Plasmon-enhanced Förster energy transfer in Langmuir-Blodgett films based on organic dyes

Abstract The effect of plasmon resonance of silver island films (SIF) on the interlayer Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) between xanthene and oxazine dye molecules was studied. It has been shown that the enhancement of FRET can be controlled by changing in the distance between the donor-acceptor system and the SIF. The maximum increase in energy transfer efficiency (EET) by a factor of 2.6 was recorded at a distance of 6 nm from the SIF. The assumption was made that an increase in EET can be associated with both the direct appearance of a plasmon-enhanced rate constant of energy transfer and an increase in the quantum yield of the energy donor in direct contact with the SIF. The results can serve as a basis for studying of photoinduced processes in hybrid materials such as “organic dye-plasmon nanoparticles”, to increase the photosensitivity of solar cells in the visible region of the spectrum, and for the studying of photobiological processes, as well as to create materials with desired properties, sensors and light energy converters.