TY - JOUR
T1 - Directional surface plasmon coupled chemiluminescence from nickel thin films
T2 - Fixed angle observation
AU - Weisenberg, Micah
AU - Aslan, Kadir
AU - Hortle, Elinor
AU - Geddes, Chris D.
PY - 2009/4/29
Y1 - 2009/4/29
N2 - Directional surface plasmon coupled chemiluminescence (SPCC) from nickel thin films is demonstrated. Free-space and angular-dependent SPCC emission from blue, green and turquoise chemiluminescent solutions placed onto nickel thin films attached to a hemispherical prism were measured. SPCC emission was found to be highly directional and preferentially p-polarized, in contrast to the unpolarized and isotropic chemiluminescence emission. The largest SPCC emission for all chemiluminescence solutions was observed at a fixed observation angle of 60°, which was also predicted by theoretical Fresnel calculations. It was found that nickel thin films did not have a catalytic effect on chemiluminescence emission.
AB - Directional surface plasmon coupled chemiluminescence (SPCC) from nickel thin films is demonstrated. Free-space and angular-dependent SPCC emission from blue, green and turquoise chemiluminescent solutions placed onto nickel thin films attached to a hemispherical prism were measured. SPCC emission was found to be highly directional and preferentially p-polarized, in contrast to the unpolarized and isotropic chemiluminescence emission. The largest SPCC emission for all chemiluminescence solutions was observed at a fixed observation angle of 60°, which was also predicted by theoretical Fresnel calculations. It was found that nickel thin films did not have a catalytic effect on chemiluminescence emission.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cplett.2009.03.041
DO - 10.1016/j.cplett.2009.03.041
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:64649089909
SN - 0009-2614
VL - 473
SP - 120
EP - 125
JO - Chemical Physics Letters
JF - Chemical Physics Letters
IS - 1-3
ER -