Structural and optical properties of self-assembled chains of plasmonic nanocubes
Abstract
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 cylindrical nanorods. In this paper, 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. In comparison with chains of nanospheres with similar dimensions, composition, and surface chemistry, 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 colinear NCs, and a new coupling mode for NC chains due to the formation of a Fabry–Perot resonator structure formed by face-to-face bonded NCs. The NC chains exhibited stronger surface-enhanced Raman scattering in comparison with linear assemblies of nanospheres. Finally, the experimental results were in agreement with finite difference time domain simulations.
- Authors:
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- Univ., of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Univ. of Toronto, ON (Canada)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); Univ. of Toronto (Canada)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1182532
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1339160
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-107610-2015-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 1530-6984; R&D Project: 16076; KC0403020
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC00112704; AC02-06CH11357; AC02-98CH10886
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nano Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 14; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 1530-6984
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; functional nanomaterials; nanoparticle; nanocube; nanosphere; self-assembly; nanoparticle chain; SERS; plasmonics
Citation Formats
Klinkova, Anna, Gang, Oleg, Therien-Aubin, Heloise, Ahmed, Aftab, Nykypanchuk, Dmytro, Choueiri, Rachelle M., Gagnon, Brandon, Muntyanu, Anastasiya, Walker, Gilbert C., and Kumacheva, Eugenia. Structural and optical properties of self-assembled chains of plasmonic nanocubes. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web. doi:10.1021/nl502746h.
Klinkova, Anna, Gang, Oleg, Therien-Aubin, Heloise, Ahmed, Aftab, Nykypanchuk, Dmytro, Choueiri, Rachelle M., Gagnon, Brandon, Muntyanu, Anastasiya, Walker, Gilbert C., & Kumacheva, Eugenia. Structural and optical properties of self-assembled chains of plasmonic nanocubes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/nl502746h
Klinkova, Anna, Gang, Oleg, Therien-Aubin, Heloise, Ahmed, Aftab, Nykypanchuk, Dmytro, Choueiri, Rachelle M., Gagnon, Brandon, Muntyanu, Anastasiya, Walker, Gilbert C., and Kumacheva, Eugenia. Fri .
"Structural and optical properties of self-assembled chains of plasmonic nanocubes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/nl502746h. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1182532.
@article{osti_1182532,
title = {Structural and optical properties of self-assembled chains of plasmonic nanocubes},
author = {Klinkova, Anna and Gang, Oleg and Therien-Aubin, Heloise and Ahmed, Aftab and Nykypanchuk, Dmytro and Choueiri, Rachelle M. and Gagnon, Brandon and Muntyanu, Anastasiya and Walker, Gilbert C. and Kumacheva, Eugenia},
abstractNote = {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 cylindrical nanorods. In this paper, 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. In comparison with chains of nanospheres with similar dimensions, composition, and surface chemistry, 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 colinear NCs, and a new coupling mode for NC chains due to the formation of a Fabry–Perot resonator structure formed by face-to-face bonded NCs. The NC chains exhibited stronger surface-enhanced Raman scattering in comparison with linear assemblies of nanospheres. Finally, the experimental results were in agreement with finite difference time domain simulations.},
doi = {10.1021/nl502746h},
journal = {Nano Letters},
number = 11,
volume = 14,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Oct 10 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Fri Oct 10 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}
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