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Optical Properties of Rod-like Metallic Nanostructures: Insight from Theory and Experiment

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Author(s)

Jinsong Duan, Kyoungweon Park, Robert I. MacCuspie, Richard A. Vaia, Ruth Pachter

Abstract

In this work, we combined synthesis of metal Au and Au-Ag core-shell NRs, of high-purity and for a broad range of NR aspect ratios, with theoretical prediction, in order to gain an understanding of the optical response. Self-assembled NRs were also synthesized and characterized experimentally and theoretically, while a preliminary understanding of the growth of Au-Ag core-shell NR-like structures for varying dielectric environments and compositions was obtained. Controlled and precise synthesis, even for NRs with large aspect ratios, and for core-shell NRs, as well as NR pairs, enabled validation of the computational results, and development of structure-property relationships that will, in turn, assist in the routine experimental characterization of gold NRs and related core-shell structures in future work.
Citation
Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Volume
113
Issue
35

Citation

Duan, J. , Park, K. , MacCuspie, R. , Vaia, R. and Pachter, R. (2009), Optical Properties of Rod-like Metallic Nanostructures: Insight from Theory and Experiment, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=902067 (Accessed April 24, 2024)
Created September 2, 2009, Updated October 12, 2021