title: Tunable one-dimensional silver-silica nanopeapod architectures.
abstract: Silica-coated silver nanowires can be chemically treated to produce a "peapod" architecture in which silver peas are embedded in silica pods. The silver "pea" dimension and interparticle spacings are controllable down to approximately 50 nm. This architecture is potentially useful for chemical sensing, plasmonic, or catalytic applications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, 631 Sumter Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA.
authors.forename: Simona E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Hunyadi
authors.forename: Catherine J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Murphy