Synthesis, optical properties and self-assembly of gold nanorods

Journal of Experimental Nanoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 688-702

  Martin, Alfonso ^a   Schopf, Carola ^a   Pescaglini, Andrea ^a   O'Riordan, Alan ^a   Iacopino, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Darkfield spectroscopy; Dielectrophoresis; Gold nanorods; Selfassembly; Single nanoparticle spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

DARK-FIELD SPECTROSCOPY; DIELECTROPHORETIC FORCES; GOLD NANOROD; HEXAGONAL ARRANGEMENTS; LONGITUDINAL SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCES; METAL NANOSTRUCTURE; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY; SINGLE-NANOPARTICLE SPECTROSCOPY;

ASPECT RATIO; ELECTROPHORESIS; GOLD; PLASMONS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

NANORODS;

GOLD; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; NANOROD;

ARTICLE; ELECTROPHORESIS; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84879980380     PISSN: 17458080     EISSN: 17458099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17458080.2012.711915     Document Type: Article

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