The interaction of plasmonic nanoparticles with adsorbates

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In this project, we will study the interaction of plasmonic nanoparticles with adsorbed atoms and molecules for applications insensing and photocatalysis. Plasmonic nanoparticles exhibit large light absorption cross sections when the light frequency isresonant with the localized surface plasmon. The absorbed energy is converted rapidly into hot carriers which can then betransferred to adsorbed molecules inducing chemical transformations or adsorbate transformations. We will study theseprocesses using quantum-mechanical atomistic modelling techniques to gain a material-specific mechanistic understandingthat will enable us to guide experimental progress towards efficient solar energy conversion devices.