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Synthesis and Optical Properties of Cubic Gold Nanoframes

Show Author's Information Leslie Au1,  Yeechi Chen1,  Fei Zhou2,  Pedro H. C. Camargo3,  Byungkwon Lim3,  Zhi-Yuan Li2,  David S. Ginger1,  Younan Xia3( )
Department of Chemistry University of WashingtonSeattleWashington 98195 USA
Institute of Physics Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing 100080 China
Department of Biomedical Engineering Washington UniversitySt. LouisMissouri 63130 USA
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localized surface plasmon resonance, galvanic replacement, surface-enhanced Raman scattering, hollow nanostructures, Gold nanostructures
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This paper describes a facile method of preparing cubic Au nanoframes with open structures via the galvanic replacement reaction between Ag nanocubes and AuCl2−. A mechanistic study of the reaction revealed that the formation of Au nanoframes relies on the diffusion of both Au and Ag atoms. The effect of the edge length and ridge thickness of the nanoframes on the localized surface plasmon resonance peak was explored by a combination of discrete dipole approximation calculations and single nanoparticle spectroscopy. With their hollow and open structures, the Au nanoframes represent a novel class of substrates for applications including surface plasmonics and surface-enhanced Raman scattering.


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Synthesis and Optical Properties of Cubic Gold Nanoframes

Show Author's information Leslie Au1, Yeechi Chen1, Fei Zhou2, Pedro H. C. Camargo3, Byungkwon Lim3, Zhi-Yuan Li2, David S. Ginger1, Younan Xia3( )
Department of Chemistry University of WashingtonSeattleWashington 98195 USA
Institute of Physics Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing 100080 China
Department of Biomedical Engineering Washington UniversitySt. LouisMissouri 63130 USA

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This paper describes a facile method of preparing cubic Au nanoframes with open structures via the galvanic replacement reaction between Ag nanocubes and AuCl2−. A mechanistic study of the reaction revealed that the formation of Au nanoframes relies on the diffusion of both Au and Ag atoms. The effect of the edge length and ridge thickness of the nanoframes on the localized surface plasmon resonance peak was explored by a combination of discrete dipole approximation calculations and single nanoparticle spectroscopy. With their hollow and open structures, the Au nanoframes represent a novel class of substrates for applications including surface plasmonics and surface-enhanced Raman scattering.

Keywords: localized surface plasmon resonance, galvanic replacement, surface-enhanced Raman scattering, hollow nanostructures, Gold nanostructures

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Received: 20 September 2008
Revised: 14 October 2008
Accepted: 17 October 2008
Published: 01 December 2008
Issue date: December 2008

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This work was supported in part by a Director's Pioneer Award from the NIH (5DPOD000798, Y.X.), the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (D.S.G. and Y.C.), the National Science Foundation (DMR 0520567, D.S.G. and Y.C.), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10525419, 60736041, and 10874238, Z.Y.L.). L.A. thanks the Center for Nanotechnology at the UW for an IGERT Fellowship funded by the NSF and NCI.

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