title: Electrochemical tuning of silver nanoparticles fabricated by nanosphere lithography.
abstract: An electrochemical method is developed to quantitatively modify and spectroscopically monitor the size and shape of Ag nanotriangles fabricated by nanosphere lithography (NSL) on an indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode surface. AFM and SEM results demonstrate that the preferential order of electrochemical oxidation for a nanotriangle is, surprisingly, bottom edges first, then triangular tips, then out-of-plane height.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA.
authors.forename: Xiaoyu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Erin M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Hicks
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: George C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Schatz
authors.forename: Richard P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Van Duyne
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000379:methods*; D008422:Materials Testing / Q000379:methods*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010316:Particle Size; D010781:Photography / Q000379:methods*; D012834:Silver / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D013057:Spectrum Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D017971:Tin Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D017971:Tin Compounds; D012834:Silver; C109984:indium tin oxide