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Yang M, Moroz P, Jin Z, Budkina DS, Sundrani N, Porotnikov D, Cassidy J, Sugiyama Y, Tarnovsky AN, Mattoussi H, Zamkov M. Delayed Photoluminescence in Metal-Conjugated Fluorophores. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:11286-11297. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b04697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32303, United States
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- Asahi-Kasei Corporation, Healthcare R&D Center, 2-1 Samejima, Fuji City, Shizuoka 416-8501 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32303, United States
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Venditti I. Engineered Gold-Based Nanomaterials: Morphologies and Functionalities in Biomedical Applications. A Mini Review. Bioengineering (Basel) 2019; 6:bioengineering6020053. [PMID: 31185667 PMCID: PMC6630817 DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering6020053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2019] [Revised: 06/06/2019] [Accepted: 06/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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In the last decade, several engineered gold-based nanomaterials, such as spheres, rods, stars, cubes, hollow particles, and nanocapsules have been widely explored in biomedical fields, in particular in therapy and diagnostics. As well as different shapes and dimensions, these materials may, on their surfaces, have specific functionalizations to improve their capability as sensors or in drug loading and controlled release, and/or particular cell receptors ligands, in order to get a definite targeting. In this review, the up-to-date progress will be illustrated regarding morphologies, sizes and functionalizations, mostly used to obtain an improved performance of nanomaterials in biomedicine. Many suggestions are presented to organize and compare the numerous and heterogeneous experimental data, such as the most important chemical-physical parameters, which guide and control the interaction between the gold surface and biological environment. The purpose of all this is to offer the readers an overview of the most noteworthy progress and challenges in this research field.
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- Iole Venditti
- Department of Sciences, University of Roma Tre, via della Vasca Navale 79, 00146 Rome, Italy.
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Wang Y, Ding T. Optical tuning of plasmon-enhanced photoluminescence. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:10589-10594. [PMID: 31120082 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr03725j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Photoluminescence (PL) can be enhanced and tuned with the assistance of surface plasmons. Traditional methods of generating tunable fluorophores are either of low efficiency or complicated with poor controllability. Here, we propose the optical tuning and enhancement of PL by modifying the plasmon modes, which shows unique advantages of generality, simplicity, and on-demand controllability. We adopted gold nanoparticles on a mirror as the plasmonic resonator, and responsive polymers as the spacers as well as the emitters in the nanogaps. By controlling the coating thickness of polymers, we can achieve tunable plasmon resonances as well as PL peaks with an enhancement factor up to ∼7000. Furthermore, we show the optical tuning of the plasmon resonances via laser irradiation which modifies the nanogaps. Thus, the PL peaks of the polymers shift accordingly with plasmon resonances. This tuning mechanism is based on plasmon-enhanced PL, which selectively enhances PL signals at different wavelengths. Such a plasmon-assisted PL selection by the optical tuning method provides new opportunities for photonic devices with applications of multiplex sensing and full colour displays.
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- Yunxia Wang
- Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-structures of Ministry of Education of China, School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
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Pawar S, Bhattacharya A, Nag A. Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence Study in Aqueous Medium by Coupling Gold Nanoparticles and Fluorophores Using a Bilayer Vesicle Platform. ACS OMEGA 2019; 4:5983-5990. [PMID: 31459747 PMCID: PMC6648612 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b00036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2019] [Accepted: 03/19/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) display excellent plasmonic properties, which are expected to assist fluorescence enhancement for dyes, and the phenomenon is known as "metal-enhanced fluorescence" (MEF). In this study, we demonstrate AuNP-induced MEF for a modified bipyridine-based construct 4-(pyridine-2-yl)-3H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]quinoline (PPQ) when it binds with biologically important Zn2+. Importantly, this phenomenon is observed under aqueous conditions in a biocompatible bilayer vesicle platform. When PPQ binds with Zn2+ to form the complex in the presence of appropriate AuNPs, MEF is evident once compared with the fluorescence intensity in the absence of AuNPs. Among the three different sizes of AuNPs used, the enhancement is observed with an average diameter of 33 nm, whereas 18 and 160 nm do not show any enhancement. A possible mechanism is ascribed to the radiating plasmons of the AuNPs, which can couple with the emission frequencies of the fluorophore under a critical distance-dependent arrangement. We witness that the enhancement in fluorescence is accompanied with a reduction in lifetime components. It is proposed that the mechanism may be predominantly derived from the enhancement of an intrinsic radiative decay rate and partly from the localized electric field effect. Overall, this work shows a rational approach to design fluorophore-metal configurations with the desired emissive properties and a basis for a useful nanophotonic technology under biological conditions.
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- Shweta Pawar
- Department of Chemistry, Birla
Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal, Hyderabad 500078, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Birla
Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal, Hyderabad 500078, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Birla
Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal, Hyderabad 500078, India
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Liu K, Liu H, Fan Q, Zhang S, Liu Z, Han L, Li H, Gao C. Solid-to-Hollow Conversion of Silver Nanocrystals by Surface-Protected Etching. Chemistry 2018; 24:19038-19044. [PMID: 30260045 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201804282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Although hollow silver nanocrystals possess unique plasmonic properties, there is a lack of robust strategies to synthesize such nanocrystals with high efficiency and controllability. To solve this problem, a new surface-protected etching strategy to convert solid Ag nanocrystals, which are widely available from conventional syntheses, into their hollow counterparts, producing a family of hollow Ag nanocrystals is reported. Hollow Ag nanospheres and nanotubes were prepared conveniently in this way. The key was the surface modification of Ag nanocrystals by a minor amount of Pt prior to a controllable etching process, which accounts for enhanced stability of the Ag surface and subsequent etching of Ag from the inner part of the nanocrystals while retaining the overall crystal morphology. These hollow Ag nanocrystals showed distinctive optical properties, as demonstrated by the enhanced optical transmittance of flexible electrodes fabricated with Ag nanotubes, compared to nanowires. These hollow Ag nanocrystals hold promise in different plasmonic and electronic applications.
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- Kai Liu
- Frontier Institute of Science and Technology and State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710054, P. R. China
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- Frontier Institute of Science and Technology and State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710054, P. R. China
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- Frontier Institute of Science and Technology and State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710054, P. R. China
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- Frontier Institute of Science and Technology and State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710054, P. R. China
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- Frontier Institute of Science and Technology and State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710054, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, P. R. China
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- Frontier Institute of Science and Technology and State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710054, P. R. China.,College of Chemistry and Material Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong, 271018, P. R. China
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- Frontier Institute of Science and Technology and State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710054, P. R. China
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Lu D, Zhou J, Chen Y, Ma J, Duan H. Self-Assembly of Polymer-Coated Plasmonic Nanocrystals: From Synthetic Approaches to Practical Applications. Macromol Rapid Commun 2018; 40:e1800613. [PMID: 30456873 DOI: 10.1002/marc.201800613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2018] [Revised: 10/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Self-assembly of plasmonic nanocrystals (PNCs) and polymers provides access to a variety of functionalized metallic-polymer building blocks and higher-order hybrid plasmonic assemblies, and thus is of considerable fundamental and practical interest. The hybrid assemblies often not only inherit individual characteristics of polymers and PNCs but also exhibit distinct photophysical and catalytic properties compared to that of a single PNC building block. The tailorable plasmonic coupling between PNCs within assemblies enables the precise control over localized surface plasmon resonance, which subsequently affords a series of light-driven or photo-activated applications, such as surface-enhanced Raman scattering detection, photoacoustic imaging, photothermal therapy, and photodynamic therapy. In this review, the synthetic strategies of a library of PNC-polymer hybrid building blocks and corresponding assemblies are summarized along with the mechanisms of polymer-assisted self-assembly of PNCs and the concepts for bridging the intrinsic properties of PNC-polymer assemblies to widespread practical applications.
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- Derong Lu
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 70 Nanyang Dr., Singapore, 637457
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 70 Nanyang Dr., Singapore, 637457
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 70 Nanyang Dr., Singapore, 637457
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 70 Nanyang Dr., Singapore, 637457
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 70 Nanyang Dr., Singapore, 637457
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Wang YC, Rhéaume É, Lesage F, Kakkar A. Synthetic Methodologies to Gold Nanoshells: An Overview. Molecules 2018; 23:E2851. [PMID: 30400168 PMCID: PMC6278292 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23112851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2018] [Revised: 10/27/2018] [Accepted: 10/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Gold nanostructures that can be synthetically articulated to adapt diverse morphologies, offer a versatile platform and tunable properties for applications in a variety of areas, including biomedicine and diagnostics. Among several conformational architectures, gold nanoshells provide a highly advantageous combination of properties that can be fine-tuned in designing single or multi-purpose nanomaterials, especially for applications in biology. One of the important parameters for evaluating the efficacy of gold nano-architectures is their reproducible synthesis and surface functionalization with desired moieties. A variety of methods now exist that allow fabrication and chemical manipulation of their structure and resulting properties. This review article provides an overview and a discussion of synthetic methodologies to a diverse range of gold nanoshells, and a brief summary of surface functionalization and characterization methods employed to evaluate their overall composition.
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- Yu-Chen Wang
- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, QC H3A 0B8, Canada.
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- Research Center, Montreal Heart Institute, 5000 Belanger Street, Montreal, QC H1T 1C8, Canada.
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- Research Center, Montreal Heart Institute, 5000 Belanger Street, Montreal, QC H1T 1C8, Canada.
- Department of Electrical Engineering Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, C.P. 6079 succ. Centre-ville, Montreal, QC H3C 3A7, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, QC H3A 0B8, Canada.
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Park JE, Jung Y, Kim M, Nam JM. Quantitative Nanoplasmonics. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2018; 4:1303-1314. [PMID: 30410968 PMCID: PMC6202639 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.8b00423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2018] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Plasmonics, the study of the interactions between photons and collective oscillations of electrons, has seen tremendous advances during the past decade. Controllable nanometer- and sub-nanometer-scale engineering in plasmonic resonance and electromagnetic field localization at the subwavelength scale have propelled diverse studies in optics, materials science, chemistry, biotechnology, energy science, and various applications in spectroscopy. However, for translation of these accomplishments from research into practice, major hurdles including low reproducibility and poor controllability in target structures must be overcome, particularly for reliable quantification of plasmonic signals and functionalities. This Outlook introduces and summarizes the recent attempts and findings of many groups toward more quantitative and reliable nanoplasmonics, and discusses the challenges and possible future directions.
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Kwon N, Oh H, Kim R, Sinha A, Kim J, Shin J, Chon JWM, Lim B. Direct Chemical Synthesis of Plasmonic Black Colloidal Gold Superparticles with Broadband Absorption Properties. NANO LETTERS 2018; 18:5927-5932. [PMID: 30075632 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b02629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Self-assembly of plasmonic metal nanoparticles can provide an opportunity of creating colloidal superparticles with fascinating optical properties arising from interparticle plasmonic coupling, but typically requires multiple steps involving solvent and/or ligand exchange. We developed a direct, one-step chemical synthesis of plasmonic black colloidal Au superparticles with broadband absorption in visible and near-infrared regions. During the synthesis, the Au superparticles were formed through self-assembly of in-situ-formed Au nanoparticles driven by solvophobic interactions between nanoparticles and solvent. These superparticles could be solution-processed to fabricate a thin film, which exhibited near-perfect absorption over a broad range from 400 nm to 2.5 μm as well as the excellent antireflective property. Thanks to their broadband absorption property, the Au superparticles showed good performances for near-infrared surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and light-to-heat conversion.
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- Nayoung Kwon
- School of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering , Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) , Suwon 16419 , South Korea
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- School of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering , Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) , Suwon 16419 , South Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) , Daejeon 34141 , South Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering , Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) , Suwon 16419 , South Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering , Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) , Suwon 16419 , South Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) , Daejeon 34141 , South Korea
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- Centre for Micro-Photonics, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology , Swinburne University of Technology , PO Box 218, Hawthorn , 3122 Victoria , Australia
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- School of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering , Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) , Suwon 16419 , South Korea
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Meng M, Zhang FL, Yi J, Lin LH, Zhang CL, Bodappa N, Li CY, Zhang SJ, Aroca RF, Tian ZQ, Li JF. Shell-Isolated Nanoparticle-Enhanced Phosphorescence. Anal Chem 2018; 90:10837-10842. [PMID: 30136575 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b02109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The emerging field of plasmonics has promoted applications of optical technology, especially in plasmon-enhanced spectroscopy (PES). However, in plasmon-enhanced fluorescence (PEF), "metal loss" could significantly quench the fluorescence during the process, which dramatically limits its applications in analysis and high-resolution imaging. In this report, silver core silica shell-isolated nanoparticles (Ag@SiO2 NPs or SHINs) with a tunable thickness of shell are used to investigate the interactions between NPs and emitters by constructing coupling and noncoupling modes. The plasmonic coupling mode between Ag@SiO2 NPs and Ag film reveals an exceeding integrating spectral intensity enhancement of 330 and about 124 times that of the radiative emission rate acceleration for shell-isolated nanoparticle enhanced phosphorescence (SHINEP). The experimental findings are supported by theoretical calculations using the finite-element method (FEM). Hence, the SHINEP may provide a novel approach for understanding the interaction of plasmon and phosphorescence, and it holds great potential in surface detection analysis and singlet-oxygen-based clinical therapy.
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- Meng Meng
- MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, Department of Physics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Xiamen University , Xiamen 361005 , China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, Department of Physics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Xiamen University , Xiamen 361005 , China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, Department of Physics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Xiamen University , Xiamen 361005 , China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, Department of Physics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Xiamen University , Xiamen 361005 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, Department of Physics , East China Normal University , Shanghai 200242 , China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, Department of Physics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Xiamen University , Xiamen 361005 , China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, Department of Physics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Xiamen University , Xiamen 361005 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, Department of Physics , East China Normal University , Shanghai 200242 , China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Windsor , Windsor , Ontario N9B 3P4 , Canada
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, Department of Physics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Xiamen University , Xiamen 361005 , China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, Department of Physics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Xiamen University , Xiamen 361005 , China
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Theodorou IG, Jiang Q, Malms L, Xie X, Coombes RC, Aboagye EO, Porter AE, Ryan MP, Xie F. Fluorescence enhancement from single gold nanostars: towards ultra-bright emission in the first and second near-infrared biological windows. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:15854-15864. [PMID: 30105338 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr04567d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Gold nanostars (AuNSs) are promising agents for the development of high-performance diagnostic devices, by enabling metal enhanced fluorescence (MEF) in the physiological near-infrared (NIR) and second near-infrared (NIR-II) windows. The local electric field near their sharp tips and between their branches can be enhanced by several orders of magnitude, holding great promise for large fluorescence enhancements from single AuNS particles, rather than relying on interparticle coupling in nanoparticle substrates. Here, guided by electric field simulations, two different types of AuNSs with controlled morphologies and plasmonic responses in the NIR and NIR-II regions are used to investigate the mechanism of MEF from colloidal AuNSs. Fluorophore conjugation to AuNSs allows significant fluorescence enhancement of up to 30 times in the NIR window, and up to 4-fold enhancement in the NIR-II region. Together with other inherent advantages of AuNSs, including their multispike morphology offering easy access to cell membranes and their large surface area providing flexible multifunctionality, AuNS are promising for the development of in vivo imaging applications. Using time-resolved fluorescence measurements to deconvolute semi-quantitatively excitation enhancement from emission enhancement, we show that a combination of enhanced excitation and an increased radiative decay rate, both contribute to the observed large enhancement. In accordance to our electric field modelling, however, excitation enhancement is the component that varies most with particle morphology. These findings provide important insights into the mechanism of MEF from AuNSs, and can be used to further guide particle design for high contrast enhancement, enabling the development of MEF biodetection technologies.
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- Ioannis G Theodorou
- Department of Materials and London Centre for Nanotechnology, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
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Lin L, Zhang Q, Li X, Qiu M, Jiang X, Jin W, Gu H, Lei DY, Ye J. Electron Transport Across Plasmonic Molecular Nanogaps Interrogated with Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering. ACS NANO 2018; 12:6492-6503. [PMID: 29924592 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b08224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Charge transport plays an important role in defining both far-field and near-field optical response of a plasmonic nanostructure with an ultrasmall built-in nanogap. As the gap size of a gold core-shell nanomatryoshka approaches the sub-nanometer length scale, charge transport may occur and strongly alter the near-field enhancement within the molecule-filled nanogap. In this work, we utilize ultrasensitive surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) to investigate the plasmonic near-field variation induced by the molecular junction conductance-assisted electron transport in gold nanomatryoshkas, termed gap-enhanced Raman tags (GERTs). The GERTs, with interior gaps from 0.7 to 2 nm, are prepared with a wet chemistry method. Our experimental and theoretical studies suggest that the electron transport through the molecular junction influences both far-field and near-field optical properties of the GERTs. In the far-field extinction response, the low-energy gap mode predicted by a classical electromagnetic model (CEM) is strongly quenched and hence unobservable in the experiment, which can be well explained by a quantum-corrected model (QCM). In the near-field SERS response, the optimal gap size for maximum Raman enhancement at the excitation wavelength of 785 nm (633 nm) is about 1.35 nm (1.8 nm). Similarly, these near-field results do not tally with the CEM calculations but agree well with the QCM results where the molecular junction conductance in the nanogap is fully considered. Our study may improve understanding of charge-transport phenomena in ultrasmall plasmonic molecular nanogaps and promote the further development of molecular electronics-based plasmonic nanodevices.
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- Li Lin
- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, School of Biomedical Engineering , Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai 200030 , China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen Graduate School , Harbin Institute of Technology , Shenzhen 518055 , China
- Department of Applied Physics , The Hong Kong Polytechnic University , 999077 , Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, School of Biomedical Engineering , Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai 200030 , China
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- Department of Electrical Engineering , The Hong Kong Polytechnic University , 999077 , Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, School of Biomedical Engineering , Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai 200030 , China
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- Department of Electrical Engineering , The Hong Kong Polytechnic University , 999077 , Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, School of Biomedical Engineering , Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai 200030 , China
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- Department of Applied Physics , The Hong Kong Polytechnic University , 999077 , Hong Kong, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute , The Hong Kong Polytechnic University , Shenzhen 518057 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, School of Biomedical Engineering , Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai 200030 , China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Gynecologic Oncology, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine , Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai 200030 , China
- Shanghai Med-X Engineering Research Center, School of Biomedical Engineering , Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai 200030 , China
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Metal enhanced fluorescence (MEF) for biosensors: General approaches and a review of recent developments. Biosens Bioelectron 2018; 111:102-116. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2018.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 209] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2018] [Revised: 03/27/2018] [Accepted: 04/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Khalid M, Sala FD, Ciracì C. Optical properties of plasmonic core-shell nanomatryoshkas: a quantum hydrodynamic analysis. OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 26:17322-17334. [PMID: 30119545 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.017322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2018] [Accepted: 06/03/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Plasmonic response of the metallic structure characterized by sub-nanometer dielectric gaps can be strongly affected by nonlocal or quantum effects. In this paper, we investigate these effects in spherical Na and Au nanomatryoshka structures with sub-nanometer core-shell separation. We use the state-of-the-art quantum hydrodynamic theory (QHT) to study both near-field and far-field optical properties of these systems: results are compared with the classical local response approximation (LRA), Thomas-Fermi hydrodynamic theory (TF-HT), and the reference time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT). We find that the results obtained using the QHT method are in a very good agreement with TD-DFT calculations, whereas other LRA and TF-HT significantly overestimate the field-enhancements. Thus, the QHT approach efficiently and accurately describes microscopic details of multiscale plasmonic systems whose sizes are computationally out-of-reach for a TD-DFT approach; here, we report results for Na and Au nanomatryoshka with a diameter of 60 nm.
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Kim M, Kwon JE, Lee K, Koh WG. Signal-amplifying nanoparticle/hydrogel hybrid microarray biosensor for metal-enhanced fluorescence detection of organophosphorus compounds. Biofabrication 2018; 10:035002. [DOI: 10.1088/1758-5090/aab004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Fluorescence spectroscopy with strong emitters is a remarkable tool with ultra-high sensitivity for detection and imaging down to the single-molecule level. Plasmon-enhanced fluorescence (PEF) not only offers enhanced emissions and decreased lifetimes, but also allows an expansion of the field of fluorescence by incorporating weak quantum emitters, avoiding photobleaching and providing the opportunity of imaging with resolutions significantly better than the diffraction limit. It also opens the window to a new class of photostable probes by combining metal nanostructures and quantum emitters. In particular, the shell-isolated nanostructure-enhanced fluorescence, an innovative new mode for plasmon-enhanced surface analysis, is included. These new developments are based on the coupling of the fluorophores in their excited states with localized surface plasmons in nanoparticles, where local field enhancement leads to improved brightness of molecular emission and higher detection sensitivity. Here, we review the recent progress in PEF with an emphasis on the mechanism of plasmon enhancement, substrate preparation, and some advanced applications, including an outlook on PEF with high time- and spatially resolved properties.
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- Jian-Feng Li
- MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Department of Physics, Research Institute for Biomimetics and Soft Matter, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
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Li CY, Gao JH, Yi J, Zhang XG, Cao XD, Meng M, Wang C, Huang YP, Zhang SJ, Wu DY, Wu CL, Xu JH, Tian ZQ, Li JF. Plasmon-Enhanced Ultrasensitive Surface Analysis Using Ag Nanoantenna. Anal Chem 2018; 90:2018-2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b04113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Chao-Yu Li
- MOE
Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, State
Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- MOE
Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, State
Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- MOE
Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, State
Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- MOE
Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, State
Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, Department of Physics, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- MOE
Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, State
Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- MOE
Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, State
Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- MOE
Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, State
Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, Department of Physics, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- MOE
Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, State
Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- MOE
Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, State
Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, Department of Physics, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- MOE
Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, State
Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- MOE
Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, State
Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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Choi CKK, Zhuo X, Chiu YTE, Yang H, Wang J, Choi CHJ. Polydopamine-based concentric nanoshells with programmable architectures and plasmonic properties. NANOSCALE 2017; 9:16968-16980. [PMID: 29077104 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr05451c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Nanoshells, classically comprising gold as the metallic component and silica as the dielectric material, are important for fundamental studies in nanoplasmonics. They also empower a myriad of applications, including sensing, energy harvesting, and cancer therapy. Yet, laborious preparation precludes the development of next-generation nanoshells with structural complexity, compositional diversity, and tailorable plasmonic behaviors. This work presents an efficient approach to the bottom-up assembly of concentric nanoshells. By employing polydopamine as the dielectric material and exploiting its intrinsic adhesiveness and pH-tunable surface charge, the growth of each shell only takes 3-4 hours at room temperature. A series of polydopamine-based concentric nanoshells with programmable nanogap thickness, elemental composition (gold and silver), and geometrical configuration (number of layers) is prepared, followed by extensive structural characterization. Four of the silver-containing nanostructures are newly reported. Systematic investigations into the plasmonic properties of concentric nanoshells as a function of their structural parameters further reveal multiple Fano resonances and local-field "hot spots", infrequently reported plasmonic features for individual nanostructures fabricated using bottom-up wet chemistry. These results establish materials design rules for engineering complex plasmon-based systems originating from the integration of multiple plasmonic elements into defined locations within a compact nanostructure.
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- Chun Kit K Choi
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong.
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Wang M, Hartmann G, Wu Z, Scarabelli L, Rajeeva BB, Jarrett JW, Perillo EP, Dunn AK, Liz-Marzán LM, Hwang GS, Zheng Y. Controlling Plasmon-Enhanced Fluorescence via Intersystem Crossing in Photoswitchable Molecules. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2017; 13:10.1002/smll.201701763. [PMID: 28834225 PMCID: PMC5866054 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201701763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2017] [Revised: 07/10/2017] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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By harnessing photoswitchable intersystem crossing (ISC) in spiropyran (SP) molecules, active control of plasmon-enhanced fluorescence in the hybrid systems of SP molecules and plasmonic nanostructures is achieved. Specifically, SP-derived merocyanine (MC) molecules formed by photochemical ring-opening reaction display efficient ISC due to their zwitterionic character. In contrast, ISC in quinoidal MC molecules formed by thermal ring-opening reaction is negligible. The high ISC rate can improve fluorescence quantum yield of the plasmon-modified spontaneous emission, only when the plasmonic electromagnetic field enhancement is sufficiently high. Along this line, extensive photomodulation of fluorescence is demonstrated by switching the ISC in MC molecules at Au nanoparticle aggregates, where strongly enhanced plasmonic hot spots exist. The ISC-mediated plasmon-enhanced fluorescence represents a new approach toward controlling the spontaneous emission of fluorophores near plasmonic nanostructures, which expands the applications of active molecular plasmonics in information processing, biosensing, and bioimaging.
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- Mingsong Wang
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Bionanoplasmonics Laboratory, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón 182, 20014, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Bionanoplasmonics Laboratory, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón 182, 20014, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48013, Bilbao, Spain
- Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials, and Nanomedicine, CIBER-BBN, 20014, Donostia- San Sebastián, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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Dement’eva OV, Kartseva ME, Sukhov VM, Rudoy VM. Evolution of ultrafine gold seed nanoparticles with temperature and time and synthesis of plasmonic nanoshells. COLLOID JOURNAL 2017. [DOI: 10.1134/s1061933x17050040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Zhang MH, Yi GB, Zu XH, Huang HL, Wang YJ, Wang JC, Zhong BB, Luo HS. Preparation of Ag Nanowire @ Au Nanoparticle Hybrid Nanowires and their Influence on the Fluorescence Properties of P3HT. J CHIN CHEM SOC-TAIP 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/jccs.201700028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Ming-Hai Zhang
- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry; Guangdong University of Technology; Guangzhou 510006 China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry; Guangdong University of Technology; Guangzhou 510006 China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry; Guangdong University of Technology; Guangzhou 510006 China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry; Guangdong University of Technology; Guangzhou 510006 China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry; Guangdong University of Technology; Guangzhou 510006 China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry; Guangdong University of Technology; Guangzhou 510006 China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry; Guangdong University of Technology; Guangzhou 510006 China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry; Guangdong University of Technology; Guangzhou 510006 China
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Xue Y, Ding C, Rong Y, Ma Q, Pan C, Wu E, Wu B, Zeng H. Tuning Plasmonic Enhancement of Single Nanocrystal Upconversion Luminescence by Varying Gold Nanorod Diameter. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2017; 13:1701155. [PMID: 28783235 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201701155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2017] [Revised: 06/13/2017] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Plasmonic enhancement induced by metallic nanostructures is an effective strategy to improve the upconversion efficiency of lanthanide-doped nanocrystals. It is demonstrated that plasmonic enhancement of the upconversion luminescence (UCL) of single NaYF4 :Yb3+ /Er3+ /Mn2+ nanocrystal can be tuned by tailoring scattering and absorption cross sections of gold nanorods, which is synthesized wet chemically. The assembly of the single gold nanorod and single upconversion nanocrystal is achieved by the atomic force microscope probe manipulation. By selecting two kinds of gold nanorods with similar longitudinal surface plasmon resonance wavelength but different diameters (27.3 and 46.7 nm), which extinction spectra are separately dominant by the absorption and scattering, the maximum UCL enhancement by a factor of 110 is achieved with the 46.7 nm-diameter gold nanorod, while it is 19 for the nanorod with the diameter of 27.3 nm. Such strong enhancement with the larger gold nanorod is due to stronger scattering ability and greater extent of the near-field enhancement. The enhanced UCL shows a strong dependence on the excitation polarization relative to the nanorod long axis. Time-resolved measurements and finite-difference time-domain simulations unveil that both excitation and emission processes of UCL are accelerated by the nanorod plasmonic effect.
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- Yingxian Xue
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 20006 2, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 20006 2, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 20006 2, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 20006 2, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 20006 2, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 20006 2, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 20006 2, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 20006 2, China
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Meng L, Yu R, Qiu M, García de Abajo FJ. Plasmonic Nano-Oven by Concatenation of Multishell Photothermal Enhancement. ACS NANO 2017; 11:7915-7924. [PMID: 28727409 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b02426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Metallodielectric multishell nanoparticles are capable of hosting collective plasmon oscillations distributed among different metallic layers, which result in large near-field enhancement at specific regions of the structure, where light absorption is maximized. We exploit this capability of multishell nanoparticles, combined with thermal boundary resistances and spatial tailoring of the optical near fields, to design plasmonic nano-ovens capable of achieving high temperatures at the core region using moderate illumination intensities. We find a large optical intensity enhancement of ∼104 over a relatively broad core region with a simple design consisting of three metal layers. This provides an unusual thermal environment, which together with the high pressures of ∼105 atm produced by concatenated curved layers holds great potential for exploring physical and chemical processes under extreme optical/thermal/pressure conditions in confined nanoscale spaces, while the outer surface of the nano-oven is close to ambient conditions.
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- Lijun Meng
- ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology , 08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
- State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310027, China
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology , 08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
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- State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310027, China
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology , 08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
- ICREA-Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats , Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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Park JE, Kim J, Nam JM. Emerging plasmonic nanostructures for controlling and enhancing photoluminescence. Chem Sci 2017; 8:4696-4704. [PMID: 28936337 PMCID: PMC5596414 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc01441d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2017] [Accepted: 05/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Localised surface plasmon resonance endows plasmonic nanostructures with unique, powerful properties such as photoluminescence enhancement, which is a phenomenon based on the interaction between light and a metal nanostructure. In particular, photoluminescence modulation and enhancement are of importance to many research fields such as photonics, plasmonics and biosensing. In this minireview, we introduce basic principles of plasmonic-nanostructure photoluminescence and recently reported plasmonic nanostructures exhibiting surface-enhanced fluorescence and direct photoluminescence, with one-photon photoluminescence being of particular interest. Gaining insights into these systems not only helps understand the fundamental concepts of plasmonic nanostructures but also advances and extends their applications.
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- Jeong-Eun Park
- Department of Chemistry , Seoul National University , Seoul 08826 , South Korea .
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- Department of Chemistry , Seoul National University , Seoul 08826 , South Korea .
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- Department of Chemistry , Seoul National University , Seoul 08826 , South Korea .
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Enhancing T 1 magnetic resonance imaging contrast with internalized gadolinium(III) in a multilayer nanoparticle. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017. [PMID: 28630340 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1701944114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Multifunctional nanoparticles for biomedical applications have shown extraordinary potential as contrast agents in various bioimaging modalities, near-IR photothermal therapy, and for light-triggered therapeutic release processes. Over the past several years, numerous studies have been performed to synthesize and enhance MRI contrast with nanoparticles. However, understanding the MRI enhancement mechanism in a multishell nanoparticle geometry, and controlling its properties, remains a challenge. To systematically examine MRI enhancement in a nanoparticle geometry, we have synthesized MRI-active Au nanomatryoshkas. These are Au core-silica layer-Au shell nanoparticles, where Gd(III) ions are encapsulated within the silica layer between the inner core and outer Au layer of the nanoparticle (Gd-NM). This multifunctional nanoparticle retains its strong near-IR Fano-resonant optical absorption properties essential for photothermal or other near-IR light-triggered therapy, while simultaneously providing increased T1 contrast in MR imaging by concentrating Gd(III) within the nanoparticle. Measurements of Gd-NM revealed a strongly enhanced T1 relaxivity (r1 ∼ 24 mM-1⋅s-1) even at 4.7 T, substantially surpassing conventional Gd(III) chelating agents (r1 ∼ 3 mM-1⋅s-1 at 4.7 T) currently in clinical use. By varying the thickness of the outer gold layer of the nanoparticle, we show that the observed relaxivities are consistent with Solomon-Bloembergen-Morgan (SBM) theory, which takes into account the longer-range interactions between the encapsulated Gd(III) and the protons of the H2O molecules outside the nanoparticle. This nanoparticle complex and its MRI T1-enhancing properties open the door for future studies on quantitative tracking of therapeutic nanoparticles in vivo, an essential step for optimizing light-induced, nanoparticle-based therapies.
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Schlather AE, Manjavacas A, Lauchner A, Marangoni VS, DeSantis CJ, Nordlander P, Halas NJ. Hot Hole Photoelectrochemistry on Au@SiO 2@Au Nanoparticles. J Phys Chem Lett 2017; 8:2060-2067. [PMID: 28427261 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b00563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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There is currently a worldwide need to develop efficient photocatalytic materials that can reduce the high-energy cost of common industrial chemical processes. One possible solution focuses on metallic nanoparticles (NPs) that can act as efficient absorbers of light due to their surface plasmon resonance. Recent work indicates that small NPs, when photoexcited, may allow for efficient electron or hole transfer necessary for photocatalysis. Here we investigate the mechanisms behind hot hole carrier dynamics by studying the photodriven oxidation of citrate ions on Au@SiO2@Au core-shell NPs. We find that charge transfer to adsorbed molecules is most efficient at higher photon energies but still present with lower plasmon energy. On the basis of these experimental results, we develop a simple theoretical model for the probability of hot carrier-adsorbate interactions across the NP surface. These results provide a foundation for understanding charge transfer in plasmonic photocatalytic materials, which could allow for further design and optimization of photocatalytic processes.
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- Andrea E Schlather
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University , Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Laboratory for Nanophotonics, Rice University , Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
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- Laboratory for Nanophotonics, Rice University , Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University , Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Laboratory for Nanophotonics, Rice University , Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Nanomedicine and Nanotoxicology Group, Physics Institute of Sao Carlos, University of Sao Paulo , San Carlos, BR-13560970, Brazil
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- Laboratory for Nanophotonics, Rice University , Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University , Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Laboratory for Nanophotonics, Rice University , Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University , Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University , Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University , Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Laboratory for Nanophotonics, Rice University , Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University , Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University , Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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Chen C, Zhang L, Yang M, Tao C, Han Z, Chen B, Zeng H. Size and distance dependent fluorescence enhancement of nanoporous gold. OPTICS EXPRESS 2017; 25:9901-9910. [PMID: 28468368 DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.009901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Nanoporous gold (NPG) has been reported to provide remarkable fluorescence enhancement of adjacent fluorophores due to the metal-enhanced fluorescence phenomenon (MEF), and the enhancement is related with the characteristic length of nanoporosity. To fully understand the effect of NPG on nearby fluorophores, it is desirable to study systems with well-defined metal-fluorophore distances. In this study we investigated the distance effect by using silica as the spacing layer between fluorophores and NPG. Originating from competition between plasmonic amplifying and metallic quenching, the dye molecule rhodamine 6G was best enhanced by 20-nm SiO2 coated nanoporous gold with the pore size of 36 nm, while the protein phycoerythrin was best enhanced by 15-nm SiO2 coated nanoporous gold with the pore size of 42 nm and the quantum dots were best enhanced by 20-nm SiO2 coated nanoporous gold with the pore size of 42 nm.
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Pelaz B, Alexiou C, Alvarez-Puebla RA, Alves F, Andrews AM, Ashraf S, Balogh LP, Ballerini L, Bestetti A, Brendel C, Bosi S, Carril M, Chan WCW, Chen C, Chen X, Chen X, Cheng Z, Cui D, Du J, Dullin C, Escudero A, Feliu N, Gao M, George M, Gogotsi Y, Grünweller A, Gu Z, Halas NJ, Hampp N, Hartmann RK, Hersam MC, Hunziker P, Jian J, Jiang X, Jungebluth P, Kadhiresan P, Kataoka K, Khademhosseini A, Kopeček J, Kotov NA, Krug HF, Lee DS, Lehr CM, Leong KW, Liang XJ, Ling Lim M, Liz-Marzán LM, Ma X, Macchiarini P, Meng H, Möhwald H, Mulvaney P, Nel AE, Nie S, Nordlander P, Okano T, Oliveira J, Park TH, Penner RM, Prato M, Puntes V, Rotello VM, Samarakoon A, Schaak RE, Shen Y, Sjöqvist S, Skirtach AG, Soliman MG, Stevens MM, Sung HW, Tang BZ, Tietze R, Udugama BN, VanEpps JS, Weil T, Weiss PS, Willner I, Wu Y, Yang L, Yue Z, Zhang Q, Zhang Q, Zhang XE, Zhao Y, Zhou X, Parak WJ. Diverse Applications of Nanomedicine. ACS NANO 2017; 11:2313-2381. [PMID: 28290206 PMCID: PMC5371978 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b06040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 775] [Impact Index Per Article: 110.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2016] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
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The design and use of materials in the nanoscale size range for addressing medical and health-related issues continues to receive increasing interest. Research in nanomedicine spans a multitude of areas, including drug delivery, vaccine development, antibacterial, diagnosis and imaging tools, wearable devices, implants, high-throughput screening platforms, etc. using biological, nonbiological, biomimetic, or hybrid materials. Many of these developments are starting to be translated into viable clinical products. Here, we provide an overview of recent developments in nanomedicine and highlight the current challenges and upcoming opportunities for the field and translation to the clinic.
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- Beatriz Pelaz
- Fachbereich Physik, Fachbereich Medizin, Fachbereich Pharmazie, and Department of Chemistry, Philipps Universität Marburg, 35037 Marburg, Germany
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- ENT-Department, Section of Experimental Oncology & Nanomedicine
(SEON), Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung-Professorship for Nanomedicine, University Hospital Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Universitat Rovira I Virgili, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Haematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Diagnostic
and Interventional Radiology, University
Medical Center Göttingen, 37075 Göttingen Germany
- Department of Molecular Biology of Neuronal Signals, Max-Planck-Institute for Experimental Medicine, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- California NanoSystems Institute, Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry and Department of Psychiatry and Semel Institute
for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Division of NanoMedicine and Center
for the Environmental Impact of Nanotechnology, and Department of Materials Science
and Engineering, University of California,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Fachbereich Physik, Fachbereich Medizin, Fachbereich Pharmazie, and Department of Chemistry, Philipps Universität Marburg, 35037 Marburg, Germany
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- AA Nanomedicine & Nanotechnology Consultants, North Andover, Massachusetts 01845, United States
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- International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA/ISAS), 34136 Trieste, Italy
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- School of Chemistry & Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Fachbereich Physik, Fachbereich Medizin, Fachbereich Pharmazie, and Department of Chemistry, Philipps Universität Marburg, 35037 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemical
and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University
of Trieste, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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- CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón 182, 20014, Donostia - San Sebastián, Spain
- Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation
for Science, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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- Institute of Biomaterials
and Biomedical Engineering, University of
Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience and CAS Key
Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of
China, Beijing 100190, China
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- School of Materials
Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological
University, Singapore 639798
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine,
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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- Molecular
Imaging Program at Stanford and Bio-X Program, Canary Center at Stanford
for Cancer Early Detection, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Institute of Nano Biomedicine and Engineering, Department of Instrument
Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information and Electronical
Engineering, National Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200240 Shanghai, China
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- Department of Polymeric Materials, School of Materials
Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Haematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Diagnostic
and Interventional Radiology, University
Medical Center Göttingen, 37075 Göttingen Germany
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- Fachbereich Physik, Fachbereich Medizin, Fachbereich Pharmazie, and Department of Chemistry, Philipps Universität Marburg, 35037 Marburg, Germany
- Instituto
de Ciencia de Materiales de Sevilla. CSIC, Universidad de Sevilla, 41092 Seville, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Science, Intervention, and Technology (CLINTEC), Karolinska Institutet, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Chemistry, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, 100190 Beijing, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials
Institute, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Fachbereich Physik, Fachbereich Medizin, Fachbereich Pharmazie, and Department of Chemistry, Philipps Universität Marburg, 35037 Marburg, Germany
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, 610000 Chengdu, China
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- Departments of Physics and Astronomy, Rice
University, Houston, Texas 77005, United
States
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- Fachbereich Physik, Fachbereich Medizin, Fachbereich Pharmazie, and Department of Chemistry, Philipps Universität Marburg, 35037 Marburg, Germany
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- Fachbereich Physik, Fachbereich Medizin, Fachbereich Pharmazie, and Department of Chemistry, Philipps Universität Marburg, 35037 Marburg, Germany
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- Departments of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry,
and Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- University Hospital, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
- CLINAM,
European Foundation for Clinical Nanomedicine, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering and Center for
Bionanoengineering and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, 310027 Hangzhou, China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience and CAS Key
Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of
China, Beijing 100190, China
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- Thoraxklinik Heidelberg, Universitätsklinikum
Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Biomaterials
and Biomedical Engineering, University of
Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada
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- Biomedical Polymers Laboratory, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48019, United States
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- EMPA, Federal Institute for Materials
Science and Technology, CH-9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical
Sciences and School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
- HIPS - Helmhotz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland, Helmholtz-Center for Infection Research, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York City, New York 10027, United States
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience and CAS Key
Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of
China, Beijing 100190, China
- Laboratory of Controllable Nanopharmaceuticals, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 100190 Beijing, China
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- Department of Clinical Science, Intervention, and Technology (CLINTEC), Karolinska Institutet, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
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- CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón 182, 20014, Donostia - San Sebastián, Spain
- Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation
for Science, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
- Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, Ciber-BBN, 20014 Donostia - San Sebastián, Spain
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- Laboratory of Controllable Nanopharmaceuticals, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 100190 Beijing, China
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- Laboratory of Bioengineering Regenerative Medicine (BioReM), Kazan Federal University, 420008 Kazan, Russia
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- California NanoSystems Institute, Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry and Department of Psychiatry and Semel Institute
for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Division of NanoMedicine and Center
for the Environmental Impact of Nanotechnology, and Department of Materials Science
and Engineering, University of California,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Department of Interfaces, Max-Planck
Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- School of Chemistry & Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- California NanoSystems Institute, Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry and Department of Psychiatry and Semel Institute
for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Division of NanoMedicine and Center
for the Environmental Impact of Nanotechnology, and Department of Materials Science
and Engineering, University of California,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Departments of Physics and Astronomy, Rice
University, Houston, Texas 77005, United
States
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- Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical
Sciences and School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
- Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology, Suwon, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, University of
California, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Department of Chemical
and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University
of Trieste, 34127 Trieste, Italy
- CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón 182, 20014, Donostia - San Sebastián, Spain
- Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation
for Science, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
- Institut Català de Nanotecnologia, UAB, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
- Vall d’Hebron University Hospital
Institute of Research, 08035 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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- Institute of Biomaterials
and Biomedical Engineering, University of
Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, The
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering and Center for
Bionanoengineering and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, 310027 Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Clinical Science, Intervention, and Technology (CLINTEC), Karolinska Institutet, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Interfaces, Max-Planck
Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, University of Ghent, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Fachbereich Physik, Fachbereich Medizin, Fachbereich Pharmazie, and Department of Chemistry, Philipps Universität Marburg, 35037 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Materials,
Department of Bioengineering, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Institute of Biomedical
Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, Taiwan,
ROC 300
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- Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Hong Kong, China
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- ENT-Department, Section of Experimental Oncology & Nanomedicine
(SEON), Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung-Professorship for Nanomedicine, University Hospital Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Biomaterials
and Biomedical Engineering, University of
Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada
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- Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48019, United States
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- Institut für
Organische Chemie, Universität Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany
- Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- California NanoSystems Institute, Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry and Department of Psychiatry and Semel Institute
for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Division of NanoMedicine and Center
for the Environmental Impact of Nanotechnology, and Department of Materials Science
and Engineering, University of California,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Center for
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research, 55128 Mainz, Germany
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430074 Wuhan, China
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- Fachbereich Physik, Fachbereich Medizin, Fachbereich Pharmazie, and Department of Chemistry, Philipps Universität Marburg, 35037 Marburg, Germany
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- Fachbereich Physik, Fachbereich Medizin, Fachbereich Pharmazie, and Department of Chemistry, Philipps Universität Marburg, 35037 Marburg, Germany
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Peking University, 100191 Beijing, China
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules,
CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience and CAS Key
Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of
China, Beijing 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Fachbereich Physik, Fachbereich Medizin, Fachbereich Pharmazie, and Department of Chemistry, Philipps Universität Marburg, 35037 Marburg, Germany
- CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón 182, 20014, Donostia - San Sebastián, Spain
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Chen G, Wang D, Hong W, Sun L, Zhu Y, Chen X. Fluorescence Enhancement on Large Area Self-Assembled Plasmonic-3D Photonic Crystals. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2017; 13:1602612. [PMID: 28054428 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201602612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2016] [Revised: 11/22/2016] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Discontinuous plasmonic-3D photonic crystal hybrid structures are fabricated in order to evaluate the coupling effect of surface plasmon resonance and the photonic stop band. The nanostructures are prepared by silver sputtering deposition on top of hydrophobic 3D photonic crystals. The localized surface plasmon resonance of the nanostructure has a symbiotic relationship with the 3D photonic stop band, leading to highly tunable characteristics. Fluorescence enhancements of conjugated polymer and quantum dot based on these hybrid structures are studied. The maximum fluorescence enhancement for the conjugated polymer of poly(5-methoxy-2-(3-sulfopropoxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene) potassium salt by a factor of 87 is achieved as compared with that on a glass substrate due to the enhanced near-field from the discontinuous plasmonic structures, strong scattering effects from rough metal surface with photonic stop band, and accelerated decay rates from metal-coupled excited state of the fluorophore. It is demonstrated that the enhancement induced by the hybrid structures has a larger effective distance (optimum thickness ≈130 nm) than conventional plasmonic systems. It is expected that this approach has tremendous potential in the field of sensors, fluorescence-imaging, and optoelectronic applications.
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- Guojian Chen
- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for High-performance Organic and Polymer Photoelectric Functional Films, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for High-performance Organic and Polymer Photoelectric Functional Films, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for High-performance Organic and Polymer Photoelectric Functional Films, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for High-performance Organic and Polymer Photoelectric Functional Films, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for High-performance Organic and Polymer Photoelectric Functional Films, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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Caligiuri V, Pezzi L, Veltri A, De Luca A. Resonant Gain Singularities in 1D and 3D Metal/Dielectric Multilayered Nanostructures. ACS NANO 2017; 11:1012-1025. [PMID: 28009498 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b07638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We present a detailed study on the resonant gain (RG) phenomena occurring in two nanostructures, in which the presence of dielectric singularities is used to reach a huge amplification of the emitted photons resonantly interacting with the system. The presence of gain molecules in the considered nanoresonator systems makes it possible to obtain optical features that are able to unlock several applications. Two noticeable cases have been investigated: a 1D nanoresonator based on hyperbolic metamaterials and a 3D metal/dielectric spherical multishell. The former has been designed in the framework of the effective medium theory, in order to behave as an epsilon-near-zero-and-pole metamaterial, showing extraordinary light confinement and collimation. Such a peculiarity represents the key to lead to a RG behavior, a condition in which the system is demonstrated to behave as a self-amplifying perfect lens. Very high enhancement and spectral sharpness of 1 nm of the emitted light are demonstrated by means of a transfer matrix method simulation. The latter system consists of a metal/doped-dielectric multishell. A dedicated theoretical approach has been set up to finely engineer its doubly tunable resonant nature. The RG condition has been demonstrated also in this case. Finite element method-based simulations, together with an analytical model, clarify the electric field distribution inside the multishell and suggest the opportunity to use this device as a self-enhanced loss compensated multishell, being a favorable scenario for low-threshold SPASER action. Counterintuitively, exceeding the resonant gain amount of molecules in both systems causes a significant drop in the amplitude of the resonance.
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- Vincenzo Caligiuri
- Department of Physics and CNR - Nanotec, University of Calabria , 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Department of Physics and CNR - Nanotec, University of Calabria , 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Colegio de Ciencias e Ingenieria, Universidad San Francisco de Quito , 170150 Quito, Ecuador
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- Department of Physics and CNR - Nanotec, University of Calabria , 87036 Rende, Italy
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Zhou J, Xiong Q, Ma J, Ren J, Messersmith PB, Chen P, Duan H. Polydopamine-Enabled Approach toward Tailored Plasmonic Nanogapped Nanoparticles: From Nanogap Engineering to Multifunctionality. ACS NANO 2016; 10:11066-11075. [PMID: 28024348 PMCID: PMC5660867 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b05951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We present a platform strategy that offers diverse flexibility in tailoring the structure and properties of core-shell plasmonic nanoparticles with built-in nanogaps. Our results have demonstrated that polydopamine serves multiple concerted functions as a nanoscale spacer to afford controllable nanogap sizes, a redox-active coating to promote metal shell growth, and a reactive scaffold to exclusively lock molecular probes inside the nanogap for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). More interestingly, the universal adhesion of polydopamine on diverse colloidal substrates allows for customized synthesis of multishell plasmonic nanogapped nanoparticles (NNPs) and multifunctional hybrid NNPs containing different cores (i.e., magnetic nanoparticles), which are not readily accessible by conventional methods. Internally coupled plasmonic NNPs with broadly tunable spectroscopic properties, highly active SERS, and multifunctionality hold great promise for emerging fields, such as sensing, optoelectronics, and theranostics, as demonstrated by the ultrasensitive SERS detection and efficient photothermal killing of food-borne pathogens here.
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- Jiajing Zhou
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637457
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637457
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637457
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- Cancer Center, Union Hospital, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- Departments of Bioengineering and Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637457
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637457
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Zhang S, Li GC, Chen Y, Zhu X, Liu SD, Lei DY, Duan H. Pronounced Fano Resonance in Single Gold Split Nanodisks with 15 nm Split Gaps for Intensive Second Harmonic Generation. ACS NANO 2016; 10:11105-11114. [PMID: 28024358 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b05979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Single metallic nanostructures supporting strong Fano resonances allow more compact nanophotonics integration and easier geometrical control in practical applications such as enhanced spectroscopy and sensing. In this work, we designed a class of plasmonic split nanodisks that show pronounced Fano resonance comparable to that observed in widely studied plasmonic oligomer clusters. Using our recently developed "sketch and peel" electron-beam lithography, split nanodisks with varied diameter and split length were fabricated over a large area with high uniformity. Transmission spectroscopy measurements demonstrated that the fabricated structures with 15 nm split gap exhibit disk diameter and split length controlled Fano resonances in the near-infrared region, showing excellent agreement with simulation results. Together with the plasmon hybridization theory, in-depth full-wave analyses elucidated that the Fano resonances observed in the split nanodisks were induced by mode interference between the bright antibonding dipole mode of split disks and the subradiant mode supported by the narrow split gap. With the giant near-field enhancement enabled by the intensive Fano resonance at the tiny split gap, strong wavelength-dependent second harmonic generation was observed under near-infrared excitation. Our work demonstrated that single split nanodisks could serve as important building blocks for plasmonic and nanophotonic applications including sensing and nonlinear optics.
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University , Hong Kong 999077, China
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- Department of Physics and Optoelectronics, Key Lab of Advanced Transducers and Intelligent Control System of Ministry of Education, Taiyuan University of Technology , Taiyuan 030024, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University , Hong Kong 999077, China
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Wang Y, Zu X, Yi G, Luo H, Huang H, Song X. Ag Nanowire-Ag Nanoparticle Hybrids for the Highly Enhanced Fluorescene Detection of Protoporphyrin IX Based on Surface Plasmon-Enhanced Fluorescence. CHINESE J CHEM 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.201600528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Park JE, Kim S, Son J, Lee Y, Nam JM. Highly Controlled Synthesis and Super-Radiant Photoluminescence of Plasmonic Cube-in-Cube Nanoparticles. NANO LETTERS 2016; 16:7962-7967. [PMID: 27960474 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b04271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The plasmonic properties of metal nanostructures have been heavily utilized for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and metal-enhanced fluorescence (MEF), but the direct photoluminescence (PL) from plasmonic metal nanostructures, especially with plasmonic coupling, has not been widely used as much as SERS and MEF due to the lack of understanding of the PL mechanism, relatively weak signals, and the poor availability of the synthetic methods for the nanostructures with strong PL signals. The direct PL from metal nanostructures is beneficial if these issues can be addressed because it does not exhibit photoblinking or photobleaching, does not require dye-labeling, and can be employed as a highly reliable optical signal that directly depends on nanostructure morphology. Herein, we designed and synthesized plasmonic cube-in-cube (CiC) nanoparticles (NPs) with a controllable interior nanogap in a high yield from Au nanocubes (AuNCs). In synthesizing the CiC NPs, we developed a galvanic void formation (GVF) process, composed of replacement/reduction and void formation steps. We unraveled the super-radiant character of the plasmonic coupling-induced plasmon mode which can result in highly enhanced PL intensity and long-lasting PL, and the PL mechanisms of these structures were analyzed and matched with the plasmon hybridization model. Importantly, the PL intensity and quantum yield (QY) of CiC NPs are 31 times and 16 times higher than those of AuNCs, respectively, which have shown the highest PL intensity and QY reported for metallic nanostructures. Finally, we confirmed the long-term photostability of the PL signal, and the signal remained stable for at least 1 h under continuous illumination.
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- Jeong-Eun Park
- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University , Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University , Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University , Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University , Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University , Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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Yuan B, Jiang X, Yao C, Bao M, Liu J, Dou Y, Xu Y, He Y, Yang K, Ma Y. Plasmon-enhanced fluorescence imaging with silicon-based silver chips for protein and nucleic acid assay. Anal Chim Acta 2016; 955:98-107. [PMID: 28088285 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2016.11.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2016] [Revised: 11/21/2016] [Accepted: 11/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Metal-enhanced fluorescence shows great potential for improving the sensitivity of fluoroscopy, which has been widely used in protein and nucleic acid detection for biosensor and bioassay applications. In comparison with the traditional glass-supported metal nanoparticles (MNPs), the introduction of a silicon substrate has been shown to provide an increased surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) effect due to the coupling between the MNPs and the semiconducting silicon substrate. In this work, we further study the fluorescence-enhanced effect of the silicon-supported silver-island (Ag@Si) plasmonic chips. In particular, we investigate their practical application of improving the traditional immunoassay such as the biotin-streptavidin-based protein assay and the protein-/nucleic acid-labeled cell and tissue samples. The protein assay shows a wavelength-dependent enhancement effect of the Ag@Si chip, with an enhancement factor ranging from 1.2 (at 532 nm) to 57.3 (at 800 nm). Moreover, for the protein- and nucleic acid-labeled cell and tissue samples, the Ag@Si chip provides a fluorescence enhancement factor of 3.0-4.1 (at 800 nm) and a significant improvement in the signal/background ratio for the microscopy images. Such a ready accommodation of the fluorescence-enhanced effect for the immunoassay samples with simple manipulations indicates broad potential for applications of the Ag@Si chip not only in biological studies but also in the clinical field.
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- Bing Yuan
- College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, PR China; Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, PR China.
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, PR China
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- College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, PR China; Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, PR China
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- College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, PR China; Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, PR China
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- College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, PR China; Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, PR China
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- School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, PR China
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- School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Guelph N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, PR China.
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- College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, PR China; Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, PR China.
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- College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, PR China; Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, PR China; National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China
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Niu C, Song Q, He G, Na N, Ouyang J. Near-Infrared-Fluorescent Probes for Bioapplications Based on Silica-Coated Gold Nanobipyramids with Distance-Dependent Plasmon-Enhanced Fluorescence. Anal Chem 2016; 88:11062-11069. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b03034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Caixia Niu
- Key
Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry, Ministry
of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory
of Petroleum Pollution Control, Beijing, 102206, China
- CNPC Research Institute
of Safety and Environmental Technology, Beijing, 102206, China
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Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry, Ministry
of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry, Ministry
of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry, Ministry
of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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Kumar A, Kim S, Nam JM. Plasmonically Engineered Nanoprobes for Biomedical Applications. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:14509-14525. [PMID: 27723324 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b09451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The localized surface plasmon resonance of metal nanoparticles is the collective oscillation of electrons on particle surface, induced by incident light, and is a particle composition-, morphology-, and coupling-dependent property. Plasmonic engineering deals with highly precise formation of the targeted nanostructures with targeted plasmonic properties (e.g., electromagnetic field distribution and enhancement) via controlled synthetic, assembling, and atomic/molecular tuning strategies. These plasmonically engineered nanoprobes (PENs) have a variety of unique and beneficial physical, chemical, and biological properties, including optical signal enhancement, catalytic, and local temperature-tuning photothermal properties. In particular, for biomedical applications, there are many useful properties from PENs including LSPR-based sensing, surface-enhanced Raman scattering, metal-enhanced fluorescence, dark-field light-scattering, metal-mediated fluorescence resonance energy transfer, photothermal effect, photodynamic effect, photoacoustic effect, and plasmon-induced circular dichroism. These properties can be utilized for the development of new biotechnologies and biosensing, bioimaging, therapeutic, and theranostic applications in medicine. This Perspective introduces the concept of plasmonic engineering in designing and synthesizing PENs for biomedical applications, gives recent examples of biomedically functional PENs, and discusses the issues and future prospects of PENs for practical applications in bioscience, biotechnology, and medicine.
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- Amit Kumar
- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University , Seoul 151-747, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University , Seoul 151-747, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University , Seoul 151-747, South Korea
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Tserkezis C, Stefanou N, Wubs M, Mortensen NA. Molecular fluorescence enhancement in plasmonic environments: exploring the role of nonlocal effects. NANOSCALE 2016; 8:17532-17541. [PMID: 27722520 DOI: 10.1039/c6nr06393d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Molecular spontaneous emission and fluorescence depend strongly on the emitter local environment. Plasmonic nanoparticles provide excellent templates for tailoring fluorophore emission, as they exhibit potential for both fluorescence enhancement and quenching, depending on emitter positioning in the nanoparticle vicinity. Here we explore the influence of hitherto disregarded nonclassical effects on the description of emitter-plasmon hybrids, focusing on the roles of the metal nonlocal response and especially size-dependent plasmon damping. Through extensive modelling of metallic nanospheres and nanoshells coupled to dipole emitters, we show that within a purely classical description a remarkable fluorescence enhancement can be achieved. However, once departing from the local-response approximation, and particularly by implementing the recent generalised nonlocal optical response theory, which provides a more complete physical description combining electron convection and diffusion, we show that not only are fluorescence rates dramatically reduced compared to the predictions of the local description and the common hydrodynamic Drude model, but the optimum emitter-nanoparticle distance is also strongly affected. In this respect, experimental measurements of fluorescence, the theoretical description of which requires a precise concurrent evaluation of far- and near-field properties of the system, constitute a novel, more sensitive probe for assessing the validity of state-of-the-art nonclassical theories.
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- Christos Tserkezis
- Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Ørsteds Plads 343, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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- Department of Solid State Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University Campus, GR-15784 Athens, Greece
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- Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Ørsteds Plads 343, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark. and Center for Nanostructured Graphene, Technical University of Denmark, Ørsteds Plads 343, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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- Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Ørsteds Plads 343, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark. and Center for Nanostructured Graphene, Technical University of Denmark, Ørsteds Plads 343, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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Sui B, Zhong G, Sun J. Drug-loadable Mesoporous Bioactive Glass Nanospheres: Biodistribution, Clearance, BRL Cellular Location and Systemic Risk Assessment via (45)Ca Labelling and Histological Analysis. Sci Rep 2016; 6:33443. [PMID: 27628013 PMCID: PMC5024120 DOI: 10.1038/srep33443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2016] [Accepted: 08/26/2016] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Mesoporous bioactive glass (MBG) nanospheres with excellent drug loading property have attracted significant attention in the field of nano-medicine. However, systemic metabolism and biosafety of MBG nanospheres which are crucial issues for clinical application are yet to be fully understood. Isotope quantitative tracing combined with biochemical parameters and histopatological changes were used to analyze biodistribution, excretion path and the effect on metabolism and major organs, and then we focused on the hepatocellular location and damaging effect of MBG. The results indicated MBG possessed a longer residence time in blood. After being cleared from circulation, nanospheres were mainly distributed in the liver and were slightly internalized in the form of exogenous phagosome by hepatocyte, whereby more than 96% of nanospheres were located in the cytoplasm (nearly no nuclear involvement). A little MBG was transferred into the mitochondria, but did not cause ROS reaction. Furthermore, no abnormal metabolism and histopathological changes was observed. The accumulation of MBG nanospheres in various organs were excreted mainly through feces. This study revealed comprehensively the systemic metabolism of drug-loadable MBG nanospheres and showed nanospheres have no obvious biological risk, which provides a scientific basis for developing MBG nanospheres as a new drug delivery in clinical application.
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- Baiyan Sui
- Shanghai Biomaterials Research & Testing Center, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200023, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Shanghai Biomaterials Research & Testing Center, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200023, China
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Hinman JG, Stork AJ, Varnell JA, Gewirth AA, Murphy CJ. Seed mediated growth of gold nanorods: towards nanorod matryoshkas. Faraday Discuss 2016; 191:9-33. [PMID: 27442269 DOI: 10.1039/c6fd00145a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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After a brief review of anisotropy on the nanoscale, experiments in which nanorod core-shell-shell particles are grown are presented. These "nanomatryoshkas" consist of a gold nanorod core, a silica shell, and a final gold shell. Calculation of the near-field properties of these structures using the discrete dipole approximation uncovers the change in location of local electric fields upon gold outer shell growth. Electrochemical experiments of the weak reducing agents used to grow the gold nanorod cores suggest a correlation between the strength of the reducing agent and its ability to promote longer nanorod growth. The final nanostructures do not exhibit a smooth outer shell, unlike their spherical counterparts.
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- Joshua G Hinman
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, Il 61801, USA.
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Song J, Wang F, Yang X, Ning B, Harp MG, Culp SH, Hu S, Huang P, Nie L, Chen J, Chen X. Gold Nanoparticle Coated Carbon Nanotube Ring with Enhanced Raman Scattering and Photothermal Conversion Property for Theranostic Applications. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:7005-15. [PMID: 27193381 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b13475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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We report a new type of carbon nanotube ring (CNTR) coated with gold nanoparticles (CNTR@AuNPs) using CNTR as a template and surface attached redox-active polymer as a reducing agent. This nanostructure of CNTR bundle embedded in the gap of closely attached AuNPs can play multiple roles as a Raman probe to detect cancer cells and a photoacoustic (PA) contrast agent for imaging-guided cancer therapy. The CNTR@AuNP exhibits substantially higher Raman and optical signals than CNTR coated with a complete Au shell (CNTR@AuNS) and straight CNT@AuNP. The extinction intensity of CNTR@AuNP is about 120-fold higher than that of CNTR at 808 nm, and the surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) signal of CNTR@AuNP is about 110 times stronger than that of CNTR, presumably due to the combined effects of enhanced coupling between the embedded CNTR and the plasmon mode of the closely attached AuNPs, and the strong electromagnetic field in the cavity of the AuNP shell originated from the intercoupling of AuNPs. The greatly enhanced PA signal and photothermal conversion property of CNTR@AuNP were successfully employed for imaging and imaging-guided cancer therapy in two tumor xenograft models. Experimental observations were further supported by numerical simulations and perturbation theory analysis.
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- Jibin Song
- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine (LOMIN), National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), National Institutes of Health (NIH) , Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arkansas , Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, United States
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine (LOMIN), National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), National Institutes of Health (NIH) , Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University Of Virginia , Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, United States
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- Department of Urology, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, United States
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- Department of Urology, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University Of Virginia , Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, United States
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine (LOMIN), National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), National Institutes of Health (NIH) , Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine (LOMIN), National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), National Institutes of Health (NIH) , Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arkansas , Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, United States
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine (LOMIN), National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), National Institutes of Health (NIH) , Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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Zhong K, Li J, Liu L, Brullot W, Bloemen M, Volodin A, Song K, Van Dorpe P, Verellen N, Clays K. Direct Fabrication of Monodisperse Silica Nanorings from Hollow Spheres - A Template for Core-Shell Nanorings. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:10451-10458. [PMID: 27031364 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b00733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We report a new type of nanosphere colloidal lithography to directly fabricate monodisperse silica (SiO2) nanorings by means of reactive ion etching of hollow SiO2 spheres. Detailed TEM, SEM, and AFM structural analysis is complemented by a model describing the geometrical transition from hollow sphere to ring during the etching process. The resulting silica nanorings can be readily redispersed in solution and subsequently serve as universal templates for the synthesis of ring-shaped core-shell nanostructures. As an example we used silica nanorings (with diameter of ∼200 nm) to create a novel plasmonic nanoparticle topology, a silica-Au core-shell nanoring, by self-assembly of Au nanoparticles (<20 nm) on the ring's surface. Spectroscopic measurements and finite difference time domain simulations reveal high quality factor multipolar and antibonding surface plasmon resonances in the near-infrared. By loading different types of nanoparticles on the silica core, hybrid and multifunctional composite nanoring structures could be realized for applications such as MRI contrast enhancement, catalysis, drug delivery, plasmonic and magnetic hyperthermia, photoacoustic imaging, and biochemical sensing.
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- Kuo Zhong
- Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven , Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- IMEC, Kapeldreef 75, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory of Solid-State Physics and Magnetism, Department of Physics and Astronomy, KU Leuven , Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Soft Matter and Biophysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, KU Leuven , Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven , Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven , Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Solid-State Physics and Magnetism, Department of Physics and Astronomy, KU Leuven , Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interface Science, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, China
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- IMEC, Kapeldreef 75, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory of Solid-State Physics and Magnetism, Department of Physics and Astronomy, KU Leuven , Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- IMEC, Kapeldreef 75, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory of Solid-State Physics and Magnetism, Department of Physics and Astronomy, KU Leuven , Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven , Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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Zhang X, Guo L, Luo J, Zhao X, Wang T, Li Y, Fu Y. Metallic Nanoshells with Sub-10 nm Thickness and Their Performance as Surface-Enhanced Spectroscopy Substrate. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:9889-96. [PMID: 27019405 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b01658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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As a crucial structural parameter, shell thickness greatly influences the optical properties of metallic nanoshells. However, there still lacks a reliable approach to prepare ultrathin core-shell nanoparticles. To solve this problem, a two-step gold seeding process was pointed out to increase the packing density of gold seeds on the silica core. With use of this method, the packing density of gold seeds reaches ∼60%, enabling us to successfully reduce the shell thickness to the sub-10 nm range. Afterward, we investigated optical properties of the as-prepared ultrathin nanoshells. It is found that thinner nanoshells exhibit a wider optical tunability and a greater electromagnetic field enhancement than their thicker counterparts, which makes ultrathin nanoshells an ideal substrate for surface-enhanced spectroscopes.
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- Xuemin Zhang
- College of Sciences, Northeastern University , Shenyang 110189, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology, The UT Southwestern Medical Center , 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75390, United States
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- College of Sciences, Northeastern University , Shenyang 110189, P.R. China
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- College of Sciences, Northeastern University , Shenyang 110189, P.R. China
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- College of Sciences, Northeastern University , Shenyang 110189, P.R. China
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- College of Sciences, Northeastern University , Shenyang 110189, P.R. China
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- College of Sciences, Northeastern University , Shenyang 110189, P.R. China
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Lin L, Gu H, Ye J. Plasmonic multi-shell nanomatryoshka particles as highly tunable SERS tags with built-in reporters. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 51:17740-3. [PMID: 26490180 DOI: 10.1039/c5cc06599b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Here we report on the synthesis and averaged SERS measurements of multi-shell nanomatryoshka SERS tags. By tuning the number of shells or by changing the Raman reporters in different gap layers, their Raman intensities and spectral bands were tunable. These tags show great potential for SERS-based biosensing and bioimaging.
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- Li Lin
- School of Biomedical Engineering & Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai, 200030, China.
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- School of Biomedical Engineering & Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai, 200030, China.
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- School of Biomedical Engineering & Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai, 200030, China.
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Liu SD, Leong ESP, Li GC, Hou Y, Deng J, Teng JH, Ong HC, Lei DY. Polarization-Independent Multiple Fano Resonances in Plasmonic Nonamers for Multimode-Matching Enhanced Multiband Second-Harmonic Generation. ACS NANO 2016; 10:1442-53. [PMID: 26727133 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b06956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Plasmonic oligomers composed of metallic nanoparticles are one class of the most promising platforms for generating Fano resonances with unprecedented optical properties for enhancing various linear and nonlinear optical processes. For efficient generation of second-harmonic emissions at multiple wavelength bands, it is critical to design a plasmonic oligomer concurrently having multiple Fano resonances spectrally matching the fundamental excitation wavelengths and multiple plasmon resonance modes coinciding with the harmonic wavelengths. Thus far, the realization of such a plasmonic oligomer remains a challenge. This study demonstrates both theoretically and experimentally that a plasmonic nonamer consisting of a gold nanocross surrounded by eight nanorods simultaneously sustains multiple polarization-independent Fano resonances in the near-infrared region and several higher-order plasmon resonances in the visible spectrum. Due to coherent amplification of the nonlinear excitation sources by the Fano resonances and efficient scattering-enhanced outcoupling by the higher-order modes, the second-harmonic emission of the nonamer is significantly increased at multiple spectral bands, and their spectral positions and radiation patterns can be flexibly manipulated by easily tuning the length of the surrounding nanorods in the nonamer. These results provide us with important implications for realizing ultrafast multichannel nonlinear optoelectronic devices.
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR , 2 Fusionopolis Way, Singapore 138634
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University , Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University , Hong Kong, China
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR , 2 Fusionopolis Way, Singapore 138634
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR , 2 Fusionopolis Way, Singapore 138634
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- Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University , Hong Kong, China
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Liu K, Xue X, Furlani EP. A numerical study of the photothermal behaviour of near-infrared plasmonic colloids. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra19566k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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3D computational analysis is performed to investigate and compare plasmonic and photothermal behavior of silica@Au core–shell nanoparticles and Au nanocages.
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- Kai Liu
- Dept. of Electrical Engineering
- University at Buffalo SUNY
- NY 14260
- USA
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- Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering
- University at Buffalo SUNY
- NY 14260
- USA
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- Dept. of Electrical Engineering
- University at Buffalo SUNY
- NY 14260
- USA
- Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering
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Sun S, Wu L, Bai P, Png CE. Fluorescence enhancement in visible light: dielectric or noble metal? Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:19324-35. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp03303b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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A comprehensive comparison is conducted between a dielectric and plasmonic metal to evaluate their capability and applicability in fluorescence enhancement.
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- S. Sun
- Electronics and Photonics Department
- Institute of High Performance Computing
- Agency for Science
- Technology and Research
- Singapore
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- Electronics and Photonics Department
- Institute of High Performance Computing
- Agency for Science
- Technology and Research
- Singapore
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- Electronics and Photonics Department
- Institute of High Performance Computing
- Agency for Science
- Technology and Research
- Singapore
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- Electronics and Photonics Department
- Institute of High Performance Computing
- Agency for Science
- Technology and Research
- Singapore
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Deng HD, Chen XY, Xu Y, Miroshnichenko AE. Single protein sensing with asymmetric plasmonic hexamer via Fano resonance enhanced two-photon luminescence. NANOSCALE 2015; 7:20405-20413. [PMID: 26451715 DOI: 10.1039/c5nr04118j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Fano resonances in plasmonic systems have been proved to facilitate various sensing applications in the nanoscale. In this work, we propose an experimental scheme to realize a single protein sensing by utilizing its two-photon luminescence enhanced by a plasmonic Fano resonance system. The asymmetric gold hexamer supporting polarization-dependent Fano resonances and plasmonic modes without in-plane rotational symmetry is used as a referenced spatial coordinate for bio-sensing. We demonstrate via the full-vectorial three-dimensional simulation that the moving direction and the spatial location of a protein can be detected via its two-photon luminescence, which benefits from the resonant near-field interaction with the electromagnetic hot-spots. The sensitivity to changes in position of our method is substantially better compared with the conventional linear sensing approach. Our strategy would facilitate the sensing, tracking and imaging of a single biomolecule in deep sub-wavelength scale and with a small optical extinction cross-section.
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- Hai-Dong Deng
- College of Electronic Engineering, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, P.R. China
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- College of Electronic Engineering, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, P.R. China
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, College of Information Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, P.R. China.
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Shen Y, He T, Wang W, Zhan Y, Hu X, Yuan B, Zhou X. Fluorescence enhancement on silver nanoplates at the single- and sub-nanoparticle level. NANOSCALE 2015; 7:20132-41. [PMID: 26567844 DOI: 10.1039/c5nr06146f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The fluorescence intensity of a fluorescent molecule can be strongly enhanced when the molecule is near a metal nanoparticle. Hence, fluorescence enhancement has a lot of applications in the fields of biology and medical science. It is necessary to understand the mechanism for such an attractive effect, if we intend to develop better materials to improve the enhancement. In this paper, we directly image the diverse patterns of fluorescence enhancement on single Ag nanoplates by super-resolution microscopy. The research reveals that the edges or tips of the Ag nanoplate usually show a much higher ability of fluorescence enhancement than the mid part. The spatial distribution of fluorescence enhancement strongly depends on the size of the Ag nanoplate as well as the angle between the Ag nanoplate and the incident light. The experimental results above are essentially consistent with the simulated electric field by the theory of localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR), but some irregularities still exist. We also find that fluorescence enhancement on small Ag nanoplates is mainly due to in-plane dipole plasmon resonance, while the enhancement on large Ag nanoplates is mainly due to in-plane quadrupole plasmon resonance. Furthermore, in-plane quadrupole resonance of large plates has a higher ability to enhance the fluorescence signal than the in-plane dipole plasmon resonance. This research provides many valuable insights into the fluorescence enhancement at the single- and sub-nanoparticle level, and will be very helpful in developing better relevant materials.
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- Yangbin Shen
- Division of Advanced Nanomaterials, Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215125, China.
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Jiang L, Yin T, Dong Z, Liao M, Tan SJ, Goh XM, Allioux D, Hu H, Li X, Yang JKW, Shen Z. Accurate Modeling of Dark-Field Scattering Spectra of Plasmonic Nanostructures. ACS NANO 2015; 9:10039-46. [PMID: 26344543 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b03622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Dark-field microscopy is a widely used tool for measuring the optical resonance of plasmonic nanostructures. However, current numerical methods for simulating the dark-field scattering spectra were carried out with plane wave illumination either at normal incidence or at an oblique angle from one direction. In actual experiments, light is focused onto the sample through an annular ring within a range of glancing angles. In this paper, we present a theoretical model capable of accurately simulating the dark-field light source with an annular ring. Simulations correctly reproduce a counterintuitive blue shift in the scattering spectra from gold nanodisks with a diameter beyond 140 nm. We believe that our proposed simulation method can be potentially applied as a general tool capable of simulating the dark-field scattering spectra of plasmonic nanostructures as well as other dielectric nanostructures with sizes beyond the quasi-static limit.
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- Liyong Jiang
- Nanophotonic Laboratory, Department of Physics, Nanjing University of Science and Technology , Nanjing 210094, China
- Centre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University , 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371
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- Centre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University , 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research) , 3 Research Link, Singapore 117602
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- School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University , 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research) , 3 Research Link, Singapore 117602
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research) , 3 Research Link, Singapore 117602
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- School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University , 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371
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- School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University , 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371
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- Nanophotonic Laboratory, Department of Physics, Nanjing University of Science and Technology , Nanjing 210094, China
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research) , 3 Research Link, Singapore 117602
- Singapore University of Technology and Design , 8 Somapah Road, Singapore 487372
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- Centre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University , 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371
- School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University , 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371
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