Dynamically modulating the surface plasmon resonance of doped semiconductor nanocrystals.

Garcia, Guillermo; Buonsanti, Raffaella; Runnerstrom, Evan L; Mendelsberg, Rueben J; Llordes, Anna; Anders, Andre; Richardson, Thomas J; Milliron, Delia J · Nano Lett · 2011

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Localized surface plasmon absorption features arise at high doping levels in semiconductor nanocrystals, appearing in the near-infrared range. Here we show that the surface plasmons of tin-doped indium oxide nanocrystal films can be dynamically and reversibly tuned by postsynthetic electrochemical modulation of the electron concentration. Without ion intercalation and the associated material degradation, we induce a > 1200 nm shift in the plasmon wavelength and a factor of nearly three change in the carrier density.