Nanoparticle plasmon-assisted two-photon polymerization induced by incoherent excitation source

J Am Chem Soc. 2008 Jun 4;130(22):6928-9. doi: 10.1021/ja801262r. Epub 2008 May 8.

Abstract

We demonstrate the possibility to achieve optical triggering of photochemical reactions via two-photon absorption using incoherent light sources. This is accomplished by the use of arrays of gold nanoparticles, specially tailored with high precision to obtain high near-field intensity enhancement.