DocumentCode
2432156
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
fYear
2008
fDate
21-23 July 2008
Firstpage
73
Lastpage
74
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2008 Digest of the
Conference_Location
Acapulco
ISSN
1099-4742
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1925-8
Electronic_ISBN
1099-4742
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOSST.2008.4590495
Filename
4590495
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