Fabrication of an inverse opal structure of a hybrid metal-conducting polymer for plasmon-induced hyperthermia applications† † Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ra00342f

ABSTRACT: This paper describes the effective fabrication of an inverse opal (IO) structure for plasmon-induced hyperthermia applications using silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) doped in a conducting polymer of poly(3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene) (PEDOT). Indium tin oxide (ITO) substrates were firstly modified electrochemically by a layer of the inverse opal structure of PEDOT (IO-PEDOT). These as-prepared electrodes were subsequently used as working electrodes for electrodepositing AgNPs. The presence of plasmonic AgNPs doped inside a polymer network caused the hybrid of IO-PEDOT and AgNPs to generate significantly more heat than thin-film PEDOT, thin-film PEDOT/AgNPs, and IO-PEDOT under 532 nm laser irradiation. This is attributed to the synergistic effect of the large active area inverse opal structure a

SUBMITTER: Le Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9942106 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature