Objectives

Objectives

  1. Fabricate noble metal - ZnO core-shell NPs and Nanostructured thin films and characterize their optical properties.

  2. Evaluate the potential of the hybrid plasmonic nanostructures for applications based on enhanced Ramnan and fluorescence emission


Estimated results

  1. Noble-metal - ZnO core-shell NPs and nanostructured thin films;

  2. Optical properties characterization as a function of fabrication and deposition methods;

  3. Ultrafast dynamics and energy relaxation pathways in the noble metal Zn-O NPs/nanofilms;

  4. Evaluated potential of the hybrid plasmonic nanostructures for applications based on enhanced Raman and fluorescence emission;