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 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.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Univ. of Toronto, ON (Canada)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); Univ. of Toronto (Canada)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC00112704; AC02-06CH11357; AC02-98CH10886

OSTI ID:: 1182532

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1339160

Report Number(s):: BNL-107610-2015-JA; R&D Project: 16076; KC0403020

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

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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