Improved monodispersity of plasmonic nanoantennas via centrifugal processing

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 218-222

  Tyler, Timothy P ^a   Henry, Anne Isabelle ^b   Van Duyne, Richard P ^b   Hersam, Mark C ^a,b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE STRUCTURES; AGGREGATION STATE; CENTRIFUGAL PROCESSING; DENSITY GRADIENTS; HIGH VISCOSITIES; MONODISPERSITY; NANOANTENNAS; NANOPARTICLE CLUSTERS; NANOPARTICLE SYSTEMS; NOBLE METAL NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONIC; PLASMONIC DEVICES; PLASMONIC PROPERTIES; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPORTER MOLECULES; SEDIMENTATION COEFFICIENTS; SHELL NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

CENTRIFUGATION; PLASMONS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PRECIOUS METALS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 79952955742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz101690f     Document Type: Article

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