Controlling the synthesis and assembly of silver nanostructures for plasmonic applications

M Rycenga, CM Cobley, J Zeng, W Li… - Chemical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Coinage metals, such as Au, Ag, and Cu, have been important materials throughout
history.(1) Although in ancient cultures they were admired primarily for their ability to reflect …

Optical properties of hybrid organic‐inorganic materials and their applications

S Parola, B Julián‐López, LD Carlos… - Advanced Functional …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Research on hybrid inorganic‐organic materials has experienced an explosive growth since
the 1980s, with the expansion of soft inorganic chemistry based processes. Indeed, mild …

Nanoantennas for visible and infrared radiation

P Biagioni, JS Huang, B Hecht - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Nanoantennas for visible and infrared radiation can strongly enhance the interaction of light
with nanoscale matter by their ability to efficiently link propagating and spatially localized …

Optical antennas

P Bharadwaj, B Deutsch, L Novotny - Advances in Optics and …, 2009 - opg.optica.org
Optical antennas are an emerging concept in physical optics. Similar to radiowave and
microwave antennas, their purpose is to convert the energy of free propagating radiation to …

Enhancement and quenching of single-molecule fluorescence

P Anger, P Bharadwaj, L Novotny - Physical review letters, 2006 - APS
We present an experimental and theoretical study of the fluorescence rate of a single
molecule as a function of its distance to a laser-irradiated gold nanoparticle. The local field …

Enhancement of Single-Molecule Fluorescence Using a Gold Nanoparticle<? format?> as an Optical Nanoantenna

S Kühn, U Håkanson, L Rogobete, V Sandoghdar - Physical review letters, 2006 - APS
We investigate the coupling of a single molecule to a single spherical gold nanoparticle
acting as a nanoantenna. Using scanning probe technology, we position the particle in front …

Silica-coated plasmonic metal nanoparticles in action

C Hanske, MN Sanz-Ortiz… - Colloidal synthesis of …, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter presents a systematic categorization of the functionalities of silica shells in the
context of their application fields. It provides a brief overview of the established synthesis …

Sensing using plasmonic nanostructures and nanoparticles

J Langer, SM Novikov, LM Liz-Marzán - Nanotechnology, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Nanoparticles are widely used in various fields of science and technology as well as in
everyday life. In particular, gold and silver nanoparticles display unique optical properties …

Surface enhanced fluorescence

E Fort, S Grésillon - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
Fluorescence is widely used in optical devices, microscopy imaging, biology, medical
research and diagnosis. Improving fluorescence sensitivity, all the way to the limit of single …

Dependence of fluorescence intensity on the spectral overlap between fluorophores and plasmon resonant single silver nanoparticles

Y Chen, K Munechika, DS Ginger - Nano letters, 2007 - ACS Publications
We investigate the fluorescence from dyes coupled to individual DNA-functionalized metal
nanoparticles. We use single-particle darkfield scattering and fluorescence microscopy to …