title: Silver nanodisks: size selection via centrifugation and optical properties.
abstract: Silver nanodisks, having two different sizes, and spherical particles are synthesized by soft chemistry. By using centrifugation, nanodisks are mainly selected. The experimental absorption spectra of these nanodisks with different sizes are compared to those simulated using the discrete dipole approximation method. For small nanodisk sizes, the nanodisk shape is neglected and the simulated spectra closest to the experiments are obtained by assuming a spheroidal particle. Conversely, for larger nanodisks, the precise geometries represented by snip and aspect ratio are needed for good agreement between experiments and simulations.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire LM2N, Université P. et M. Curie (Paris VI), Boite Postale 52, 4 Place Jussieu, F-752 31 Paris Cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Germain
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brioude
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ingert
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Pileni