Controlling anisotropic nanoparticle growth through plasmon excitation

Nature

Volumn 425, Issue 6957, 2003, Pages 487-490

  Jin, Rongchao ^a   Cao, Y Charles ^a   Hao, Encai ^a   Métraux, Gabriella S ^a   Schatz, George C ^a   Mirkin, Chad A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIOSENSORS; CATALYSIS; LIGHTING;

SIZE-DEPENDENT PROPERTIES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

INORGANIC COMPOUND; NANOPARTICLE; SILVER;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ILLUMINATION; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0141929384     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02020     Document Type: Article

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