceramics in art and archaeology: a review of the materials science aspects

P Sciau, P Goudeau - The European Physical Journal B, 2015 - Springer
Analytical techniques developed in the field of materials science are now widely applied to
objects of art and archaeology to gain information about the material composition and …

Volmer-Weber growth stages of polycrystalline metal films probed by in situ and real-time optical diagnostics

G Abadias, L Simonot, JJ Colin, A Michel… - Applied Physics …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
The Volmer-Weber growth of high-mobility metal films is associated with the development of
a complex compressive-tensile-compressive stress behavior as the film deposition proceeds …

Tuning the Refractive Index Sensitivity of LSPR Transducers Based on Nanocomposite Thin Films Composed of Noble Metal Nanoparticles Dispersed in TiO2

D Costa, MS Rodrigues, E Alves, NP Barradas… - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
This work reports on the development of nanoplasmonic thin films consisting of Au, Ag, or Au-
Ag nanoparticles dispersed in a TiO2 matrix and the optimization of the deposition …

Immobilization of Streptavidin on a Plasmonic Au-TiO2 Thin Film towards an LSPR Biosensing Platform

P Pereira-Silva, DI Meira, A Costa-Barbosa, D Costa… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Optical biosensors based on localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) are the future of
label-free detection methods. This work reports the development of plasmonic thin films …

Thin films of Ag–Au nanoparticles dispersed in TiO2: influence of composition and microstructure on the LSPR and SERS responses

J Borges, CG Ferreira, JPC Fernandes… - Journal of Physics D …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Thin films containing monometallic (Ag, Au) and bimetallic (Ag–Au) noble nanoparticles
were dispersed in TiO 2, using reactive magnetron sputtering and post-deposition thermal …

Optical modeling of multilayered coatings based on SiC (N) H materials for their potential use as high-temperature solar selective absorbers

A Soum-Glaude, I Bousquet, L Thomas… - Solar energy materials …, 2013 - Elsevier
SiCH thin films grown from Ar/tetramethylsilane plasmas (PECVD) were evaluated as
absorber layers in selective coatings for high-temperature solar receivers. SiCH coatings are …

Thin films composed of metal nanoparticles (Au, Ag, Cu) dispersed in AlN: The influence of composition and thermal annealing on the structure and plasmonic …

RP Domingues, MS Rodrigues, C Lopes, P Pedrosa… - Thin Solid Films, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, thin films composed of gold (Au), silver (Ag), and copper (Cu) metals, dispersed
in aluminium nitride (AlN), were prepared by reactive direct current magnetron sputtering …

Multipolar nanocube plasmon mode-mixing in finite substrates

C Cherqui, G Li, JA Busche, SC Quillin… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Facile control of the radiative and nonradiative properties of plasmonic nanostructures is of
practical importance to a wide range of applications in the biological, chemical, optical …

Gas sensing with nanoplasmonic thin films composed of nanoparticles (Au, Ag) dispersed in a CuO matrix

M Proença, MS Rodrigues, J Borges, F Vaz - Coatings, 2019 - mdpi.com
Magnetron sputtered nanocomposite thin films composed of monometallic Au and Ag, and
bimetallic Au-Ag nanoparticles, dispersed in a CuO matrix, were prepared, characterized …