Water-Based Assembly and Purification of Plasmon-Coupled Gold Nanoparticle Dimers and Trimers
We describe a simple one-pot water-based scheme to produce gold nanoparticle groupings with short interparticle spacings. This approach combines a cross-linking molecule and a hydrophilic passivation layer to control the level of induced aggregation. Suspensions of dimers and trimers are readily obt...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2012-01-01
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Series: | International Journal of Optics |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/387274 |
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Summary: | We describe a simple one-pot water-based scheme to produce gold nanoparticle groupings with short interparticle spacings. This approach combines a cross-linking molecule and a hydrophilic passivation layer to control the level of induced aggregation. Suspensions of dimers and trimers are readily obtained using a single electrophoretic purification step. The final interparticle spacings allow efficient coupling of the particle plasmon modes as verified in extinction spectroscopy. |
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ISSN: | 1687-9384 1687-9392 |