Title :
Self-assembled plasmonic nanoparticle clusters
Author :
Fan, Jonathan A. ; Wu, Chihhui ; Bao, Kui ; Bao, Jiming ; Bardhan, Rizia ; Halas, Naomi J. ; Manoharan, Vinothan N. ; Nordlander, Peter ; Shvets, Gennady ; Capasso, Federico
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Polymer-coated gold nanoshells are assembled, using capillary forces, into packed clusters with tailored surface plasmon resonances. Separation between nanoshells is engineered to be ~2 nm. Strongly coupled resonances in nanoshell dimers and trimers are observed.
Keywords :
gold; metamaterials; nanoparticles; self-assembly; surface plasmon resonance; capillary forces; polymer-coated gold nanoshells; self-assembled plasmonic nanoparticle clusters; surface plasmon resonances; Assembly; Geometry; Gold; Magnetic materials; Magnetic resonance; Nanostructures; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Polymers; Self-assembly;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
