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Title: Probing plasmons in three dimensions by combining complementary spectroscopies in a scanning transmission electron microscope

Abstract

The nanoscale optical response of surface plasmons in three-dimensional metallic nanostructures plays an important role in many nanotechnology applications, where precise spatial and spectral characteristics of plasmonic elements control device performance. Electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) and cathodoluminescence (CL) within a scanning transmission electron microscope have proven to be valuable tools for studying plasmonics at the nanoscale. Each technique has been used separately, producing three-dimensional reconstructions through tomography, often aided by simulations for complete characterization. Here we demonstrate that the complementary nature of the two techniques, namely that EELS probes beam-induced electronic excitations while CL probes radiative decay, allows us to directly obtain a spatially- and spectrally-resolved picture of the plasmonic characteristics of nanostructures in three dimensions. The approach enables nanoparticle-by-nanoparticle plasmonic analysis in three dimensions to aid in the design of diverse nanoplasmonic applications.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [6];  [3];  [3];  [2];  [1]
  1. Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  2. Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States)
  3. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  4. Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States); Fisk Univ., Nashville, TN (United States)
  5. Fisk Univ., Nashville, TN (United States)
  6. National Univ. of Singapore (Singapore)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1337843
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1240028; OSTI ID: 1597758
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; FG02-01ER45916; FG02-09ER46554
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nanotechnology
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 27; Journal Issue: 15; Journal ID: ISSN 0957-4484
Publisher:
IOP Publishing
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; surface plasmons; electron energy loss spectroscopy; cathodoluminescence; scanning transmission electron microscopy

Citation Formats

Hachtel, Jordan A., Marvinney, Claire, Mouti, Anas, Mayo, Daniel, Mu, Richard R., Pennycook, Stephen J., Lupini, Andrew R., Chisholm, Matthew F., Haglund, R. F., and Pantelides, Sokrates T. Probing plasmons in three dimensions by combining complementary spectroscopies in a scanning transmission electron microscope. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1088/0957-4484/27/15/155202.
Hachtel, Jordan A., Marvinney, Claire, Mouti, Anas, Mayo, Daniel, Mu, Richard R., Pennycook, Stephen J., Lupini, Andrew R., Chisholm, Matthew F., Haglund, R. F., & Pantelides, Sokrates T. Probing plasmons in three dimensions by combining complementary spectroscopies in a scanning transmission electron microscope. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/27/15/155202
Hachtel, Jordan A., Marvinney, Claire, Mouti, Anas, Mayo, Daniel, Mu, Richard R., Pennycook, Stephen J., Lupini, Andrew R., Chisholm, Matthew F., Haglund, R. F., and Pantelides, Sokrates T. 2016. "Probing plasmons in three dimensions by combining complementary spectroscopies in a scanning transmission electron microscope". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/27/15/155202. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1337843.
@article{osti_1337843,
title = {Probing plasmons in three dimensions by combining complementary spectroscopies in a scanning transmission electron microscope},
author = {Hachtel, Jordan A. and Marvinney, Claire and Mouti, Anas and Mayo, Daniel and Mu, Richard R. and Pennycook, Stephen J. and Lupini, Andrew R. and Chisholm, Matthew F. and Haglund, R. F. and Pantelides, Sokrates T.},
abstractNote = {The nanoscale optical response of surface plasmons in three-dimensional metallic nanostructures plays an important role in many nanotechnology applications, where precise spatial and spectral characteristics of plasmonic elements control device performance. Electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) and cathodoluminescence (CL) within a scanning transmission electron microscope have proven to be valuable tools for studying plasmonics at the nanoscale. Each technique has been used separately, producing three-dimensional reconstructions through tomography, often aided by simulations for complete characterization. Here we demonstrate that the complementary nature of the two techniques, namely that EELS probes beam-induced electronic excitations while CL probes radiative decay, allows us to directly obtain a spatially- and spectrally-resolved picture of the plasmonic characteristics of nanostructures in three dimensions. The approach enables nanoparticle-by-nanoparticle plasmonic analysis in three dimensions to aid in the design of diverse nanoplasmonic applications.},
doi = {10.1088/0957-4484/27/15/155202},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1337843}, journal = {Nanotechnology},
issn = {0957-4484},
number = 15,
volume = 27,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Mar 02 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Wed Mar 02 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}

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