Title :
Multilayered gold nanorods with tunable SERS and fluorescence properties for in vivo imaging
Author :
Yuan Zhang ; Jun Qian ; Wang, Dongping ; Yalun Wang ; Sailing He
Author_Institution :
Centre for Opt. & Electromagn. Res., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China
Abstract :
Gold nanorods were coated by a dye-doped silica-polymer multilayer, forming two tunable individual SERS and fluorescence channels. Such gold nanorods are stable inside living mice and can be used for multimodality imaging in vivo.
Keywords :
biological techniques; dyes; fluorescence; gold; nanophotonics; nanorods; optical images; optical materials; optical multilayers; optical tuning; polymers; silicon; surface enhanced Raman scattering; Au; dye-doped silica-polymer multilayer; fluorescence; in vivo imaging; multilayered gold nanorods; multimodality imaging; tunable SERS;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), 2012 Asia
Conference_Location :
Guangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6274-0