CRC 1636/1: Two-photon processes and plasmon-induced nitroxide-mediated radical polymerisation (NMP) (SP B02)

This project aims at characterising and establishing plasmon-induced nitroxide-mediated polymerisation (NMP) that exploits metal nanoparticles as a versatile initiation unit for the fabrication of plasmonic nanoparticle-polymer structures. The excitation of the localized surface plasmon resonance will use conditions that enable efficient two-photon processes for the sensitive vibrational spectroscopic characterisation of the reaction, fast screening of the plasmonic conditions, as well as the extreme localization of high optical fields.