Using localized surface plasmon resonances to probe the nanoscopic origins of adsorbate-driven ordering transitions of liquid crystals in contact with chemically functionalized gold nanodots

Nano Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2362-2368

  Koenig Jr , Gary M ^a   Gettelfinger, Brian T ^a   De Pablo, Juan J ^a   Abbott, Nicholas L ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING EVENTS; FUNCTIONALIZED; GOLD NANODOTS; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCES; NANODOTS; ORDERING TRANSITIONS; POLARIZED LIGHT MICROSCOPIES;

ADSORBATES; CRYSTALS; GOLD; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PLASMONS; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; VOLATILIZATION;

ADSORPTION; GOLD; LIQUID CRYSTALS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 52049126403     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl801180c     Document Type: Article

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