This work presents a comparative analysis of the resonant properties of gold nanoparticles and gold bowtie nanoantennas with new triangular geometries. The proposed geometries are as follows: the curved side triangular ones and the triangular geometries with one corner formed by three tips. The investigated properties are the resonant responses, the spatial distributions of the electric near-field and the resonant wavelengths. The current density inside the nanostructures is also analysed for better understanding of the electric near-field enhancement. For the case of bowtie nanoantennas, the research is also focused on the study of the influence of a silicon dioxide substrate on their resonant properties and on the study of their characteristics in the far-field region (scattering cross section and radiation pattern). The numerical results are obtained in the visible and near infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, simulated by the finite integration technique. For isolated nanoparticles, these results show that the suggested geometries have electric near-field intensity around 160% higher and resonant wavelength redshifted by 15%, as compared to the equilateral triangular geometry. In the case of bowtie nanoantennas, the new geometries have electric near-field intensity 90% higher and resonant wavelength blueshifted by 15%, as compared to the triangular equilateral bowtie nanoantenna. The results of this work can serve for modeling, fabrication and designing of gold nanoparticles and gold bowtie nanoantennas for different applications, for example, microscopy and optical fibre sensors.
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