relation: https://eprints.uet.vnu.edu.vn/eprints/id/eprint/4237/ title: Synthesis and optical characterization of asymmetric multilayer metal–insulator nanocrescent in aqueous solutions creator: Pham, Tien Thanh creator: Pham, Dinh Dat creator: Nguyen, Thi An Hang creator: Vu, Minh Thong creator: Thi Nghiem, Lien Ha creator: Van Nguyen, Tien creator: Tanaka, Daisuke creator: Nguyen, Duc Cuong subject: Engineering Physics description: The metal–insulator–metal (MIM) nanostructures on polystyrene sphere (PS) were fabricated by the sputtering method. Asymmetric PS-MIM nanocrescent (AMNC) was separated and dispersed into the solution employing the sonication method. The absorption properties of AMNC colloidal solution were measured and calculated with the use of spectroscopy and discrete dipole approximation methods. The results indicated that hybridization of elementary plasmons of individual AMNC particles played an important role in determining optical properties of this colloidal solution, which were determined to be functions of component layer thickness and particle density. These findings are expected to enhance the pharmaceutical deliveries and biosensor fabrication. date: 2020-11-20 type: Article type: PeerReviewed identifier: Pham, Tien Thanh and Pham, Dinh Dat and Nguyen, Thi An Hang and Vu, Minh Thong and Thi Nghiem, Lien Ha and Van Nguyen, Tien and Tanaka, Daisuke and Nguyen, Duc Cuong (2020) Synthesis and optical characterization of asymmetric multilayer metal–insulator nanocrescent in aqueous solutions. Applied Physics Express, 13 (12). p. 122004. ISSN 1882-0778 relation: http://dx.doi.org/10.35848/1882-0786/abc8ac relation: 10.35848/1882-0786/abc8ac