Magnesium plasmonics for UV applications and chiral sensing

Hyeon-Ho Jeong; Andrew G Mark; Peer Fischer

doi:10.1039/c6cc06800f

Magnesium plasmonics for UV applications and chiral sensing

Chem Commun (Camb). 2016 Oct 6;52(82):12179-12182. doi: 10.1039/c6cc06800f.

Authors

Hyeon-Ho Jeong¹, Andrew G Mark², Peer Fischer³

Affiliations

¹ Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Heisenbergstr. 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany and Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
² Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Heisenbergstr. 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
³ Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Heisenbergstr. 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany and Institute for Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany. [email protected].

PMID: 27711338
DOI: 10.1039/c6cc06800f

Abstract

We demonstrate that chiral magnesium nanoparticles show remarkable plasmonic extinction- and chiroptical-effects in the ultraviolet region. The Mg nanohelices possess an enhanced local surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) sensitivity due to the strong dispersion of most substances in the UV region.