Gas detection is necessary for various reasons, including the prevention of gas leakages and the creation of necessary environmental conditions. Among the gas detection methods, leakage of gas can be confirmed using materials that undergo color changes that are easily distinguished by the naked eye. Metal nanoparticles (NPs) experience variations in their absorption wavelengths under the localized surface plasmon effect (LSPR) with mechanical stresses, which change the distance between NPs. In this study, we attempted to detect the presence of gas utilizing the LSPR-related color change of a chain of Au NPs. The assembly of Au NPs, arranged in a chain shape, experienced a color change from dark blue to purple with a change in the distance between the NPs by applying a physical force, i.e., compression, stretching, and gas pressure. As the force of compression and the degree of stretching increased, the absorption wavelength shifted from doublet peaks at 650 and 550 nm to a singlet peak at 550 nm. Further, applying gas pressure caused an identical color change. With this result, we propose a method that could be applied to all gases that require detection based on gas pressure.

1. Introduction
 2. Experimental procedure
  2.1 Synthesis of Au NPs
  2.2 Assembly of Au NP chains
  2.3 Fabrication of Au films
  2.4 Compression test
  2.5 Stretching test
  2.6 Gas pressurization
  2.7 Characterization
 3. Results and Discussion
 4. Conclusion
 Acknowledgement
 References

• Gowoon Shim(Department of Energy Systems Research, Ajou University)
• Kiryung Eom(Department of Energy Systems Research, Ajou University)
• Gyuyeon Lee(Department of Energy Systems Research, Ajou University)
• Hyungtak Seo(1Department of Energy Systems Research, Ajou University, 2Materials Science and Engineering, Ajou University) Corresponding author