Abstract
We report on experimental and theoretical studies of plasmon-induced effects in a hybrid nanostructure composed of light-harvesting complexes and metallic nanoparticles in the form of semicontinuous silver film. The results of continuous-wave and time-resolved spectroscopy indicate that absorption of the light-harvesting complexes is strongly enhanced upon coupling with the metallic film spaced by 25 nm of a dielectric silica layer. This conclusion is corroborated by modeling, which confirms the morphology of the silver island film.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 115-121 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Plasmonics |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2012 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Absorption enhancement
- Artificial light harvesting
- Chlorophyll
- Fluorescence
- Hybrid nanostructure
- Light-harvesting complex
- Plasmon excitation
- Time-resolved fluorescence