Gas sensors based on localized surface plasmon resonances: synthesis of oxide films with embedded metal nanoparticles, theory and simulation, and sensitivity enhancement strategies

This research was funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) in the framework of the Strategic Funding UIDB/04650/2020; and by the project NANO4BIO POCI-01-0145-FEDER-032299, with FCT reference PTDC/FISMAC/32299/2017. Marco S. Rodrigues acknowledges FCT for his PhD Scholarship, SFRH/BD/118684/2016.