Precise subnanometer plasmonic junctions for SERS within gold nanoparticle assemblies using cucurbit[n]uril "glue"

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 3878-3887

  Taylor, Richard W ^a   Lee, Tung Chun ^b   Scherman, Oren A ^b   Esteban, Ruben ^c   Aizpurua, Javier ^c   Huang, Fu Min ^a   Baumberg, Jeremy J ^a   Mahajan, Sumeet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cucurbit n urils; Hot spot; Nanoparticle; Plasmon; Sensing; SERS

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; COMPLEXATION; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; GLUING; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOLECULES; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONICS; PLASMONS;

CUCURBIT[N]URILS; HOST-GUEST COMPLEXATIONS; HOT SPOT; INTER-PARTICLE SEPARATION; NANOPARTICLE ASSEMBLIES; SENSING; SERS; THEORETICAL SIMULATION;

SUBSTRATES;

BRIDGED COMPOUND; CUCURBIT(5)URIL; GOLD; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; NANOMATERIAL;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADHESIVENESS; BRIDGED COMPOUNDS; GOLD; IMIDAZOLES; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 80051532798     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn200250v     Document Type: Article

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