Plasmons of magnesium nanodisks and their interactions with a dipole-carrying molecule

Magnesium nanostructures have recently emerged as an outstanding material with new and intriguing plasmonic properties. Here we investigate the optical properties of pristine and pyridine adsorbed magnesium nanodisks having diameter spanning in the range of 0.50 nm–2.0 nm. We base our calculations on computationally efficient time-dependent density-functional theory calculations. Our results demonstrate that pristine magnesium nanodisks possess localized surface plasmon resonances. The adsorption of a dipole-carrying molecule significantly alters their plasmonic response due to the strong plasmon splitting, leading to new features in their optical response. We believe that magnesium nanodisks provide a versatile platform for sensing and in the design of novel ultra-sensitive plasmonic devices.