Tuning the near-infrared absorption of aromatic amines on tapered fibers sculptured with gold nanoparticles
Tuning the near-infrared absorption of aromatic amines on tapered fibers sculptured with gold nanoparticles
We discover an unexpected enhancement of the absorption of near-infrared light by aromatic amine overtones on photonic microfibers sculptured with gold nanoparticles. The adsorbed nanoparticles make the near-infrared spectroscopy of aromatic amines on microfibers feasible despite the small absorption cross-section of the molecular vibration overtones. We demonstrate that in the presence of gold nanomediators, the absorption of light by weak overtone transitions in N-methylaniline as a model analyte is dramatically enhanced. We attribute this effect to the increase of the mean trajectory of light in a microfiber due to its resonant scattering on metallic nanoparticles. The spectrally integrated transmittance scales with the concentration of nanoparticles to the power 1/6 - the phenomenon of diffusive propagation of light. Practical applications of the discovered effect will include the detection of aromatic amines for efficient treatment of metabolic disorders resulting from the amino acids deficiency, research in biomedicine, and a number of bedside applications.
diffusive propagation, light-matter interaction, Microfibers, N-methylaniline, nanoparticles, overtone spectroscopy, vibration spectroscopy
2200-2207
Karabchevsky, Alina
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Katiyi, Aviad
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Bin Abdul Khudus, Muhammad Imran Mustafa
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Kavokin, Alexey V.
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20 June 2018
Karabchevsky, Alina
26a2c158-ef26-43be-8f10-b37e04baa017
Katiyi, Aviad
41a80d8c-255d-4476-8731-b722e70b260d
Bin Abdul Khudus, Muhammad Imran Mustafa
2fe6e286-f479-4cd9-b03f-9278547cfd1c
Kavokin, Alexey V.
70ffda66-cfab-4365-b2db-c15e4fa1116b
Karabchevsky, Alina, Katiyi, Aviad, Bin Abdul Khudus, Muhammad Imran Mustafa and Kavokin, Alexey V.
(2018)
Tuning the near-infrared absorption of aromatic amines on tapered fibers sculptured with gold nanoparticles.
ACS Photonics, 5 (6), .
(doi:10.1021/acsphotonics.8b00025).
Abstract
We discover an unexpected enhancement of the absorption of near-infrared light by aromatic amine overtones on photonic microfibers sculptured with gold nanoparticles. The adsorbed nanoparticles make the near-infrared spectroscopy of aromatic amines on microfibers feasible despite the small absorption cross-section of the molecular vibration overtones. We demonstrate that in the presence of gold nanomediators, the absorption of light by weak overtone transitions in N-methylaniline as a model analyte is dramatically enhanced. We attribute this effect to the increase of the mean trajectory of light in a microfiber due to its resonant scattering on metallic nanoparticles. The spectrally integrated transmittance scales with the concentration of nanoparticles to the power 1/6 - the phenomenon of diffusive propagation of light. Practical applications of the discovered effect will include the detection of aromatic amines for efficient treatment of metabolic disorders resulting from the amino acids deficiency, research in biomedicine, and a number of bedside applications.
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e-pub ahead of print date: 29 March 2018
Published date: 20 June 2018
Keywords:
diffusive propagation, light-matter interaction, Microfibers, N-methylaniline, nanoparticles, overtone spectroscopy, vibration spectroscopy
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Local EPrints ID: 422281
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/422281
ISSN: 2330-4022
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Alina Karabchevsky
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Aviad Katiyi
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Muhammad Imran Mustafa Bin Abdul Khudus
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