Optical Devices based on Plasmonic Nanoparticles

Plasmonic nanoparticles-polymers hybrid materials are used for different optical applications such as polarizers, filters, and light wavelength modulators. Plasmonic nanoparticles inbedded in polymers have been shown to have been novel solution in nano-sensing, optoelectrical, and optomechanical applications. Plasmonic nanomaterials of different designs and compositions are prepared by new chemical techniques at a large scale. The Langmuir-Blodgett technique is used to assemble colloidally prepared plasmonic nanoparticles of tailored designs and structures with controlled organization on different substrates. Using ultra-high resolution imaging to probe the polymer structure of the nanoassembly, and characterize the optical, electrical, and thermal properties.