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Heat generation with plasmonic nanoparticles

by H. Ammari and F. Romero and M. Ruiz

(Report number 2017-14)

Abstract
In this paper we use layer potentials and asymptotic analysis techniques to analyze the heat generation due to nanoparticles when illuminated at their plasmonic resonance. We consider arbitrary-shaped particles and both single and multiple particles. For close-to-touching nanoparticles, we show that the temperature field deviates significantly from the one generated by a single nanoparticle. The results of this paper open a door for solving the challenging problems of detecting plasmonic nanoparticles in biological media and monitoring temperature elevation in tissue generated by nanoparticle heating.

Keywords: plasmonic nanoparticle, plasmonic resonance, heat generation, Neumann-Poincare operator.

@Techreport{ARR17_710,
  author = {H. Ammari and F. Romero and M. Ruiz},
  title = {Heat generation with plasmonic nanoparticles},
  institution = {Seminar for Applied Mathematics, ETH Z{\"u}rich},
  number = {2017-14},
  address = {Switzerland},
  url = {https://www.sam.math.ethz.ch/sam_reports/reports_final/reports2017/2017-14.pdf },
  year = {2017}
}

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