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Measuring Molecular Diffusion Through Thin Polymer Films with Dual-Band Plasmonic Antennas

Hao Chen, Gaurav Singhal, Frank Neubrech, Runyu Liu, Joshua S. Katz, Scott Matteucci, Steven G. Arturo, Daniel Wasserman, Harald Giessen, Paul V. Braun

ACS Nano· Volume 15· Issue 6
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Abstract

A general and quantitative method to characterize molecular transport in polymers with good temporal and high spatial resolution, in complex environments, is an important need of the pharmaceutical, textile, and food and beverage packaging industries, and of general interest to the polymer science community. Here we show how the amplified infrared (IR) absorbance sensitivity provided by plasmonic nanoantenna-based surface enhanced infrared absorption (SEIRA) provides such a method. SEIRA enhances infrared (IR) absorbances primarily within 50 nm of the nanoantennas, enabling localized quantitative detection of even trace quantities of analytes and diffusion measurements in even thin polymer films. Relative to a commercial attenuated total internal reflection (ATR) system, the limit of detection is enhanced at least 13-fold, and as is important for measuring diffusion, the detection volume is about 15 times thinner. Via this approach, the diffusion coefficient and solubility of specific molecules, including l-ascorbic acid (vitamin C), ethanol, various sugars, and water, in both simple and complex mixtures (e.g., beer and a cola soda), were determined in poly(methyl methacrylate), high density polyethylene (HDPE)-based, and polypropylene-based polyolefin films as thin as 250 nm.
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Research context

PolymersNanomaterials

OpenAlex topics: Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research · Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications · Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies

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Affiliations

Department of Material Science and Engineering, Materials Research Laboratory, and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States

2nd Physics Institute, Stuttgart University, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany

Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States

Formulation Science, Corporate Research and Development, The Dow Chemical Company, Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19426, United States

Formulation Science, Corporate Research and Development, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan 48674, United States

Engineering and Process Sciences, Corporate Research and Development, The Dow Chemical Company, Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19426, United States

Funding

Bundesministerium f?r Bildung und Forschung · Basic Energy Sciences · Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft · Dow Chemical Company · Baden-W?rttemberg Stiftung · Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung · FP7 Ideas: European Research Council

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