Statistical analysis of many single-molecule encounters reveals plasmonic resonance dependent nanoantenna-molecule interactions
Chemical Physics
2019-04-29 v2 Optics
Abstract
The nanoscale interaction between single emitters and plasmonic structures is traditionally studied by relying on near-perfect, deterministic, nanoscale-control. This approach is ultra-low throughput thus rendering systematic studies difficult to impossible. Here, we show that super resolution microscopy in combination with data-driven statistical analysis allows studying near-field interactions of single molecules with resonant nanoantennas. We systematically tune the antennas' spectral resonances and show that emitters can be separated according to their coupling strength with said structures which ultimately allows the reconstruction of 2D interaction maps around individual nanoantennas.
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@article{arxiv.1904.08883,
title = {Statistical analysis of many single-molecule encounters reveals plasmonic resonance dependent nanoantenna-molecule interactions},
author = {Lisa Saemisch and Matz Liebel and Niek van Hulst},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.08883},
year = {2019}
}