Modified Au-Based Nanomaterials Studied by Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy

This workpursues a novelroute to functionalizing large surfaces with hybrid nanoparticles.Italso casts new light on the combined useof surface plasmon resonance and X-rays. SPR spectroscopy isemployed to study Au-based plasmonic nanostructures fabricated by novel methods, and a new experimental deviceis developed combining SPR with X-ray absorption spectroscopy at a synchrotron beamline. Using the new SPR-XAS setup developed in thiswork, the author hasstudied in-situ and real-time effects of X-ray irradiation in materials such as glasses and Co-phthalocyanines.