Authors: Yamada, Katsumi; Sone, Junji

Source: Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Volume 12, Number 1, January 2012 , pp. 403-409(7)

Publisher: American Scientific Publishers

Abstract:

Gold nano-rod array membranes (Au-NRM) were prepared by modification of the template method. A simple two-electrode device was assembled by holding an electrolyte solution between the Au-NRM and a transparent electrode. Small reflectance changes (less than 2%) in the visible band were induced on the Au-NRM surface by applying a DC voltage to the device. These changes could be visually observed. It was found based on a further evaluation that the reflectance changes responded very fast (less than 100 ms) to the DC voltage application, and were stable during the switching repetition (over 5000 times). When the cyclic scanning of the applied voltage to the device was carried out between −1.5 V and +1.5 V, the reflectance changes were increased over +1.0 V (−1.0 V). It was suggested from these experimental results that the reflectance changes were attributed to the surface oxidation and the deformation or mechanical motion of the Au nano-rod.

Keywords: TEMPLATE METHOD; ELECTROCHROMISM; AU NANO-ROD; PLASMON REFLECTION; MEMS

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2012.5333

Publication date: 2012-01-01

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