Thermoplasmonics

Principal investigator: Guillaume Baffou

Thermoplasmonics is the field that explores the heat generation capabilities of metal nanostructures when illuminated at their plasmonics resonance wavelengths [31]. Since almost any field of science features temperature induced effects, thermoplasmonics enables the investigations of a large variety of phenomena, from physics to chemistry and biology, at the micro and nano scales.

The challenge in thermoplasmonics is not to heat, but to measure the resulting microscale temperature increase. We developed the first label-free and non-invasive temperature imaging technique, suited for plasmonics-related applications [10]. We mapped microscale temperature distributions, in 3D, by mapping temperature-induced wavefront distortion of light beam crossing the sample of interest. For this purpose, we quadriwave lateral shearing interferometry (QLSI) [41,47], a wavefront imaging technique patented by Jerome Primot in 2000 [Appl. Opt. 39, 5715 (2000)], and pioneered in microscopy by Pierre Bon and Serge Monneret in 2009 at the Fresnel Institute[Opt. Express 15, 13080 (2009)]. We now name the implementation of QLSI in microscopy: cross-grating wavefront microscopy (CGM).

Using CGM as a temperature imaging technique, we investigated a large variety of laser-induced phenomena, such as liquid water superheating up to 200°C [18], solvothermal chemistry at ambient pressure [28], hyperthermophilic micro-organisms activation [Opt. Express 15, 13080 (2009)], single-cell thermal biology [33], microscale temperature shaping [20,34], fluid convection and thermophoresis [40,43].

In addition to experimental investigations, we also devote a large part of our activities to numerical and theoretical development.

The figure below depicts the chronology of the most important developments we made at the Fresnel Institute in thermoplasmonics.

 

Chronology of the main experimental developments of the Institut Fresnel in Thermoplasmonics.

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References:

 

 

• [49] Quantitative Microscale Thermometry in Droplets Loaded with Gold Nanoparticles
  L. Sixdenier,* G. Baffou, C. Tribet, E. Marie
  Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 14, 11200-11207 (2023)
• [48] Anti Stokes Thermometry of Plasmonic Nanoparticle Arrays
  S. Ezendam, L. Nan, I. L. Violi, S. A. Maier, E. Cortés,* G. Baffou,* J. Gargiulo*
  Advanced Optical Materials 2301496 (2023)
• [47] Wavefront microscopy using quadriwave lateral shearing interferometry: from bioimaging to nanophotonics
  G. Baffou
  ACS Photonics 10, 322-339 (2023)
• [46] Life at high temperature observed in vitro upon laser heating of gold nanoparticles
  C. Molinaro, M. Bénéfice, A. Gorlas, V. Da Cunha, H. M. L. Robert, R. Catchpole, L. Gallais, P. Forterre, G. Baffou*
  Nature Communications 13, 5342 (2022)
  
• [45] Optically-assisted thermophoretic reversible assembly of colloidal particles and E. coli using graphene oxide microstructures
  J. Puthenveetil Joby, S. Das, P. Pinapati, B. Rogez, G. Baffou, D. K. Tiwari, S. Cherukulappurath
  Scientific Reports 12, 3657 (2022)
  
• [44] Thermoplasmonics of metal layers and nanoholes
  B. Rogez,* Z. Marmri, F. Thibaudau, G. Baffou*
  APL Photonics 6, 101101 (2021)
  
• [43] Microscale Thermophoresis in Liquids Induced by Plasmonic Heating and Characterized by Phase and Fluorescence Microscopies
  S. Shakib, B. Rogez, S. Khadir, J. Polleux, A. Würger, G. Baffou*
  J Phys Chem C 125, 21533-21542 (2021)
  
• [42] Anti-Stokes Thermometry in Nanoplasmonics
  G. Baffou
  ACS Nano 15, 5785-5792 (2021)
  
• [41] Quantitative phase microscopy using quadriwave lateral shearing interferometry (QLSI): principle, terminology, algorithm and grating shadow description
  G. Baffou
  J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 54, 294002 (2021)
  
• [40] Quantifying the Role of the Surfactant and the Thermophoretic Force in Plasmonic Nano-Optical Trapping
  Q. Jiang, B. Rogez, J. B. Claude, G. Baffou, J. Wenger*
  Nano Letters 12, 8811-8817 (2020)
  
• [39] Applications and challenges of thermoplasmonics
  G. Baffou,* F. Cichos,* R. Quidant*
  Nature Materials 19, 946-958 (2020)
  
• [38] Simple experimental procedures to distinguish photothermal from hot-carrier processes in plasmonics
  G. Baffou,* I. Bordacchini, A. Baldi, R. Quidant
  Light: Science and Applications 9, 2047-7538 (2020)
  
• [37] Optimal architecture for diamond-based wide-field thermal imaging
  R. Tanos, W. Akhtar, S. Monneret, F. Favaro de Oliveira, G. Seniutinas, M. Munsch, P. Maletinsky, L. le Gratiet, I. Sagnes, A. Dréau, C. Gergely, V. Jacques, G. Baffou, I. Robert-Philip
  AIP Advances 10, 025027 (2020)
  
• [36] Adhesion Layer Influence on Controlling the Local Temperature in Plasmonic Gold Nanoholes
  Q. Jiang, B. Rogez, J.-B. Claude, A. Moreau, J. Lumeau, G. Baffou, J. Wenger*
  Nanoscale 12, 2524-2531 (2020)
  
• [35] Temperature Measurement in Plasmonic Nanoapertures used for Optical Trapping
  Q. Jiang, B. Rogez, J.-B. Claude, G. Baffou, J. Wenger*
  ACS Photonics 6, 1763-1773 (2019)
  
• [34] Microscale Temperature Shaping Using Spatial Light Modulation on Gold Nanoparticles
  L. Durdevic, H. M. L. Robert, B. Wattellier, S. Monneret, G. Baffou*
  Scientific Report 9, 4644 (2019)
  
• [33] Photothermal control of heat-shock protein expression at the single cell level
  H. M. L. Robert,* J. Savatier, S. Vial, J. Verghese, B. Wattelier, H. Rigneault, S. Monneret, J. Polleux,* and G. Baffou*
  Small 14, 1801910 (2018)
  
• [32] GOLD NANOPARTICLES as nanosources of heat
  G. Baffou
  Photoniques 2, 42-47 (2018)
  
• [31] Thermoplasmonics
  G. Baffou
  Cambridge University Press (2017)
  
• [30] Isosbestic Thermoplasmonic Nanostructures
  K. Metwally, S. Mensah, G. Baffou*
  ACS Photonics 4, 1544-1551 (2017)
  
• [29] Plasmonic efficiencies of nanoparticles made of metal nitrides (TiN, ZrN) compared with gold
  A. Lalisse, G. Tessier, J. Plain, G. Baffou*
  Scientific Reports 6, 38647 (2016)
  
• [28] Light-Assisted Solvothermal Chemistry Using Plasmonic Nanoparticles
  H. M. L. Robert,* F. Kundrat, E. Bermudez-Urena, H. Rigneault, S. Monneret, R. Quidant, J. Polleux, G. Baffou*
  ACS Omega 1, 2-8 (2016)
  
• [27] Fluence Threshold for Photothermal Bubble Generation Using Plasmonic Nanoparticles
  K. Metwally, S. Mensah, G. Baffou*
  Journal of Physical Chemistry C 119, 28586-28596 (2015)
  
• [26] Quantifying the Efficiency of Plasmonic Materials for Near-Field Enhancement and Photothermal Conversion
  A. Lalisse, G. Tessier, J. Plain, G. Baffou*
  Journal of Physical Chemistry C 119, 25518-25528 (2015)
  
• [25] Shaping and Patterning Gold Nanoparticles via Micelle Templated Photochemistry
  F. Kundrat, G. Baffou, J. Polleux*
  Nanoscale 7, 15814-15821 (2015)
  
• [24] Reply to: “Validating subcellular thermal changes revealed by fluorescent thermosensors” and “The 10^5 gap issue between calculation and measurement in single-cell thermometry”
  G. Baffou,* H. Rigneault, D. Marguet, L. Jullien
  Nature Methods 12, 803 (2015)
  
• [23] Quantitative study of the photothermal properties of metallic nanowire networks
  A. P. Bell, J. A. Fairfield, E. K. McCarthy, S. Mills, J. J. Boland, G. Baffou, D. McCloskey*
  ACS Nano 9, 5551-5558 (2015)
  
• [22] A critique of methods for temperature imaging in single cells
  G. Baffou,* H. Rigneault, D. Marguet, L. Jullien
  Nature Methods 11, 899-901 (2014)
  
• [21] Time-harmonic optical heating of plasmonic nanoparticles
  P. Berto, M. S. A. Mohamed, H. Rigneault, G. Baffou*
  Physical Review B 90, 035439 (2014)
  
• [20] Deterministic Temperature Shaping using Plasmonic Nanoparticle Assemblies
  G. Baffou*, E. Bermúdez Ureña, P. Berto, S. Monneret, R. Quidant and H. Rigneault
  Nanoscale 6, 8984-8989 (2014)
  
• [19] Nanoplasmonics for Chemistry
  G. Baffou and R. Quidant*
  Chemical Society Reviews 43, 3898-3907 (2014)
  
• [18] Super-Heating and Micro-Bubble Generation around Plasmonic Nanoparticles
  under cw Illumination
  G. Baffou,* J. Polleux, H. Rigneault, S. Monneret
  Journal Physical Chemisty C 118, 4890 (2014)
  
• [17] Photo-induced heating of nanoparticle arrays
  G. Baffou,* P. Berto, E. Bermúdez Ureña, R. Quidant, S. Monneret, J. Polleux, H. Rigneault
  ACS Nano 7, 6478-6488 (2013)
  
• [16] Three-dimensional temperature imaging around a gold microwire
  P. Bon, N. Belaid, D. Lagrange, C. Bergaud, H. Rigneault, S. Monneret, G. Baffou*
  Applied Physics Letters 102, 244103 (2013)
  
• [15] Thermo-plasmonics: using metallic nanostructures as nano-sources of heat
  G. Baffou,* R. Quidant*
  Laser and Photonics Reviews 7, 171-187 (2013)
  
• [14] Quantitative absorption spectroscopy of nano-objects
  P. Berto,* E. Bermúdes Ureña, P. Bon, R. Quidant, H. Rigneault, G. Baffou*
  Physical Review B 86, 165417 (2012)
  
• [13] Micropatterning Thermoplasmonic Gold Nanoarrays to Manipulate Cell Adhesion
  M. Zhu, G. Baffou, N. Meyerbröker, and J. Polleux*
  ACS Nano 6, 7227-7233 (2012)
  
• [12] Mapping intracellular temperature using Green Fluorescent Protein
  J. Donner, S. Thompson, M. Kreuzer, G. Baffou, R. Quidant*
  Nanoletters 12, 2107-2111 (2012)
  
• [11] Plasmonic Nanoparticle Networks for Light and Heat Concentration
  A. Sanchot, G. Baffou, R. Marty, A. Arbouet, R. Quidant*, C. Girard, E. Dujardin*
  ACS Nano 6, 3434-3440 (2012)
  
• [10] Thermal Imaging of Nanostructures by Quantitative Optical Phase Analysis
  G. Baffou,* P. Bon, J. Savatier, J. Polleux, M. Zhu, M. Merlin, H. Rigneault and S. Monneret
  ACS Nano 6, 2452-2458 (2012)
  
• [9] Plasmon-assisted optofluidics
  J. S. Donner, G. Baffou,* D. McCloskey, R. Quidant*
  ACS Nano 5, 5457 (2011)
  
• [8] Femtosecond-pulsed optical heating of gold nanoparticles
  G. Baffou,* H. Rigneault
  Physical Review B 84, 035415 (2011)
  
• [7] Thermoplasmonics modeling: A Green function approach
  G. Baffou,* R. Quidant, C. Girard
  Physical Review B 82, 165424 (2010)
  
• [6] Mapping heat origin in plasmonic structures
  G. Baffou,* C. Girard, R. Quidant*
  Physical Review Letters 104, 136805 (2010)
  
• [5] Charge distribution induced inside complex plasmonic nanoparticles
  R. Marty, G. Baffou, A. Arbouet, C. Girard*, R. Quidant
  Optics Express 18, 3035 (2010)
  
• [4] Nanoscale control of optical heating in complex plasmonic systems
  G. Baffou, R. Quidant, F. J. García de Abajo*
  ACS Nano 4, 709 (2010)
  
• [3] Heat generation in plasmonic nanostructures: Influence of morphology
  G. Baffou,* R. Quidant, C. Girard
  Applied Physics Letters 94, 153109 (2009)
  
• [2] Temperature mapping around plasmonic nanostructures using fluorescence polarization anisotropy
  G. Baffou,* M. P. Kreuzer, F. Kulzer, R. Quidant*
  Optics Express 17, 3291 (2009)
  
• [1] Shaping and manipulation of light fields with bottom-up plasmonic structures
  C. Girard,* E. Dujardin, G. Baffou, R. Quidant
  New Journal of Physics 10, 105016 (2008)