Structure and plasmon coupling of gold-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) core-shell microgel arrays with thermally controlled interparticle gap

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 463, Issue , 2014, Pages 18-27

  Clara Rahola, Joaquim ^a   Contreras Caceres, Rafael ^a   Sierra Martin, Benjamin ^a   Maldonado Valdivia, Ana ^a   Hund, Markus ^b   Fery, Andreas ^b   Hellweg, Thomas ^c   Fernandez Barbero, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Core shell Au@PNiPAM microgels; Localized horizontal and vertical plasmon resonance; PNiPAM degradation by atmospheric plasma; PNiPAM thermal response; Structured core shell 2D arrays

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; AMIDES; ELASTICITY; GELS; GOLD COMPOUNDS; PLASMONS; PROCESS CONTROL; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

2D ARRAYS; ATMOSPHERIC PLASMAS; MICRO-GELS; PLASMON RESONANCES; THERMAL RESPONSE;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOSPHERE; POLY(N ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE);

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATION; DEGRADATION; ELASTICITY; GEL; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERPARTICLE GAP; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROGEL; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFRACTION INDEX; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84930946840     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2014.09.029     Document Type: Article

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