EMBEDDING OF CATALYTICALLY ACTIVE NANOPARTICLES INTO SUPERSTRUCTURES OF PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLES TO ENHANCE THE PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY,EINBETTUNG VON KATALYTISCH AKTIVEN NANOPARTIKELN IN SUPERSTRUKTUREN VON PLASMONISCHEN NANOPARTIKELN ZUR ERHÖHUNG DER PHOTOKATALYTISCHEN AKTIVITÄT

The present invention relates to a device for heterogeneous plasmonic photocatalysis. The device comprises a crystalline or quasi-crystalline superstructure of plasmonic nanoparticles attached to a substrate, and a plurality of catalytically active nanoparticles embedded into the superstructure of plasmonic nanoparticles. Further, the invention relates to a method of manufacturing the device for heterogeneous plasmonic photocatalysis.