Bulk-Processed Pd Nanocube-Poly(methyl methacrylate) Nanocomposites as Plasmonic Plastics for Hydrogen Sensing
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2020

Nanoplasmonic hydrogen sensors are predicted to play a key role in safety systems of the emerging hydrogen economy. Pd nanoparticles are the active material of choice for sensor prototype development due to their ability to form a hydride at ambient conditions, which creates the optical contrast. Here, we introduce plasmonic hydrogen sensors made from a thermoplastic nanocomposite material, that is, a bulk material that can be molded with standard plastic processing techniques, such as extrusion and three-dimensional (3D) printing, while at the same time being functionalized at the nanoscale. Specifically, our plasmonic plastic is composed of hydrogensensitive and plasmonically active Pd nanocubes mixed with a poly(methyl methacrylate) matrix, and we optimize it by characterization from the atomic to the macroscopic level. We demonstrate meltprocessed deactivation-resistant plasmonic hydrogen sensors, which retain full functionality even after SO weeks. From a wider perspective, we advertise plasmonic plastic nanocomposite materials for application in a multitude of active plasmonic technologies since they provide efficient scalable processing and almost endless functional material design opportunities via tailored polymer- colloidal nanocrystal combinations.

melt processing

3D printing

nanoparticles

plasmonic hydrogen sensing

plasmonic nanocomposites

polymer matrix

Författare

Iwan Darmadi

Chalmers, Fysik, Kemisk fysik

Alicja Stolas

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi

Ida Östergren

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi

Barbara Berke

Chalmers, Fysik, Materialfysik

Ferry Nugroho

Chalmers, Fysik, Kemisk fysik

Matteo Minelli

Universita di Bologna

Sarah Lerch

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi

Irem Tanyeli

Chalmers, Fysik, Kemisk fysik

Anja Lund

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi

Olof Andersson

Insplorion Sensor Systems AB

Vladimir P. Zhdanov

Russian Academy of Sciences

Marianne Liebi

Chalmers, Fysik, Materialfysik

Kasper Moth-Poulsen

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi

Christian Müller

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi

Christoph Langhammer

Chalmers, Fysik, Kemisk fysik

ACS Applied Nano Materials

25740970 (eISSN)

Vol. 3 8 8438-8445

Wallenberg Academy Fellow 2016

Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse (KAW2016.0210), 2017-07-01 -- 2022-06-30.

Ämneskategorier

Polymerkemi

Textil-, gummi- och polymermaterial

Annan fysik

Infrastruktur

Chalmers materialanalyslaboratorium

DOI

10.1021/acsanm.0c01907

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