Title :
Observation of narrow spectral linewidths from single gold nanorods
Author :
Qiu, Le ; Larson, Timothy A. ; Smith, Danielle K. ; Vitkin, Edward ; Itzkan, Irving ; Hanlon, Eugene B. ; Korgel, Brian A. ; Sokolov, Konstantin V. ; Perelman, Lev T.
Author_Institution :
Beth Israel Deaconess Med. Center, Harvard Univ., Boston, MA
Abstract :
Nanorods have the potential to be employed as bright molecular biomedical labels. However, nanorod samples usually exhibit relatively wide spectral lines. Using CLASS microscopy we found that single gold nanorods have a narrow spectrum.
Keywords :
gold; nanobiotechnology; nanostructured materials; spectral line breadth; CLASS microscopy; gold nanorods; molecular biomedical labels; spectral linewidth; Biomedical imaging; Gold; Light scattering; Nanoparticles; Optical imaging; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Plasmons; Resonance light scattering; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2008 Digest of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1925-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1099-4742
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2008.4590495
