Synthesis and characterization of nanoresonators for metamaterials application in the Visible range

Les métamatériaux forment une nouvelle classe de matériaux composites artificiels aux propriétésélectromagnétiques extraordinaires. Ces propriétés inédites reposent sur l’inclusion, dans le métamatériau,de résonateurs plasmoniques dont la fabrication et l’assemblage posent un défi auquel se heurtent lestechniques de gravure habituellement utilisées. Cette thèse est consacrée à la de ces nano-résonateurs demorphologie framboise, constitués d’un coeur diélectrique et de nanoparticules plasmoniques, sphériquesou triangulaires. Ces objets ont été élaborés en grande quantité tout en respectant la contrainte du milieueffectif qui impose des tailles très inférieures à la longueur d’onde. La réponse optique des nanorésonateursindividuels a été mesurée et comparée aux modélisations. Des résonances électriques etmagnétiques intenses ont été mises en évidence. Ces objets sont prometteurs pour la première réalisationde matériau massif à perméabilité magnétique artificielle.Metamaterials are artificial composites materials exhibiting extraordinary electromagnetic properties.These original properties are based on the inclusion in the metamaterial of plasmonic resonators for whichthe fabrication and the assembly remain challenging. This thesis is dedicated to the synthesis throughcolloidal approach and the structural and optical characterization of these “raspberry-like nanoresonators”constituted of a dielectric core and spherical or triangular plasmonic nanoparticles.These objects are elaborated in large amount while respecting the constraint of effective medium whichrequires sizes much smaller than the wavelength. The optical response of individual nanoresonators wasmeasured and compared with theoretical simulations. Intense electric and magnetic resonances arehighlighted. These objects are promising for the first elaboration of a bulk material with artificial magneticpermeability

Synthesis and characterization of nanoresonators for metamaterials application in the Visible range

Les métamatériaux forment une nouvelle classe de matériaux composites artificiels aux propriétésélectromagnétiques extraordinaires. Ces propriétés inédites reposent sur l’inclusion, dans le métamatériau,de résonateurs plasmoniques dont la fabrication et l’assemblage posent un défi auquel se heurtent lestechniques de gravure habituellement utilisées. Cette thèse est consacrée à la de ces nano-résonateurs demorphologie framboise, constitués d’un coeur diélectrique et de nanoparticules plasmoniques, sphériquesou triangulaires. Ces objets ont été élaborés en grande quantité tout en respectant la contrainte du milieueffectif qui impose des tailles très inférieures à la longueur d’onde. La réponse optique des nanorésonateursindividuels a été mesurée et comparée aux modélisations. Des résonances électriques etmagnétiques intenses ont été mises en évidence. Ces objets sont prometteurs pour la première réalisationde matériau massif à perméabilité magnétique artificielle.Metamaterials are artificial composites materials exhibiting extraordinary electromagnetic properties.These original properties are based on the inclusion in the metamaterial of plasmonic resonators for whichthe fabrication and the assembly remain challenging. This thesis is dedicated to the synthesis throughcolloidal approach and the structural and optical characterization of these “raspberry-like nanoresonators”constituted of a dielectric core and spherical or triangular plasmonic nanoparticles.These objects are elaborated in large amount while respecting the constraint of effective medium whichrequires sizes much smaller than the wavelength. The optical response of individual nanoresonators wasmeasured and compared with theoretical simulations. Intense electric and magnetic resonances arehighlighted. These objects are promising for the first elaboration of a bulk material with artificial magneticpermeability

Synthèse et caractérisation de nano-résonateurs pour une application métamatériaux dans le domaine du Visible

Metamaterials are artificial composites materials exhibiting extraordinary electromagnetic properties.These original properties are based on the inclusion in the metamaterial of plasmonic resonators for whichthe fabrication and the assembly remain challenging. This thesis is dedicated to the synthesis throughcolloidal approach and the structural and optical characterization of these “raspberry-like nanoresonators”constituted of a dielectric core and spherical or triangular plasmonic nanoparticles.These objects are elaborated in large amount while respecting the constraint of effective medium whichrequires sizes much smaller than the wavelength. The optical response of individual nanoresonators wasmeasured and compared with theoretical simulations. Intense electric and magnetic resonances arehighlighted. These objects are promising for the first elaboration of a bulk material with artificial magneticpermeability.Les métamatériaux forment une nouvelle classe de matériaux composites artificiels aux propriétésélectromagnétiques extraordinaires. Ces propriétés inédites reposent sur l’inclusion, dans le métamatériau,de résonateurs plasmoniques dont la fabrication et l’assemblage posent un défi auquel se heurtent lestechniques de gravure habituellement utilisées. Cette thèse est consacrée à la de ces nano-résonateurs demorphologie framboise, constitués d’un coeur diélectrique et de nanoparticules plasmoniques, sphériquesou triangulaires. Ces objets ont été élaborés en grande quantité tout en respectant la contrainte du milieueffectif qui impose des tailles très inférieures à la longueur d’onde. La réponse optique des nanorésonateursindividuels a été mesurée et comparée aux modélisations. Des résonances électriques etmagnétiques intenses ont été mises en évidence. Ces objets sont prometteurs pour la première réalisationde matériau massif à perméabilité magnétique artificielle

Synthesis and characterization of nanoresonators for metamaterials application in the Visible range

Les métamatériaux forment une nouvelle classe de matériaux composites artificiels aux propriétésélectromagnétiques extraordinaires. Ces propriétés inédites reposent sur l’inclusion, dans le métamatériau,de résonateurs plasmoniques dont la fabrication et l’assemblage posent un défi auquel se heurtent lestechniques de gravure habituellement utilisées. Cette thèse est consacrée à la de ces nano-résonateurs demorphologie framboise, constitués d’un coeur diélectrique et de nanoparticules plasmoniques, sphériquesou triangulaires. Ces objets ont été élaborés en grande quantité tout en respectant la contrainte du milieueffectif qui impose des tailles très inférieures à la longueur d’onde. La réponse optique des nanorésonateursindividuels a été mesurée et comparée aux modélisations. Des résonances électriques etmagnétiques intenses ont été mises en évidence. Ces objets sont prometteurs pour la première réalisationde matériau massif à perméabilité magnétique artificielle.Metamaterials are artificial composites materials exhibiting extraordinary electromagnetic properties.These original properties are based on the inclusion in the metamaterial of plasmonic resonators for whichthe fabrication and the assembly remain challenging. This thesis is dedicated to the synthesis throughcolloidal approach and the structural and optical characterization of these “raspberry-like nanoresonators”constituted of a dielectric core and spherical or triangular plasmonic nanoparticles.These objects are elaborated in large amount while respecting the constraint of effective medium whichrequires sizes much smaller than the wavelength. The optical response of individual nanoresonators wasmeasured and compared with theoretical simulations. Intense electric and magnetic resonances arehighlighted. These objects are promising for the first elaboration of a bulk material with artificial magneticpermeability

Synthesis and characterization of nanoresonators for metamaterials application in the Visible range

Les métamatériaux forment une nouvelle classe de matériaux composites artificiels aux propriétésélectromagnétiques extraordinaires. Ces propriétés inédites reposent sur l inclusion, dans le métamatériau,de résonateurs plasmoniques dont la fabrication et l assemblage posent un défi auquel se heurtent lestechniques de gravure habituellement utilisées. Cette thèse est consacrée à la de ces nano-résonateurs demorphologie framboise, constitués d un coeur diélectrique et de nanoparticules plasmoniques, sphériquesou triangulaires. Ces objets ont été élaborés en grande quantité tout en respectant la contrainte du milieueffectif qui impose des tailles très inférieures à la longueur d onde. La réponse optique des nanorésonateursindividuels a été mesurée et comparée aux modélisations. Des résonances électriques etmagnétiques intenses ont été mises en évidence. Ces objets sont prometteurs pour la première réalisationde matériau massif à perméabilité magnétique artificielle.Metamaterials are artificial composites materials exhibiting extraordinary electromagnetic properties.These original properties are based on the inclusion in the metamaterial of plasmonic resonators for whichthe fabrication and the assembly remain challenging. This thesis is dedicated to the synthesis throughcolloidal approach and the structural and optical characterization of these raspberry-like nanoresonators constituted of a dielectric core and spherical or triangular plasmonic nanoparticles.These objects are elaborated in large amount while respecting the constraint of effective medium whichrequires sizes much smaller than the wavelength. The optical response of individual nanoresonators wasmeasured and compared with theoretical simulations. Intense electric and magnetic resonances arehighlighted. These objects are promising for the first elaboration of a bulk material with artificial magneticpermeability.BORDEAUX1-Bib.electronique (335229901) / SudocSudocFranceF

One-step synthesis of SiO2 α−Fe2O3 / Fe3O4 composite nanoparticles with magnetic properties from rice husks

International audienceThis paper presents different methodologies for the preparation of Fe2O3@SiO2 nanoparticles (composites) and their characterization. The composite nanoparticles were prepared directly from rice husks. Two methodologies were used, (i) impregnation with an ionic iron solution of rice husks followed with a thermal treatment and (ii) impregnation of the pre-calcinated and lixiviated rice husks. In both methods, a low density, homogenous and highly porous SiO2 nanoparticles with a mean diameter of 20 nm and loaded with different types of iron oxide are generated. The synthetized products were systematically characterized by SEM, AFM, DLS, FT-IR, Mössbauer and VSM. The results show that two different composites were obtained, one mostly composed by α-Fe2O3@SiO2 and a second one mostly composed by γ-Fe2O3@SiO2. Mössbauer and VMS spectra show that iron oxide nanoparticles are formed in the pores of the SiO2 nanoparticles and the first method promote production of composites with magnetic properties. These results highlight a new one-step methodology to obtain silica nanoparticles loaded with iron oxides and with high magnetic properties

SiO 2 Biogenic Nanoparticles and Asphaltenes: Interactions and Their Consequences Investigated by QCR and GPC-ICP-HR-MS

International audienceThe processes in which crude oil asphaltene aggregates are adsorbed onto surfaces have been the subject of debate in recent years. Different thermodynamic, theoretical, and empirical models have been proposed to explain the interaction of asphaltenes with these surfaces and have found different behaviors. In this work, asphaltene adsorption onto SiO2 biogenic nanoparticles was experimentally monitored by studying it through two analytical techniques, namely, gel permeation chromatography coupled with inductively coupled plasma and high-resolution mass spectrometry (GPC-ICP-HR-MS) to follow the changes in aggregate size distributions in solutions and a quartz crystal resonator (QCR) sensor to detect and follow the destabilization with n-heptane, thus allowing the correlation of the different stabilities and deposition tendencies with the changes in aggregate size distributions. The results show that the nanoparticles interact in a preferential way with the larger asphaltene aggregates, and, once these large aggregates are adsorbed, there is no tendency for new large aggregate formation. Thus, a reduction in the deposition is observed. This indicates that, in this range of concentration, there is no equilibrium for aggregate formation and that these larger aggregates can be effectively removed. This finding opens new methodologies for study regarding asphaltene removal

Universal Method to Transfer Membrane-Templated Nano-Objects to Aqueous Solutions

A wide range of nano-objects are synthesized by combining template synthesis, using polycarbonate membrane as template, with different material deposition methods. The resulting nanostructures varied from robust inorganic gold nanowires grown by electrodeposition to rigid polypyrrole nanotubes synthesized by chemical polymerization and softer nanotubes made of different combinations of synthetic and natural polyelectrolytes fabricated by layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly. The morphology of these various nano-objects is characterized prior to and after their immersion in water, revealing that the rigidity degree of LbL nanotubes strongly decreases after being in contact with water, leading to highly swollen and flexible nanotubes in aqueous solution that tend to stick to any surface and are very difficult to collect and disperse quantitatively in aqueous solution. Different processes to collect these nano-objects and disperse them in aqueous medium for further analysis and application were then studied. Among them, a method based on simple filtration of nanotubes in the presence of a powdered dextran adjuvant leads to the quantitative collection and dispersion in water of all types of tested cylindrical nano-objects. This universal method to efficiently collect membrane templated nano-objects paves the way to further characterization of a large variety of nanotubes in aqueous solution and to their potential use as cargo nanocarriers or as nanoreactors

Electron-Phonon Scattering in 2D Silver Nanotriangles

Electron-phonon energy exchanges are investigated in 2D silver nanotriangles of thickness ranging from 5 to 8 nm and lateral size ranging from 25 to 85 nm, using time-resolved femtosecond spectroscopy in the low-perturbation regime. The measured electron-phonon decay time is smaller in 2D nanotriangles than in bulk silver, and its value corresponds to the decay time measured in isolated nanospheres with a diameter equal to the thickness of the nanotriangles. These results show that the electron-phonon energy exchanges in 2D nanosystems are strongly accelerated by confinement and this acceleration is directly governed by the smallest dimension of the nano-object

Understanding of clogging mechanisms in porous media by Pickering emulsion droplets

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