Structural and optical properties of self-assembled chains of plasmonic nanocubes

Klinkova, Anna; Gang, Oleg; Therien-Aubin, Heloise; Ahmed, Aftab; Nykypanchuk, Dmytro; Choueiri, Rachelle M.; Gagnon, Brandon; Muntyanu, Anastasiya; Walker, Gilbert C.; Kumacheva, Eugenia

doi:10.1021/nl502746h

Title: Structural and optical properties of self-assembled chains of plasmonic nanocubes

Journal Article · Fri Oct 10 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Nano Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/nl502746h · OSTI ID:1182532

Klinkova, Anna ^[1]; Gang, Oleg ^[2]; Therien-Aubin, Heloise ^[1]; Ahmed, Aftab ^[3]; Nykypanchuk, Dmytro ^[2]; Choueiri, Rachelle M. ^[1]; Gagnon, Brandon ^[1]; Muntyanu, Anastasiya ^[1]; Walker, Gilbert C. ^[1]; Kumacheva, Eugenia ^[1]

Univ., of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Solution-based linear self-assembly of metal nanoparticles offers a powerful strategy for creating plasmonic polymers, which, so far, have been formed from spherical nanoparticles and nanorods. Here, we report linear solution-based self-assembly of metal nanocubes (NCs), examine the structural characteristics of the NC chains and demonstrate their advanced optical characteristics. Predominant face-to-face assembly of large NCs coated with short polymer ligands led to a larger volume of hot spots in the chains, a nearly uniform E-field enhancement in the gaps between co-linear NCs and a new coupling mode for NC chains, in comparison with chains of nanospheres with similar dimensions, composition and surface chemistry. The NC chains exhibited a stronger surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) signal, in comparison with linear assemblies of nanospheres. The experimental results were in agreement with finite difference time domain (FDTD) simulations.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

OSTI ID:: 1182532

Report Number(s):: BNL--107610-2015-JA; KC0403020

Journal Information:: Nano Letters, Journal Name: Nano Letters Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 14; ISSN 1530-6984

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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