• DocumentCode
    2263108
  • Title

    Plasmonic junctions with cucurbit[5]uril ‘glue’: Fabrication of precise sub-nm junctions in gold nanoparticle assemblies

  • Author

    Taylor, Richard W. ; Lee, Tung Chun ; Scherman, Oren A. ; Esteban, Ruben ; Aizpurua, Javier ; Huang, Fu Min ; Baumberg, Jeremy J. ; Mahajan, Sumeet

  • Author_Institution
    Cavendish Lab., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Aggregation of gold nanoparticles with rigid cucurbit[5]uril molecules generates fixed inter-particle separations of 0.91 nm. These nanoparticle assemblies possess discrete plasmonic modes which elucidate nanoscale growth and serve as molecular-recognition based SERS substrates.
  • Keywords
    aggregation; gold; nanofabrication; nanoparticles; organic compounds; plasmonics; surface enhanced Raman scattering; Au; aggregation; cucurbit[5]uril glue; cucurbit[5]uril molecules; discrete plasmonic modes; elucidate nanoscale growth; gold nanoparticle assembly; molecular-recognition based SERS substrates; plasmonic junctions; Aggregates; Gold; Junctions; Morphology; Optical device fabrication; Plasmons; Surface morphology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951591