We fabricated stable gold nanostars (AuNSs) with tunable extinction properties from the visible spectral region up to 1800 nm, depending on the average values of core size and branch length. The results of their UV–Vis and transmission electron microscopy characterization are compared with computational data from finite elements method, which makes use of an approximated model of the branched structures. The theoretical computations put in evidence the existence of hot spots located on the tips of the nanostars even up to 1800 nm wavelength, which opens the way to the improvement of diagnostics in the IR region. Preliminary Fourier transform Raman experiments performed after functionalization with a fluorescent dye bearing end thiol groups seem to confirm the field enhancing capability of the nanostructures at 1064 nm.
Tunable gold nanostars for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy / E. Giorgetti; S. Trigari; A. Rindi; G. Margheri; S. Sottini; G. Dellepiane; G. Brusatin; L. Brigo; M. Muniz-Miranda; I. Timtcheva. - In: PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI B-BASIC RESEARCH. - ISSN 0370-1972. - STAMPA. - 249:(2012), pp. 1188-1192. [10.1002/pssb.201100488]
Tunable gold nanostars for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy
MUNIZ-MIRANDA, MAURIZIO;
2012
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We fabricated stable gold nanostars (AuNSs) with tunable extinction properties from the visible spectral region up to 1800 nm, depending on the average values of core size and branch length. The results of their UV–Vis and transmission electron microscopy characterization are compared with computational data from finite elements method, which makes use of an approximated model of the branched structures. The theoretical computations put in evidence the existence of hot spots located on the tips of the nanostars even up to 1800 nm wavelength, which opens the way to the improvement of diagnostics in the IR region. Preliminary Fourier transform Raman experiments performed after functionalization with a fluorescent dye bearing end thiol groups seem to confirm the field enhancing capability of the nanostructures at 1064 nm.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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