Tuan VO-DINH,Jonathan P. Scaffidi,Venkata Gopal Reddy Chada,Benoit Lauly,Yan Zhang,Molly K. Gregas,Ian Nicholas Stanton,Joshua T. Stecher,Michael J. Therien,Frederic A. Bourke, JR.,Zak Fathi,Jennifer
申请号：
US13732882
公开号：
US20130171060A1
申请日:
2013.01.02
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
A system for energy upconversion and/or down conversion and a system for producing a photostimulated reaction in a medium. These systems include 1) a nanoparticle configured, upon exposure to a first wavelength λ1 of radiation, to generate a second wavelength λ2 of radiation having a higher energy than the first wavelength λ1 and 2) a metallic structure disposed in relation to the nanoparticle. A physical characteristic of the metallic structure is set to a value where a surface plasmon resonance in the metallic structure resonates at a frequency which provides a spectral overlap with either the first wavelength λ1 or the second wavelength λ2, or with both λ1 and λ2. The system for producing a photostimulated reaction in a medium includes a receptor disposed in the medium in proximity to the nanoparticle which, upon activation by the second wavelength λ2, generates the photostimulated reaction.
