Title :
Local heating with titanium nitride nanoparticles
Author :
Guler, Urcan ; Ndukaife, Justus C. ; Naik, Gururaj V. ; Nnanna, A. G. Agwu ; Kildishev, Alexander V. ; Shalaev, Vladimir M. ; Boltasseva, Alexandra
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
We investigate the feasibility of titanium nitride (TiN) nanoparticles as local heat sources in the near infrared region, focusing on biological window. Experiments and simulations provide promising results for TiN, which is known to be bio-compatible.
Keywords :
heating; infrared spectra; nanoparticles; nanophotonics; photothermal effects; plasmonics; titanium compounds; TiN; biological window; local heat sources; local heating; near-infrared region; titanium nitride nanoparticles; Arrays; Gold; Heating; Nanobioscience; Nanoparticles; Plasmons; Tin;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
