Stabilization of silver and gold nanoparticles: preservation and improvement of plasmonic functionalities

H Kang, JT Buchman, RS Rodriguez, HL Ring… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Noble metal nanoparticles have been extensively studied to understand and apply their
plasmonic responses, upon coupling with electromagnetic radiation, to research areas such …

Biomimetic and bioinspired synthesis of nanomaterials/nanostructures

G Zan, Q Wu - Advanced Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, due to its unparalleled advantages, the biomimetic and bioinspired
synthesis of nanomaterials/nanostructures has drawn increasing interest and attention …

Single-molecule electronics: from chemical design to functional devices

L Sun, YA Diaz-Fernandez, TA Gschneidtner… - Chemical Society …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of single molecules in electronics represents the next limit of miniaturisation of
electronic devices, which would enable us to continue the trend of aggressive downscaling …

DNA origami based assembly of gold nanoparticle dimers for surface-enhanced Raman scattering

VV Thacker, LO Herrmann, DO Sigle, T Zhang… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Plasmonic sensors are extremely promising candidates for label-free single-molecule
analysis but require exquisite control over the physical arrangement of metallic …

Optical absorption and scattering spectroscopies of single nano-objects

A Crut, P Maioli, N Del Fatti, F Vallée - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Developments of optical detection and spectroscopy methods for single nano-objects are
key advances for applications and fundamental understanding of the novel properties …

Probing quantum plasmon coupling using gold nanoparticle dimers with tunable interparticle distances down to the subnanometer range

H Cha, JH Yoon, S Yoon - ACS nano, 2014 - ACS Publications
The assembly of noble metal nanoparticles is an appealing means to control the plasmonic
properties of nanostructures. Dimers are particularly interesting because they are a model …

Boosting the directivity of optical antennas with magnetic and electric dipolar resonant particles

B Rolly, B Stout, N Bonod - Optics express, 2012 - opg.optica.org
Dielectric particles supporting both magnetic and electric Mie resonances are shown to be
able to either reflect or collect the light emitted by a single photon source. An analytical …

Controlled assembly and plasmonic properties of asymmetric core–satellite nanoassemblies

JH Yoon, J Lim, S Yoon - ACS nano, 2012 - ACS Publications
The assembly of noble metal nanoparticles offers an appealing means to control and
enhance the plasmonic properties of nanostructures. However, making nanoassemblies …

Self-assembled nanoparticle dimer antennas for plasmonic-enhanced single-molecule fluorescence detection at micromolar concentrations

D Punj, R Regmi, A Devilez, R Plauchu… - ACS …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Plasmonic antennas offer extremely promising strategies to enhance single molecule
fluorescence sensing and breach the limitations set by diffraction. However, the technical …

Clicking DNA to gold nanoparticles: poly-adenine-mediated formation of monovalent DNA-gold nanoparticle conjugates with nearly quantitative yield

G Yao, H Pei, J Li, Y Zhao, D Zhu, Y Zhang, Y Lin… - NPG Asia …, 2015 - nature.com
Monovalent DNA–gold nanoparticle (mDNA–AuNP) conjugates hold great promise for
widespread applications, especially the construction of well-defined, molecule-like …