| Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 255, 2021
EOS Annual Meeting (EOSAM 2021)
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| Article Number | 08002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Topical Meeting (TOM) 10- Optical Microsystems (OMS) | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202125508002 | |
| Published online | 18 November 2021 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202125508002
Simulation of the optical properties of gold nanoparticles on sodium alginate
1 CNR-IMM, u.o.s Bologna, via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
2 Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche “Paolo Fortunati” Università di Bologna, Italy
* e-mail: summonte@bo.imm.cnr.it
Published online: 18 November 2021
In this contribution, we report on the simulation of optical reflectance and transmittance (R&T) taken on a set of gold nanoparticles thin film, deposited on sodium alginate by magnetron sputtering. The gold layer is very thin, so that the films are not continuous and the material is arranged in nanostructured layers. R&T spectra are simulated using the Generalized Transfer Matrix method applied to the film-on-substrate model. The gold NP films are simulated using the Drude-Lorentz model, by taking into account that the optical function of nanostructured gold exhibits increased collision frequency and reduced relaxation time. Moreover, the signal of localized surface plasmon, evident in the spectra, is simulated by introducing a dedicated modified Lorentz oscillator. The experimental results are well reproduced by the applied model. All trends (amplitude and energy position of the plasmon oscillator, film thickness, relaxation time) are correlated with the deposition parameters. The procedure represents a useful tool in the characterisation of such nanoparticles thin films.
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