Nanostructuring Plasmonic Dendron Core-Shell Nanoparticles: Energy and Charge Transfer Applications

Organic-Inorganic hybrid nanomaterials and metamaterials accommodate interesting transport behavior when properly nanostructured by self-assembly or directed assembly. These hierarchical levels of relationships enable microscopic to the macroscopic transition of properties. Au nanoparticle plasmonics phenomena are well-known however, their utilizing beyond localized and propagating plasmons is the key to their appreciation of enhanced properties. This talk will highlight the use of dendron-based ligands of organic electro-active and electrochemically active organic molecules which can be used to enable specific energy and charge transfer properties with metal and quantum dot nanoparticles. Investigating these properties makes use of lateral ATR and surface-propagating plasmons methods, SPM, Electrochemistry, and fluorescence and scattering methods. The ability to control these transfer and transport properties enables new applications in sensing, solid-state display devices, sensors, and array structures that have macroscopic properties.