Asymmetric Nanocrescent Antenna on Upconversion Nanocrystal

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Nanocrescent antenna for nanofocusing of excitation radiation and generating asymmetric frequency upconverted emission Doyeon Bang, Eun-Jung Jo, SoonGweon Hong, JuYoung Byun, Jae Young Lee, Min-Gon Kim, and Luke P. Lee Nano Lett., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b02327 • Publication Date (Web): 21 Aug 2017 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on August 22, 2017

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Nanocrescent antenna for nanofocusing of excitation

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radiation and generating asymmetric frequency

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upconverted emission

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Doyeon Bang,† Eun-Jung Jo,‡ SoonGweon Hong,† Ju-Young Byun,†, ‡ Jae Young Lee,‡ Min-

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Gon Kim,*, ‡ and Luke P. Lee*,†, §

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†Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center, Department of Bioengineering, University of California

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at Berkeley, California, 94720, USA.

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‡Department of Chemistry, School of Physics and Chemistry, Gwangju Institute of Science and

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Technology (GIST), Gwangju 500-712, Republic of Korea

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§Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Biophysics Graduate Program,

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University of California at Berkeley, California, 94720, USA.

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ABSTRACT

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Frequency upconversion activated with Lanthanide has attracted attention in various real-

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world applications, because it is far simpler and more efficient than traditional nonlinear

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susceptibility-based frequency upconversion, such as second harmonic generation. However, the

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quantum yield of frequency upconversion of Lanthanide-based upconversion nanoparticles

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remains inefficient for practical applications, and spatial control of upconverted emission is not

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yet developed. To overcome this limitation, we developed asymmetric hetero-plasmonic

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nanoparticles (AHPNs) consisting of plasmonic antennae in nanocrescent shapes on the

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Lanthanide-based upconversion nanoparticle (UC) for efficiently delivering excitation light to

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the UC core by nanofocusing of light and generating asymmetric frequency upconverted

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emission concentrated toward the tip region. AHPNs were fabricated by high-angle deposition

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(60º) of gold (Au) on the isolated upconversion nanoparticles supported by nanopillars then

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moved to refractive-index matched substrate for orientation-dependent upconversion

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luminescence analysis in single-nanoparticle scale. We studied shape-dependent nanofocusing

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efficiency of nanocrescent antennae as a function of the tip-to-tip distance by modulating the

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deposition angle. Generation of asymmetric frequency upconverted emission toward the tip

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region was simulated by the asymmetric far-field radiation pattern of dipoles in the nanocrescent

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antenna and experimentally demonstrated by the orientation-dependent photon intensity of

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frequency upconverted emission of an AHPN. This finding provides a new way to improve

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frequency upconversion using an antenna, which locally increases the excitation light and

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generates the radiation power to certain directions for various applications.

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KEYWORDS

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upconversion, plasmonics, Lanthanide, nanocrescent, antenna

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Frequency conversion has been an important topic in various fields from optics to biophysics

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due to the possibility of revolutionizing multiple applications. Frequency upconversion, which is

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a multi-photon process emitting photons with higher frequencies than that of excitation light has

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drawn significant attention since frequency upconversion of near-infrared to visible or visible-

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infrared is promising for biomedical imaging and solar cell application. However, traditional

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frequency upconversion requires a complicated setup, such as symmetry and phase matching and

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a high power pulsed laser, because this nonlinear susceptibility-based frequency upconversion is

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involved with the virtual energy state.1 In contrast, frequency upconversion based on Lanthanide

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is not conducted by a single nonlinear process, but continuous processes carried out by real

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intermediate energy states.2, 3 Therefore, the upconversion process is much more efficient and

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can be performed using a simple experimental setup, such as a low power continuous-wave laser.

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In this system, frequency upconversion phosphors, such as Er3+ or Tm3+ ions are spread in a

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NaYF4 crystal structure and emit light with very sharp peaks located between ultraviolet (UV)

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and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR) light upon excitation by 980 nm NIR light. Location of the

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peak is conveniently controlled by modulation of the composition of frequency upconversion

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phosphor or introduction of co-dopant ions, such as Yb3+.4 Therefore, Lanthanide-based

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frequency upconversion is ideal for the real-world application with a simple setup. However, due

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to the small absorption cross section of Lanthanide ions, quantum efficiency of frequency

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upconversion still remains quite limited.5

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To overcome these limitations, several studies have been conducted in an attempt to enhance

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the quantum yield of frequency upconversion by using a plasmonic antenna to manipulate light-

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matter interaction at the nanoscale.6 Metals in an approximate location with light affect the local


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distribution of the electromagnetic field due to excitation of surface plasmons, which have been

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widely utilized for ultrasensitive molecular detection, functional microscopy, and optical

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nanoscopic antenna. These plasmon resonance based optical nanoscopic antenna have gained

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significant attention due to their unique ability to focus light into a sub-wavelength volume

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beyond the diffraction limit. There were a number of studies on enhancing frequency

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upconversion efficiency obtained using the plasmonic interaction between upconversion

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nanoparticles and metallic antennae. However, geometrical constraints, for example, randomly

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formed plasmonic antenna geometry formed by dropcasting or well-ordered plasmonic antenna

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structure, but fixed on the substrate limits’ practical application of plasmon enhanced frequency

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upconversion.7-9

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In order to overcome the above problems, we propose a novel approach for developing

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asymmetric hetero-plasmonic nanoparticles (AHPNs) that consist of plasmonic antennae in a

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nanocrescent shape on the Lanthanide-based upconversion nanoparticle for nanofocusing of

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excitation light to the upconversion nanoparticle and concentrating upconverted photon emission

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into a specific direction toward the nanocrescent antenna tip. According to the analytical solution

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of nanocrescent structure solved by transformation optics, which utilizes the covariant property

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of Maxwell’s equation for the conversion of spatial coordinates of the known field solution to

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complicated geometry, a hotspot emerges around the singular point (tip region) of the

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nanocrescent structure due to the propagation of electromagnetic waves as a form of surface

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plasmon polariton (SPP) toward the tip region, where their group velocity vanished and energy

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accumulated.10 Therefore, our group reported the first experimental demonstration of the

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fabrication of the nanocrescent structures for the application of ultrasensitive biomolecular

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detection.11 Then, we demonstrated changing of fluorescence intensity of nanocrescent antenna


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attached fluorescent polystyrene nanosphere according to the direction of the singular point.12

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However, we did not explain the origin of the difference of orientation dependent fluorescence

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intensity and also did not address the enhancement of fluorescence due to the nanocrescent

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structure. In this paper, we demonstrated nanofocusing of excitation light by near-field

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simulation of electric field distribution and head-to-head comparison of upconversion

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luminescence of AHPNs with different nanocrescent geometry in a single nanoparticle

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resolution. Also, the asymmetric pattern of upconverted photon emission was demonstrated by

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the asymmetric far-field radiation pattern of dipoles in the nanocrescent antenna and orientation-

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dependent upconversion luminescence measurement.

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Figure 1 shows the design strategy of the asymmetric plasmonic antenna for the nanofocusing

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of excitation light and concentration on frequency upconverted emission. We designed

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asymmetric hetero-plasmonic nanoparticles (AHPNs), which consist of the asymmetric

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plasmonic antenna in a nanocrescent shape on the upconversion nanoparticle. Nanocrescent

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antennae act as receiving antennae, which are nanofocusing excitation light to enhance the

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excitation of the frequency upconversion nanoparticle (UC) (Figure 1c). As validated in various

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models, including transformation optics10, finite-difference-time-domain (FDTD)13 and finite

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element method (FEM)14 modeling, the plasmonic nanocrescent structure focusing excitation

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light on the nanoscale regime, especially a singular tip region, by excitation in the body of the

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crescent then propagating toward the tip region as SPP. Propagation of SPP toward the tip region

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of the nanocrescent is not dependent on the location of the excitation as demonstrated by incident

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angle dependent near-field electric field distribution simulation (Figure 1b). Therefore, the

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plasmonic nanocrescent structure has the potential to efficiently excite UC near the tip region.

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upconverted emission by modulating the far-field radiation profile (Figure 1d). Without the

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nanocrescent antennae, UC exhibits a symmetric emission pattern due to the anisotropic

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geometry of UC, but when it is assembled with nanocrescent antennae, the asymmetric emission

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is exhibited due to the interaction of radiated emission with the nanocrescent antenna.

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To understand the interaction of the nanocrescent antenna with excitation and emission

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radiation, we employed three-dimensional full-field FEM simulation of AHPN. First, we

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analyzed the near-field E-field norm distribution of AHPN, then compared it with bare dielectric

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and dielectric core, metal shell (core-shell) nanoparticles. Core-shell is one of the most

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frequently investigated plasmonic structures, due to its tunable and intensive plasmon resonance.

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Also, a broad range of nanofabrication techniques were developed to readily synthesize the core-

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shell plasmonic nanostructures. Figure 2a shows the near-field simulation of the electric field

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distribution around AHPN. The dimension of AHPN is matched with fabricated AHPN

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according to the TEM image depicted in the next section (DUC: 70 nm, DAu: 30 nm and Dgap: 32

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nm). The results showed that the electric field is highly localized around the tip region of

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nanocrescent antenna, and the magnitude of the enhanced electric field within the dielectric core

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is 181.2 times higher than that of the integral of the electric field within the dielectric core

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without the nanocrescent antenna (Depicted as a red dot in Figure 2h). However, 31.2 times

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enhancement of the integral of the electric field within the dielectric core was obtained from the

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similar dimension (DUC: 70 nm, DAu: 30nm) of core-shell nanoparticles (Figure 2c). This result

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originates from the fact that, although core-shell exhibits a large effective cross-section, its

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plasmon resonance does not produce intensive near-field hot spots as shown in the nanocrescent

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antenna, and the electric field is localized toward the outside of the shell, rather than toward the

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core region. To develop analytical insight into the unique nanofocusing effect of the


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nanocrescent structure, we further analyzed the z-component of the electric field distribution

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(number 4 in Figures 2a, b, and c). The z-component of the electric field distribution of AHPN

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demonstrates that SPPs are excited at the body of the nanocrescent antenna, then propagate along

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the nanocrescent surface and toward tip regions, where the group velocity becomes zero and

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energy is accumulated as explained by the transformational optics theory.10, 14 In this region, a

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highly localized electric field excites UC to release frequency upconverted luminescence with

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enhanced efficiency. To investigate the ultimate limit of the nanofocusing effect of AHPN, near-

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field simulation of AHPNs with a smaller gap (16, 8, 4 and 2 nm), although these were not

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experimentally realized in this paper, are depicted in Figures 2d. The electric field is localized in

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the tip region in all AHPNs as depicted in z-sectioned (number 1) and three-dimensional view

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(number 2) of electric field norm distribution, in which the color range is saturated for qualitative

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visualization. For quantitative investigation of the gap size-dependent nanofocusing effect, the

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integral of the electric field within the dielectric core of AHPNs with various gap widths

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normalized by the integral of the electric field within the dielectric core without the nanocrescent

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antenna is depicted in Figure 2e. Electric field enhancement is gradually increased as the gap size

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is decreased and is radically increased when the gap size is below 8 nm, as observed in a dimer

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of Au nanospheres or a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) structure.15-17 In the z-component of electric

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field distribution (number 3), as the gap width (Dgap) is decreased, the number of nodes of

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standing wave are increased, and its concentration at the end of the tip region is also increased

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due to efficient propagation of SPP as explained by the truncated slab model of the truncated

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crescent.18 To examine the interaction of nanocrescent antenna with frequency upconverted

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emission, the radiation pattern of an electric dipole emitter located in the dielectric core in

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detailed in the Experimental methods section in the Supporting Information, energy flux density

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obtained from the models (Single dipole in AHPN, UC and core-shell) were sectioned along the

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xy-plane (vertical pattern; number 1), xz-plane (horizontal pattern; number 2), and perspective

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view (number 3). The radiation pattern of a dipole in AHPN (Fig. 2f) exhibited asymmetric

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radiation, and a lobe facing the tip region has higher emission flux than a lobe facing

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nanocrescent antenna body. In contrast, a dipole in UC (Figure 2g) or core-shell nanoparticle

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(Figure 2h) exhibited symmetric radiation, in which both lobes exhibited equal emission flux.

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The angular distribution of the emitted power obtained in the xy-plane (vertical plane) is shown

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in Figure 2i. These results demonstrated the emission from a dipole is efficiently coupled to the

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nanocrescent antenna and result in the focusing of radiation toward the tip region as evidenced

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by the nanogap slit antenna.19,

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implement emitting antenna on a single nanoparticle scale, which has great importance in

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practical application.

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Notably, in our case, we demonstrated the capability to

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AHPNs were fabricated by angle deposition of the Au layer on the isolated UCs (Figure S1).

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Spherical UCs consisted of sodium yttrium fluoride (NaYF4) as a host matrix, which was doped

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with Yb3+ and Tm3+ using the thermal decomposition method. Synthesized UCs have a spherical

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shape with uniform size distribution (Average diameter: 70.4 nm), which exhibit a perfect

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hexagonal close-packed (HCP) structure depicted by a selected area electron diffraction (SAED)

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pattern and a single crystalline structure with a uniform lattice distance of 0.5 nm in high-

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resolution (HR) TEM image (Figure 3a). Since bare UC is not stably dissolved in the water, the

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surface of UC is coated by phospholipid-mPEG to minimize the production of aggregated UCs to

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produce isolated AHPNs for single particle microscopy. In order to prepare AHPNs with smaller

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gaps, UCs were drop-casted on the poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) layer-coated substrate.


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After drop-casting of UCs, the sample was oxygen plasma treated to elevate UCs from the

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substrate to prevent connection between the Au layer on UCs and the Au layer on the substrate

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for high-angle deposition of the Au layer (Diagram 3 in figure S1). Then, the Au layer (30 nm)

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was deposited onto UCs by physical vapor deposition, tilted at certain angles (0, 20, 40, and 60˚)

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to assemble the nanocrescent antenna on the UCs. Without elevation of UCs using the PMMA

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layer, the connection of the Au layer on the UC to the Au layer on the substrate was observed

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upon deposition of the Au layer at 60˚ (red arrow in Figure S3a). In contrast, after the elevation

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of UCs using the PMMA layer, separation of the Au layer on the UCs from the Au layer on the

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substrate was observed (Figure S3b). AHPNs were released from the substrate by sonication,

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then drop-casted on the TEM grid (Figures 3b). According to TEM imaging, the AHPN consists

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of a plasmonic antenna in a nanocrescent shape on the spherical dielectric core (UC; diameter:

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70.4 nm) in a sub-wavelength size (λex: 980 nm). For frequency upconversion efficiency

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measurement of AHPN with single-particle resolution, AHPNs were selectively transferred to a

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new bare glass substrate, while the Au layer on the original substrate remains (Diagram 5 in

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Figure S1). During this step, the orientation of AHPNs is conserved, and directionality-

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dependent UCL emission measurement is enabled (Figure S4). Also, we prepared the sample to

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have a low density (less than 50 particles per 10 µm2) to ensure the presence of single AHPN

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within a diffraction limit of the microscope (White circles in Figure S4a). Then, the refractive

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index around the AHPN is matched by locating AHPNs in immersion oil between two cover

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glass substrates, which has a very similar refractive index (n = 1.5) to minimize the effect of

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discontinuity of dielectric constant for directionality-dependent UCL emission measurement

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(Diagram 6 in Figure S1). Finally, the side area of the sample is sealed using lacquer to minimize

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evaporation of the immersion oil (Diagram 7 in Figure S1). Since we fabricate AHPNs in a 1-D


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manner, the low fabrication yield (5.8 x 109 particles per 4-inch wafer) limits practical

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application. However, it is noteworthy that our group previously demonstrate an innovative way

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of synthesis of the colloidal nanocrescent in the solution.21 Therefore, we believe that this

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method would solve the low yield problem of the preparation of the AHPN. More technical

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details regarding sample preparation can be found in the Methods section.

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Correlated dark-field scattering images and upconversion luminescence images of AHPNs are

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depicted in Figures 3c and d. In order to obtain the correlated dark-field scattering and

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upconversion luminescence images, the substrate is located between the objective lens and the

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dark-field condenser. For acquiring dark-field scattering images, white light is illuminated

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through a dark-field condenser, and for acquiring upconversion luminescence image, a 980 nm

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laser was illuminated through an objective lens. Since metallic nanoparticles have a

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characteristic color in scattered images regarding the onset of localized surface plasmon

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resonance (LSPR), AHPNs are seen as orange dots in dark-field scattering images. In

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upconversion luminescence images, AHPNs are seen as blue dots, and these two images are

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overlapping. Then, we obtained the dark-field scattering spectrum from individual AHPNs

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(Number 1, blue dot) and UCs (Number 2, gray dot), which is related to the characteristic LSPR

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of the nanocrescent antenna (Figure 3f). The spectral position of LSPR of AHPN obtained from

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the dark-field scattering measurement (blue dot) is around 597 nm and well matched with the

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simulation result of scattering cross-section calculation (blue line). The position of LSPR can be

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modulated by controlling the size of the nanocrescent antenna by using UCs with different sizes.

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Although the location of LSPR is not matched to the excitation wavelength (980 nm), we chose a

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UC with a diameter of 70.4 nm, because this is the largest available spherical UC with a well-

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ordered hexagonal phase β-NaYF4 structure. Moreover, one set of maximum near-field


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enhancement is red-shifted from the spectral position of LSPR due to the damping.22, 23 The

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spectrum of upconversion luminescence of individual AHPNs (red line) and ensemble averaged

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AHPN clusters (blue line) are depicted in Figure 3g. To obtain the upconversion luminescence

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spectrum of individual AHPNs, excitation light (cw laser, λ = 980 nm) is focused on individually

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separated AHPNs using a 100x/1.3 NA objective lens. Then zeroth order diffraction image of

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individual AHPNs is obtained by spatially confining the region of interest (ROI) using a slit. To

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measure the ensemble averaged spectrum, excitation light is focused on the AHPN powder using

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a 10x/0.25 NA objective lens. Under 980 nm laser excitation, Tm3+ ions are excited by energy

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transfer through Yb3+ → Tm3+ and UC exhibited peaks at 450 nm (1D2 → 3F4) and 474 nm (1G4

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→ 3H6) corresponding to the relaxation of electrons in the Tm3+.4 The emission spectrum of the

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individual AHPN (red line) and ensemble averaged AHPN powder (red line) showed a high

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resemblance, but the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the peaks in the ensemble averaged

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AHPN is wider. Since both spectra were obtained with the same detection system, this difference

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could not be originated to instrumental artifacts. This discrepancy is originated by the UC-UC

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interaction process, which is related to nonradiative and radiative energy transfer among adjacent

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Tm3+ ions.24, 25 Therefore, for quantitative analysis, single particle measurement is important,

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because it is not affected by inter-particle interactions.24, 26 Figure 3h shows the representative

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upconversion luminescence spectrum of single AHPN (Number 1, blue line) and UC (Number 2,

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gray dotted line). Upconversion luminescence of UC is enhanced by 16.1 times after assembled

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with the Au nanocrescent antenna. A detailed discussion regarding enhancement of upconversion

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luminescence can be found in the following section.

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Therefore, we optimized the structure of the nanocrescent antenna by modulating the deposition

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angle (θ) of the Au vapor to the UCs (Figure 3i). Under the lower deposition angle, AHPNs with

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wider gaps are produced, because Au vapor is deposited on the face of UCs facing the Au vapor.

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In contrast, under higher deposition angles, AHPNs with narrower gaps are produced because Au

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vapor can access the side region of UCs. However, practically, there is a limitation of the

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deposition angle because Au vapor has volume and also tends to form a grain when it is

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condensed to solid (grain size – 10 nm).27 This result forms the connection of Au layer on the

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AHPN to the Au layer on the surface of the substrate. Therefore, we fabricated AHPNs with θ =

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0, 20, 40, and 60˚, then measured the deposition angle-dependent gap size and frequency

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upconverted emission from an individual AHPN (Figures 3j and k). The gap size of AHPNs

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becomes narrower as the deposition angle is increased, and this tendency is matched with the

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geometrical calculation result (Figure 3l). In the geometrical calculation, we neglected the

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volume of Au vapor and the effect of the graining process during condensation and calculated

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the angle-dependent Dgap by using the geometrically derived equation depicted in the Figure S5.

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The gap width-dependent plot of the intensity of frequency upconverted emission from an

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individual AHPN is depicted in Figure 3m. The experimental result (red dot) is matched with the

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simulation result (blue dot), which exhibited an exponential increase of frequency upconverted

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emission from an AHPN. AHPNs with gap widths of 31.9 nm, which exhibited 16.1 times

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enhanced emission are the narrowest gaps experimentally attainable under our experimental

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procedure. This result is 1.9 times higher than resonance frequency matched core-shell

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nanoparticles, and this can be increased by fabricating AHPNs with smaller gaps.28

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Figure 4a depicts a schematic illustration of the experimental setup for the measurement of

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facing toward the bottom are attached on the bottom cover glass substrate (denoted as B) and

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covered by the top cover glass substrate (denoted as T) to contain the refractive index-matched

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immersion oil to minimize the effect of discontinuity of the dielectric constant. When emission

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toward the tip region of the nanocrescent antenna is collected (number 1), AHPNs exhibited 16.1

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times higher frequency upconverted emission per particle than UC without the nanocrescent

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antenna as depicted in Figure 4b. In contrast, when emission toward the body region of the

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nanocrescent antenna is collected (number 2), the intensity of emission is decreased from the

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bare UC by 46.4 %. Several studies have determined that when an emitter is located near a

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metallic surface, both enhancements of radiation due to local field enhancement (LFE) caused by

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the LSPR effect of the metallic nanostructure and quenching of radiation by non-radiative energy

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transfer (NRET) resulting from the Forster mechanism exist competitively.9, 29 According to the

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angle-dependent near-field electric distribution simulation depicted in Figure 1b, the maximum

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value of LFE is not dependent on the direction of the excitation electromagnetic wave and is

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formed on the tip region delivered as SPP. Therefore, the difference between intensity emission

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collected at the tip region (number 1) and body region (number 2) originated from the

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asymmetric far-field radiation pattern. Also, since Forster quenching is critically dependent on

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the distance between metallic surface and emitter source with the r-4 relation30 and the geometry

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of AHPN is fixed, the efficiency of Forster quenching is not significantly different between

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intensity emission collected at tip region (number 1) and that collected at the body region

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microscopy images, AHPN exhibited different characteristic resonance spectrums dependent on

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the orientation. Upon illumination toward the tip region, AHPN exhibited dark-field scattering in

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orange color due to the plasmon resonance of 597 nm, whereas it exhibits red color (resonance

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632 nm) when the light is illuminated toward the body region. In contrast, UC did not exhibit

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orientation-dependent dark-field scattering spectrum, instead of following the Rayleigh-

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concentrated toward the tip region. According to directionality-dependent frequency upconverted

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emission measurement from single particles, AHPN generates a 16.1 times higher photon

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emission toward the nanocrescent antenna tip region, whereas a 46.4% decreased photon

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emission is exhibited toward the nanocrescent antenna body. It should be noted that, until

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studied, but have not been available in a nanoparticle. However, as described in this work, the

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asymmetric emission, which may provide insights into various nanoparticle-based applications.

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For example, by the addition of a magnetic layer in the nanocrescent antenna, local modulation

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of the beam path of frequency upconverted emission light can be enabled.12 If the nanocrescent

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antenna is assembled with UV emitting frequency upconverting nanoparticles and reactive

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Figure 1. The design strategy of the asymmetric plasmonic antenna. (a) Schematic illustration of

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nanofocusing of excitation light and concentrating upconversion emission of asymmetric hetero-

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plasmonic nanoparticles (AHPNs), which consist of nanocrescent-shaped asymmetric plasmonic antennae

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on the upconversion nanoparticle (UC). (b) Schematic diagram for incident angle-dependent near-field

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electric field distribution around an AHPN. The direction of the propagating electromagnetic field (k) is

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fixed at 0˚ and location of the tip of the nanocrescent is rotated by angle θ from 0˚. (Left lane) Near-field

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distribution of z-component (Ez) and (Right lane) norm (|E|/|E0|) of the electric field in the vicinity of an

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AHPN with various incident angles (θ = 0˚, 45˚, 90˚, 135˚, and 180˚). (c) Schematic diagram and

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representative simulation of nanofocusing of excitation light of AHPNs with (left) and without (right)

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polarized plane wave propagating along the direction of the k-vector in the diagram is depicted. (d)

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polarized point dipole without (left) and with (right) nanocrescent antenna is depicted.

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Figure 2. Simulation of AHPNs. (a-c) Schematic diagram describing simulation sectioned in xy-plane

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(number 1), norm (|E|/|E0|) of electric field sectioned in xy-plane (number 2), perspective view of surface

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profile of norm (|E|/|E0|) of electric field (number 3) and z-component (Ez) of electric field sectioned in

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xy-plane (number 4) of an (a) AHPN, (b) UC, and (c) core-shell nanoparticle (Scale bar: 50 nm). (d) Gap

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(Dgap)-dependent norm (|E|/|E0|) of electric field sectioned in xy-plane (number 1), perspective view of

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surface profile of norm (|E|/|E0|) of electric field (number 2) and z-component (Ez) of electric field

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sectioned in xy-plane (number 3) of an AHPN with Dgap = 16 nm, 8 nm, 4 nm and 2 nm (Scale bar: 50

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nm). Inset in Ez plot (number 3) is enlarged Ez distribution around the tip region of the nanocrescent

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antenna. In the simulation, the norm or z-component of the electric field under the background TE

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polarized plane wave propagating along the direction of the k-vector in the diagram is depicted. (e) Dgap-

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dependent distribution of normalized integral of the electric field norm within the dielectric core of an

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AHPN (EAHPN/EUC). Integral of the electric field norm (EAHPN) is normalized by that of the dielectric core

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without the nanocrescent (EUC). (f-h) Schematic diagram of the geometry describing simulation of the far-

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field radiation patterns of (f) AHPN, (g) UC, and (h) core-shell nanoparticles. A point dipole oscillating


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parallel to the antenna tip direction is located at the center of the dielectric core as an emitting source.

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Numbers noted in each colored plane (1: xy-plane, 2: xz-plane and 3: perspective view) describe the

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Figure 3. Optimization of nanofocusing of excitation light. (a) Transmission electron microscopy

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high-resolution TEM image of a UC (Scale bar: 10 nm) with a selected area electron diffraction (SAED)

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pattern. (b) TEM image of AHPNs in low magnification (Scale bar: 1 µm) and high magnification (inset;

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scale bar: 50 nm). (c-d) Correlated image of (c) dark-field scattering and (d) frequency upconverted

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emission of AHPNs (Scale bar: 10 µm). (e) Schematic diagram for optical microscopy setup for

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correlated measurement of dark-field scattering and frequency upconverted emission. (f) Simulated

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scattering cross-section (line) and dark-field scattered spectrum of an AHPN (number 1, blue) and UC

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(number 2, gray). (g) Frequency upconverted emission spectrum of single AHPN (red) and ensemble

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averaged AHPN powder (blue). The inset shows CCD images obtained from each sample (Scale bar at

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nanocrescent antennae by changing deposition angle (θ). (j) TEM and (k) image of frequency

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upconverted emission of AHPNs with various deposition angles (θ = 0˚, 20˚, 40˚, and 60˚). (l)

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Figure 4. Asymmetric frequency upconverted emission of AHPN. (a) Schematic illustration of the

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tips are facing toward the bottom are attached on the bottom cover glass substrate (denoted as B) and

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(number 1 and 3), and for the measurement of emission toward the body region, the sample was mounted

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(d) AHPN toward the body region, (e) UC toward the bottom and (f) UC toward the top (Scale bar: 1

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