Issue 48, 2023

Generalised coupled-dipole model for core-satellite nanostructures

Abstract

Plasmonic core-satellite nanostructures have recently attracted interest in photocatalytic applications. The core plasmonic nanoparticle acts like an antenna, funnelling incident light into the near-field region, where it excites the smaller satellite nanoparticles with resonantly enhanced absorption. Computer simulations of the optical absorption by such structures can prove challenging, even with state-of-the-art numerical methods, due to the large difference in size between core and satellite particles. We present a generalised coupled-dipole model that enables efficient computations of light absorption in such nanostructures, including those with many satellites. The method accurately predicts the local absorption in each satellite despite being two orders of magnitude weaker than the absorption in the core particle. We assess the range of applicability of this model by comparing the results against the superposition T-matrix method, a rigorous solution of Maxwell's equations that is much more resource-intensive and becomes impractical as the number of satellite particles increases.

Graphical abstract: Generalised coupled-dipole model for core-satellite nanostructures

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
17 okt. 2023
Accepted
24 nóv. 2023
First published
28 nóv. 2023

Nanoscale, 2023,15, 19767-19776

Generalised coupled-dipole model for core-satellite nanostructures

S. Glukhova, E. C. Le Ru and B. Auguié, Nanoscale, 2023, 15, 19767 DOI: 10.1039/D3NR05238A

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