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Title: Thermodynamic theory of the plasmoelectric effect

Abstract

Resonant metal nanostructures exhibit an optically induced electrostatic potential when illuminated with monochromatic light under off-resonant conditions. This plasmoelectric effect is thermodynamically driven by the increase in entropy that occurs when the plasmonic structure aligns its resonant absorption spectrum with incident illumination by varying charge density. As a result, the elevated steady-state temperature of the nanostructure induced by plasmonic absorption is further increased by a small amount. Here, we study in detail the thermodynamic theory underlying the plasmoelectric effect by analyzing a simplified model system consisting of a single silver nanoparticle. We find that surface potentials as large as 473 mV are induced under 100 W/m2 monochromatic illumination, as a result of a 11 mK increases in the steady-state temperature of the nanoparticle. Hence, we discuss the applicability of this analysis for realistic experimental geometries, and show that this effect is generic for optical structures in which the resonance is linked to the charge density.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [1]
  1. FOM Institute AMOLF, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
  2. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (United States); Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
  3. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1255224
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-07ER46405
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Scientific Reports
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; nanoparticles; nanophotonics and plasmonics

Citation Formats

van de Groep, Jorik, Sheldon, Matthew T., Atwater, Harry A., and Polman, Albert. Thermodynamic theory of the plasmoelectric effect. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1038/srep23283.
van de Groep, Jorik, Sheldon, Matthew T., Atwater, Harry A., & Polman, Albert. Thermodynamic theory of the plasmoelectric effect. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep23283
van de Groep, Jorik, Sheldon, Matthew T., Atwater, Harry A., and Polman, Albert. 2016. "Thermodynamic theory of the plasmoelectric effect". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep23283. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1255224.
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title = {Thermodynamic theory of the plasmoelectric effect},
author = {van de Groep, Jorik and Sheldon, Matthew T. and Atwater, Harry A. and Polman, Albert},
abstractNote = {Resonant metal nanostructures exhibit an optically induced electrostatic potential when illuminated with monochromatic light under off-resonant conditions. This plasmoelectric effect is thermodynamically driven by the increase in entropy that occurs when the plasmonic structure aligns its resonant absorption spectrum with incident illumination by varying charge density. As a result, the elevated steady-state temperature of the nanostructure induced by plasmonic absorption is further increased by a small amount. Here, we study in detail the thermodynamic theory underlying the plasmoelectric effect by analyzing a simplified model system consisting of a single silver nanoparticle. We find that surface potentials as large as 473 mV are induced under 100 W/m2 monochromatic illumination, as a result of a 11 mK increases in the steady-state temperature of the nanoparticle. Hence, we discuss the applicability of this analysis for realistic experimental geometries, and show that this effect is generic for optical structures in which the resonance is linked to the charge density.},
doi = {10.1038/srep23283},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1255224}, journal = {Scientific Reports},
issn = {2045-2322},
number = ,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Mar 18 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Fri Mar 18 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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