{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Sygletou M"],"funding":["H2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions"],"pagination":["1881-1889"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8819857"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["126(4)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Understanding the interaction between plasmonic nanoparticles and transparent conductive oxides is instrumental to the development of next-generation photovoltaic, optoelectronic, and energy-efficient solid-state lighting devices. We investigated the optical response of hybrid media composed of gold nanoparticles deposited on aluminum-doped zinc oxide thin films with varying doping concentration by spectroscopic ellipsometry. The dielectric functions of bare AZO were addressed first, revealing doping-induced effects such as the band gap shift and the appearance of free carriers. In the hybrid media, a blue-shift of the localized surface plasmon resonance of Au NPs as a function of increasing Al doping of the substrate was observed, ascribed to the occurrence of a charge transfer between the two materials and the doping-dependent variation of the polarizability of the substrate."],"journal":["The journal of physical chemistry. C, Nanomaterials and interfaces"],"pubmed_title":["Doping-Dependent Optical Response of a Hybrid Transparent Conductive Oxide/Plasmonic Medium."],"pmcid":["PMC8819857"],"funding_grant_id":["799126"],"pubmed_authors":["Canepa M","di Bona A","Bisio F","Benedetti S","Sygletou M"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Doping-Dependent Optical Response of a Hybrid Transparent Conductive Oxide/Plasmonic Medium.","description":"Understanding the interaction between plasmonic nanoparticles and transparent conductive oxides is instrumental to the development of next-generation photovoltaic, optoelectronic, and energy-efficient solid-state lighting devices. We investigated the optical response of hybrid media composed of gold nanoparticles deposited on aluminum-doped zinc oxide thin films with varying doping concentration by spectroscopic ellipsometry. The dielectric functions of bare AZO were addressed first, revealing doping-induced effects such as the band gap shift and the appearance of free carriers. In the hybrid media, a blue-shift of the localized surface plasmon resonance of Au NPs as a function of increasing Al doping of the substrate was observed, ascribed to the occurrence of a charge transfer between the two materials and the doping-dependent variation of the polarizability of the substrate.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Feb","modification":"2025-04-04T09:00:15.942Z","creation":"2025-04-04T09:00:15.942Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8819857","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35145571"],"doi":["10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c07567"]}}