Enhancement of a Two-Photon-Induced Reaction in Solution Using Light-Harvesting Gold Nanodimer Structures.

We performed a quantitative analysis of plasmon-assisted two-photon photochromic reactions on light-harvesting gold nanodimer structures. Our strategy for the quantitative analysis of two-photon-induced photochemical reactions on gold nanostructures is using not only a confined photochemical reaction chamber but also a solution system. The strong intensification of near-field light at the nanogap positions on gold nanodimer pairs promoted two-photon absorption by a closed-form diarylethene derivative, resulting in highly efficient photochromic conversion to the open-form structure.

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