• 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