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Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy via Gold Nanostars

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Author(s)

Emren Nalbant-Esenturk, Angela R. Hight Walker

Abstract

Anisotropic metallic nanoparticles have unique optical properties, which lend them to applications such as Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS). Branched and star-shaped gold nanoparticles have been prepared in aqueous phase by seed-mediated growth methos by using 10nm, commercially available, gold colloid solution. Characterization of the nanostars was performed via UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) showing unprecedented nanostructures. SERS measurements for 2-Mercaptopyridine adsorbed on aggregated gold nanostars show a larger enhancement than 2-MPy on spherical nanoparticles of the similar size.
Citation
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Volume
40
Issue
1

Keywords

2-mercaptopyridine, gold nanoparticle, Raman enhancement

Citation

Nalbant-Esenturk, E. and Hight Walker, A. (2008), Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy via Gold Nanostars, Journal of the American Chemical Society, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=841139 (Accessed April 24, 2024)
Created September 27, 2008, Updated October 12, 2021