Gauvin, M.Alnasser, T.Terver, E.Abid, I.Mlayah, A.Xie, S.Brugger, J.Viallet, B.Ressier, L.Grisolia, J.2016-11-212016-11-212016-11-21201610.1039/c6nr05091chttps://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/131466WOS:000384531600003We report on photo-current generation in freestanding monolayered gold nanoparticle membranes excited by using a focused laser beam. The absence of a substrate leads to a 50% increase of the photo-current at the surface plasmon resonance. This current is attributed to a combination of trap state dynamics and bolometric effects in a nanocomposite medium yielding a temperature rise of 40 K.text::journal::journal article::research article