Thomas Maurer
University of Technology of Troyes, France
Title: Nanogauges for integration of strain sensors integrated into matter
Biography
Biography: Thomas Maurer
Abstract
For the past twenty years, nano-optics has emerged as a promising research field thanks to huge progress in nanofabrication and offers great technological potential for applications in fields such as biology, medecine or chemistry. Coupling between plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs), well-known as the plasmon ruler equation, was recently investigated by fabricating arrays of NP dimers with various inter-particle distances using e-beam lithography. In this talk, we aim to illustrate how it should be possible to break through frontiers between mechanics and plasmonics in the next future by showing our first results on the use of gold nanogauges for strain investigation as well as recent advances published in the literature. In particular, the opportunity to develop a new generation of color-changing strain sensors will be discussed.