Crystals (Aug 2020)

Plasmonic Photomobile Polymer Films

  • Riccardo Castagna,
  • Massimo Rippa,
  • Francesco Simoni,
  • Fulvia Villani,
  • Giuseppe Nenna,
  • Lucia Petti

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst10080660
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 8
p. 660

Abstract

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In this work, we introduce the approaches currently followed to realize photomobile polymer films and remark on the main features of the system based on a biphasic structure recently proposed. We describe a method of making a plasmonic nanostructure on the surface of photomobile films. The characterization of the photomobile film is performed by means of Dark Field Microscopy (DFM), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). Preliminary observations of the light-induced effects on the Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance are also reported.

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