Monitoring of Localized Plasmon Resonance in an Inhomogeneous Ensemble of Silver Nanoparticles at the Boundary of Two Media

Abstract

Optical properties of an inhomogeneous ensemble of plasmonic silver nanoparticles obtained by thermal vacuum deposition at the interface between two media as this interface moves relative to the nanoparticles themselves have been studied. The movement was carried out due to thermally stimulated diffusion of nanoparticles into the polystyrene layer and due to the deposition of an additional layer of quartz on a granular film with nanoparticles on a quartz substrate. The frequency shifts of the inhomogeneous plasmon resonance of nanoparticles moving through the interface was to about two tens of nanometers.