Nano structures and polymers: Emerging nanocomposites for plasmonic resonance transducers
Abstract(#br)Herein, we report polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) based optical sensing platforms and describe how they can be tuned, using nanomaterials, to exhibit plasmonic properties that can be exploited for sensing applications. The platforms include a colorimetric-based sensor realized on gold nanoparticles grown on PDMS films. A theoretical model based on finite element analysis was developed in order to describe the optical behavior and the functional properties of these plasmonic transducers.